POSTS TAGGED AS obesity

P53 Mutations and Diabetes

P53
How, exactly, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and elevated cholesterol figure as cancer risks have been a mystery all the while [MORE]

An Exercise Pill?

Exercising
“Compound 14” is the name biochemists at the University of Southampton (UK) have given to a molecule that initiates a [MORE]

Discovery of the First Nutrient Sensor

“SLC38A9”
Between 1961and 1965, biomedical researchers deciphered the genetic code—i.e. how codons of RNA call for the assembly of proteins by [MORE]

First Medical Device for Obesity Using Brain to Stomach Signal Blocking

VBLOC Therapy for Obesity
EnteroMedics (St. Paul, MN) has received FDA approval for an implanted pacemaker-like device that stimulates the vagus [MORE]

Geisinger-Regeneron’s Big Data Project

DNA Genomics Research
There’s a gold rush among major healthcare providers to acquire tissue samples for biobanks which in turn support [MORE]

Fierce’s 15 Innovative Devices from 2013

Clearpath Ocular Glucose Monitor
This list included biomarkers for autism and thyroid cancer, devices to control hunger and deliver [MORE]

Our Second Genomes

For every human cell of the body, ten microbial cells exist in or on the body.  The interaction of these [MORE]

Collective Behavior, Supermarketing, and Obesity

What accounts for the so-called “obesity epidemic?”  Suddenly, have millions of people decided they want to be fat? While [MORE]

A New Mystery Written in RNA

N6-methyladenosine
For some time, biochemists have known about DNA and protein modifications—i.e. chemical changes that alter the function of genes [MORE]

Weight Loss Devices

ReShape Duo Product
There are obese people (representing one third of the US adult population) and a smaller number of [MORE]

Implantable Device for Bariatric Medicine

Gastric Implant
“Abiliti” is the name of a implantable “gastric pacemaker” made by Intrapace, Inc. (Mountain View, CA) that is [MORE]

How Common Is Good Heart Health? Not Very

Nonsmoking, a BMI below 25, goal level exercise and a good diet, unmedicated cholesterol below 200, BP below 120/80, [MORE]

Predicting Metabolic Syndrome in the First Decade of Life

Melinda Sothern PhD
Professor of Public Health at the LSU Health Sciences Center (New Orleans), Melinda Sothern, recently reported her [MORE]

VC’s Pursuing Obesity Projects

With the World Health Organization (WHO) projecting that, by 2015, 2.3 billion adults will be overweight, and among them 700 [MORE]