Published: Apr 12, 2013 By Charles Bankhead , Staff Writer, MedPage Today Full Story WASHINGTON – Obese women at increased risk of endometrial cancer had significant reductions in cancer-associated biomarkers following bariatric surgery, and abnormal endometrial pathology resolved in three cases, investigators reported here. Expression of hormone receptors and CD20-positive cells decreased significantly (P<0.005, P=0.0196, respectively). […]
A REVIEW PROPOSING PROTEIN SPREAD AND CHANGE THEORIES John D Bosse, Brian M Dixon Nutr Metab. 2012;9(81) ABSTRACT AND INTRODUCTION Abstract A large volume of human clinical data supports increased dietary protein for favorable changes to body composition, but not all data are conclusive. The aim of this review is to propose two theories, “protein […]
By Amy Maxmen and Nature magazine Full Story: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=antibiotics-linked-weight-gain-mice Bacteria living naturally within the gut provide a gateway to flab, according to a few reports this week. These bacteria may explain how antibiotics fatten farm animals and perhaps people too, and how certain genes predispose organisms to obesity. In a study published 22 August in Nature, researchers mimicked […]
Arch Intern Med. 2009 Aug 10;169(15):1355-62. doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.237. Healthy living is the best revenge: findings from the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition-Potsdam study. Ford ES, Bergmann MM, Kröger J, Schienkiewitz A, Weikert C, Boeing H. Abstract BACKGROUND: Our objective was to describe the reduction in relative risk of developing major chronic diseases such […]
Linda Wasserbach York Annual Review of Nutrition Vol. 29: 365-379 (Volume publication date August 2009) DOI: 10.1146/annurev-nutr-070208-114232 Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with insulin resistance, obesity, and other features of metabolic syndrome and is known to be the most common cause for abnormal liver enzymes. The recent surge in the number of patients […]