News tagged with lipid profiles

High-fat diets inflame fat tissue around blood vessels, contribute to heart disease

A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Quantum dots provide quantitative profile of pancreatic cancer biomarkers on single cells

(Phys.org) -- With the aid of a novel set of lipid-coated, targeted quantum dots, researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a method for quantifying multiple specific biomarkers on the surfaces of individual ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify lipid profile characteristic of newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes

(PhysOrg.com) -- A journal article showcasing results of lipidomics analyses for identifying novel biomarkers of diabetes conducted at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory was selected as "Editor's Choice" ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The road to ultrahigh-resolution X-ray spectrometers

Two recent developments at the Advanced Photon Source explore paths to routine use of sub-meV x-rays to probe low-energy excitations in matter. The first is a remarkable experimental demonstration of an x-ray ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two seemingly unrelated phenomena share surprising link: Physicists gain new insight into solitons

(PhysOrg.com) -- A coupled line of swinging pendulums apparently has nothing in common with an elastic film that buckles and folds under compression while floating on a liquid, but scientists at the University ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with different types of obesity in black and white children

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that while black and white children with vitamin D deficiency both had higher fat levels, black ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ambulatory monitoring reveals many patients have 'white coat' hypertension

A third of patients thought to have resistant hypertension had "white coat" hypertension during 24-hour ambulatory monitoring, in a large study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A dose of safflower oil each day might help keep heart disease at bay

A daily dose of safflower oil, a common cooking oil, for 16 weeks can improve such health measures as good cholesterol, blood sugar, insulin sensitivity and inflammation in obese postmenopausal women who have Type 2 diabetes, ...

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created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Combination overcomes breast cancer resistance to herceptin

Breast cancer tumors take numerous paths to resist the targeted drug Herceptin, but a single roadblock at a crucial crossroads may restore a tumor's vulnerability to treatment, scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gut bacteria can control organ functions

Bacteria in the human gut may not just be helping digest food but also could be exerting some level of control over the metabolic functions of other organs, like the liver, according to research published this week in the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Gastric bypass surgery associated with improved health outcomes

Gastric bypass surgery appears to lead to better long-term results including greater weight loss, resolution of diabetes and improved quality of life compared with sleeve gastrectomy and "lap-band" surgery, according to two ...

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