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Transplanted human placenta-derived stem cells show therapeutic potential in stroke models
Human amniotic epithelial cells, stem cells derived from human placenta left over from live births and generally discarded, proliferated and differentiated when they interacted with one kind of melatonin receptor, MT1. This ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 01, 2011 |
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Room light before bedtime may impact sleep quality, blood pressure and diabetes risk
According to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), exposure to electrical light between dusk and bedtime strongly suppresses melatonin lev ...
Jan 13, 2011 |
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Melatonin precursor stimulates growth factor circuits in brain
Scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have discovered unexpected properties for a precursor to melatonin, the hormone that regulates sleep cycles.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 04, 2010 |
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The Medical Minute: Don't be SAD over winter blues
Sunlight and seasonal changes have a great impact on human behavior. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression -- sometimes called the winter blues -- that follows a seasonal pattern and occurs at the same ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Mary had a lot of lambs: Researchers identify way to accelerate sheep breeding
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mary had a little lamb, but only once a year. However, Cornell Sheep Program researchers have discovered an unusual form of a gene that prompts ewes to breed out of season as well as conceive ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Can light therapy improve your sexual functioning? New promising data
Although we are still far from knowing exactly where and how the pineal suppressive role is exerted, the fact that the gland exerts an inhibitory function on the reproductive axis is widely accepted. In fact, the pineal seems ...
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Plug that energy drain
January makes you want to eat potatoes, drink wine and sleep forever. The days are dark and short, seasonal depression causes fatigue and the couch is often far more inviting than the frigid outdoors.
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Is there a relationship between sleep-wake rhythm and diabetes?
The gene mediates insulin secretion indirectly via the release of melatonin, which implicates a previously unknown relationship between the sleep-wake rhythm and the fasting glucose level. The finding could open up new possibilities ...
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Gene associated with diabetes risk suggests link with body clock
A connection between the body clock and abnormalities in metabolism and diabetes has been suggested in new research by an international team involving the University of Oxford, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute ...
Dec 09, 2008 |
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New genes present drug targets for managing cholesterol and glucose levels
Scientists have identified 12 new genes that are somewhat strange bedfellows: Some link gallstones and blood cholesterol levels, others link melatonin and sleep patterns to small increases in glucose levels and larger jumps ...
Dec 07, 2008 |
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