Metabolism News and Research

Latest Metabolism News and Research

Diabetes Calculator for Kids: An electronic tool that helps parents manage their child's diabetes

Nationwide Children's Hospital recently developed an online resource to help parents manage their child's diabetes more effectively and care for their health at home.

13 Jun 2013

PET technique detects coronary disease much earlier than other leading imaging methods

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the world's most prevalent and silent killers. Positron emission tomography (PET), which images miniscule abnormalities in cellular metabolism, can tip off clinicians about cardiac disasters waiting to happen- including sudden death from a heart attack-better than standard angiography, researchers revealed at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

12 Jun 2013

Hypometabolism in brain regions of cognitively normal patients associated with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease has been linked in many studies to amyloid plaque buildup in the brain, but new research is finding a common thread between amyloid burden and lower energy levels, or metabolism, of neurons in certain areas of the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease-even for people with no sign of cognitive decline.

12 Jun 2013

Drug development could be improved with stem cell technology, say researchers

Drug development for a range of conditions could be improved with stem cell technology that helps doctors predict the safety and the effectiveness of potential treatments.

12 Jun 2013

PET and MR imaging can improve quality of life and survival for advanced breast cancer patients

For patients with advanced breast cancer, positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can improve quality of life and survival by providing physicians with information on the effectiveness of chemotherapy prior to surgery, say researchers presenting at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.

12 Jun 2013

Studies demonstrate that combined therapy could destroy drug-resistant cells within melanoma tumor

Advanced metastatic melanoma is a disease that has proven difficult to eradicate. Despite the success of melanoma-targeting drugs, tumors inevitably become drug resistant and return, more aggressive than before. In the current issue of the journal Cancer Cell, however, researchers at The Wistar Institute describe how they increase the effectiveness of anti-melanoma drugs by combining anticancer therapies with diabetes drugs.

12 Jun 2013

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

A relatively new weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer has emerged that improves upon standard magnetic resonance imaging by providing information about tumor metabolism and extent of cancer in children diagnosed with glioma, a growth caused by the abnormal division of glial cells in the brain, say researchers at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging's 2013 Annual Meeting.

11 Jun 2013

Rapamycin improves cardiac function in mice suffering from age-related heart disease

Elderly mice suffering from age-related heart disease saw a significant improvement in cardiac function after being treated with the FDA-approved drug rapamycin for just three months.

11 Jun 2013

Education about malignant hyperthermia is important to medical professionals and community

Orlando Health, the Florida Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses, and the Florida Society of Anesthesiologists took a moment to comment on a conference they are co-sponsoring with the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States in Orlando on June 29.

11 Jun 2013

Large study of deep brain stimulation underway for Alzheimer's disease treatment

Together, Butler Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital are participating in The ADvance Study, a clinical trial investigating the use of deep brain stimulation as a treatment for patients with Alzheimer's disease.

10 Jun 2013

Cancer cells' appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function

Cancer cells' appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned.

7 Jun 2013

Study: Individuals with ASDs show decrease metabolism of amino acid L-tryptophan

Researchers at the JC Self Research Institute of the Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC), along with collaborators from Biolog, Inc. in California, have reported an important discovery in the understanding of autism which was published this week in Molecular Autism.

7 Jun 2013

Researchers define nine molecular hallmarks of aging, debunk myths related to antioxidants

For some species, living twice as long in good health depends on no more than a few genes. When this fact was revealed by studies on worms three decades ago, it ushered in a golden age of ageing studies that has delivered numerous results, but also sown some confusion.

7 Jun 2013

Low levels of vitamin D associated with high levels of hepatitis B virus replication

Researchers from Germany have found that low levels of vitamin D are associated with high levels of hepatitis B virus replication. Findings published online in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, suggest seasonal fluctuations in vitamin D and HBV levels point to a link in these variables among patients with chronic HBV.

6 Jun 2013

Research shows link between formula-feeding and higher risk for chronic diseases later in life

New evidence from research suggests that infants fed formula, rather than breast milk, experience metabolic stress that could play a part in the long-recognized link between formula-feeding and an increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other conditions in adult life.

6 Jun 2013

Research: 8% drop in BMI lowers risk factor for type 2 diabetes in obese teenagers

Obese teenagers who reduced their body mass index (BMI) by 8 percent or more had improvements in insulin sensitivity, an important metabolic factor related to the later development of type 2 diabetes. The teens followed a family-based, lifestyle-modification weight loss program that offers the potential to become a broader model.

5 Jun 2013

EU funds d-LIVER project to help people suffering from liver disease

The EU has provided funding for the d-LIVER project, in which researchers from several countries will work on a number of measures to help people suffering from liver disease.

5 Jun 2013

Study: Neural reserve, neural compensation activated in highly educated prodromal Alzheimer's patients

Highly educated individuals with mild cognitive impairment that later progressed to Alzheimer's disease cope better with the disease than individuals with a lower level of education in the same situation, according to research published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

4 Jun 2013

Study supports role of skin sodium in blood pressure regulation

It's time to expand the models for blood pressure regulation, according to clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D. Titze and his colleagues have identified a new cast of cells and molecules that function in the skin to control sodium balance and blood pressure.

4 Jun 2013

Researchers solve two longstanding challenges in liver tissue engineering

Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a rock. Each day, an eagle swept down and fed on his liver, which then grew back to be eaten again the next day.

3 Jun 2013

Metabolism News and Research

Latest Metabolism News and Research

Diabetes Calculator for Kids: An electronic tool that helps parents manage their child's diabetes

PET technique detects coronary disease much earlier than other leading imaging methods

Hypometabolism in brain regions of cognitively normal patients associated with Alzheimer's disease

Drug development could be improved with stem cell technology, say researchers

PET and MR imaging can improve quality of life and survival for advanced breast cancer patients

Studies demonstrate that combined therapy could destroy drug-resistant cells within melanoma tumor

New weapon in the fight against childhood brain cancer emerges

Rapamycin improves cardiac function in mice suffering from age-related heart disease

Education about malignant hyperthermia is important to medical professionals and community

Large study of deep brain stimulation underway for Alzheimer's disease treatment

Cancer cells' appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function

Study: Individuals with ASDs show decrease metabolism of amino acid L-tryptophan

Researchers define nine molecular hallmarks of aging, debunk myths related to antioxidants

Low levels of vitamin D associated with high levels of hepatitis B virus replication

Research shows link between formula-feeding and higher risk for chronic diseases later in life

Research: 8% drop in BMI lowers risk factor for type 2 diabetes in obese teenagers

EU funds d-LIVER project to help people suffering from liver disease

Study: Neural reserve, neural compensation activated in highly educated prodromal Alzheimer's patients

Study supports role of skin sodium in blood pressure regulation

Researchers solve two longstanding challenges in liver tissue engineering

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