According to researchers from National Jewish Health, being obese or overweight does not make asthma any worse in individuals with mild and moderate forms of the disease but can reduce the response to steroid medications.
The findings suggest that asthma improvement may not necessarily result from loss of weight, according to lead author [...]
September 14, 2010 | Posted in
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The trap of obesity is noticing more and more people getting into it and the complication has slowly become a societal problem that needs to be solved. Liver diseases, specifically non-alcoholic steatohepatitis or NASH, is one of the many complications that can be linked with obesity.
There is an unmet need for pharmacologic [...]
April 20, 2010 | Posted in
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Adiponectin, a protein secreted from adipocytes, has been hailed as the metabolic link between the known positive relationship between obesity and both bone mineral density (BMD) and reduced susceptibility to fractures.
This finding was revealed during a study by researchers at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada. The study appeared in an [...]
March 16, 2010 | Posted in
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Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex. It is usually referred to as the “stress hormone”. It is involved when the body is under stress or anxiety. It increases blood pressure and blood sugar and reduces immune responses. It also has other functions such as converting fat, carbohydrate and protein into energy. [...]
July 30, 2009 | Posted in
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