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Scientists from Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have discovered a way to regenerate damaged heart muscle cells in mice, a development which may provide a new avenue for treating congenital heart defects in children and heart attack damage in adults, according to a study published …
From May 3-5, West Palm Beach, Florida, hosted the 32nd Annual A4M Spring Congress, an event that continues to shake the industry and challenge the boundaries of conventional medical care. Fueled by a collective commitment to transforming lives, thousands of health professionals gathered to engineer a future where merely surviving is no longer the norm …
As a student competing in track and field at his Parlier high school, Robert Leija was obsessed with how to improve his performance and, in particular, prevent the buildup of lactic acid in his muscles during training. Like many athletes, he blamed it for the performance fatigue and muscle soreness he experienced after intense workouts. …
What happens in the body when we are hungry and see and smell food? A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has now been able to show in mice that adaptations in the liver mitochondria take place after only a few minutes. Stimulated by the activation of a group of …
Research recently published in Nature Metabolism exploring how exercise affects the body reveals another male-female difference, suggesting that when vigorously working out, males are programmed to burn more fat while females are programmed to recycle it, at least in rats. Building on the findings from the rats, the researchers are now studying over 1,500 humans …
The public health problems of obesity, overweight, and type 2 diabetes continue to escalate and they are becoming increasingly more common in developing countries as well as developed countries. This unfortunate reality is a consequence of a bad adaptation of the human genome in response to the current environment of caloric environmental factors, elements of …
Around 1 in every 10 adults over the age of 65 years old will develop an age-related neurological disorder such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s disease, and despite decades of research, treatment options for those affected by these disorders remain sparse, to say the least. To help bridge the gaps in treatments for these disorders scientists …
In just a few short weeks, from May 3-5, 2024, the highly anticipated 32nd Annual Spring Congress will bring its invigorating energy to the vibrant city of West Palm Beach, FL. With this year’s theme, “The Metabolic Crisis: From Surviving to Thriving in the 21st Century,” the event will address the most pressing healthcare challenges …
A multidisciplinary team of scientists led by the University of Helsinki reports that a progressive neurodegenerative disease can be triggered by a viral infection. The mechanism relates to mitochondrial roles in antiviral defense mechanisms. The scientists report that a specific gene variant affecting the mitochondria disturbs cellular antiviral defense responses. The results implicate that viral …
A research consortium led by Nestlé Research in Switzerland and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) made a recent discovery that the natural molecule trigonelline present in coffee, fenugreek, and also in the human body, can help to improve muscle health and function. In an international collaboration among …