- A Weight Loss Pill That Actually Works?
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... de Montréal are developing a weight loss pill composed of leptin, the protein that regulates appetite in mammals. The researchers say that leptin may be a good weight loss pill because its levels decrease when we fast ...
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- Appetite Suppressant May Lower Alcoholic Cravings
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... new study has confirmed that appetite-regulating peptides leptin and ghrelin do indeed influence alcohol craving, but especially among ... subtypes of alcoholics. “We chose to examine leptin and ghrelin because both peptides are of high importance in appetite ...
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- Poor Sleep Patterns Could Affect Your Health And Contribute To Obesity(1)
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... E (2004) Short sleep duration is associated with reduced leptin, elevated ghrelin, and increased body mass index. PLoS Med 1(3): e62 2. ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 18 2010 - 8:03pm - 0 attachments
- Obesity May Protect Against Metabolic Syndrome
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... to metabolic syndrome is resistance to the fat hormone leptin, well known for its appetite-suppressing effects. The hormone is also responsible for partitioning fat in the body. The rise of leptin as fat stores grow is therefore an adaptive response, but that can only ...
Article - News Staff - Mar 8 2010 - 1:43pm - 0 attachments
- 'Starving' Fat May Be Newest Obesity Treatment
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... of the actions of the appetite-controlling hormone leptin. "The body is extremely efficient at controlling energy balance," ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2010 - 12:45pm - 0 attachments
- Tracking Evolution's Footprint Through The Human Genome
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... of selection in East Asians at a specific point within the leptin receptor gene, which is linked to blood pressure, body mass index and ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 7 2010 - 7:42pm - 0 attachments
- Is Sleep Important In Maintaining Healthy Body Weight?
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... hormonal balances—for example, reducing the amount of leptin, otherwise known as the satiety hormone—and could thereby cause those ...
Article - News Staff - May 17 2009 - 11:20am - 0 attachments
- New Survey Highlights The Significant Impact Of The Economic Downturn On Europe's Sleep
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... duration is associated with elevated ghrelin, reduced leptin and increased body mass index. PLoS Med 2004; 1(3): e62 8. Gottlieb ...
Article - Anna Ohlden - Mar 19 2009 - 8:00pm - 0 attachments
- Osteoporosis And Depression Linked, Says Study
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... hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, cortisol, cytokines, leptin, antidepressants, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, smoking, ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2009 - 3:07pm - 0 attachments
- Disabling AdPLA Enzyme Lets You Eat Anything And Never Get Obese, If ...
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... genetic obesity in mice. They compared mice that lacked leptin, the hormone that signals when the body is full, with mice that lacked both AdPLA and leptin. Leptin-deficient mice are voracious eaters, typically consuming two to ...
Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2009 - 2:04pm - 0 attachments
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