One misconception many people have about exercise. Most people think that the more you exercise, the hungrier you will become and the more you will eat. Actually, in some ways, exercise is an appetite supressent. Exercise stimulates production of glucagons, which raises the blood sugar level, which reduces symptoms of hunger. Therefore, exercise is helpful in controlling eating if we exercise before a meal.
A new clinical study to determine how people with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) evaluate improvements in disease
symptoms will be carried out by the National Institute of
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS),
part of the Department of Health and Human Services’
National Institutes of Health.
A brain imaging study by the NIH’s National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH) has found that an emotion-regulating
brain circuit is overactive in people prone to depression –
even when they are not depressed. Researchers discovered
the abnormality in brains of those whose depressions
relapsed when a key brain chemical messenger was
experimentally reduced.
Using a new molecular genetic technique, scientists have
turned procrastinating primates into workaholics by
temporarily suppressing a gene in a brain circuit involved
in reward learning. Without the gene, the monkeys lost
their sense of balance between reward and the work required
to get it, say researchers at the NIH’s National Institute
of Mental Health (NIMH).
Latinos living in the United States have high rates of eye
disease and visual impairment, according to a research
study, and a significant number may be unaware of their eye
disease. This study, called the Los Angeles Latino Eye
Study (LALES), is the largest, most comprehensive
epidemiological analysis of visual impairment in Latinos
conducted in the U.S.
About 40 percent of adults ages 40 to 74 –
or 41 million people – have pre-diabetes, a condition that
raises a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart
disease, and stroke. American Indians and Alaska Natives
are 2.3 times as likely to have diabetes as non-Hispanic
whites of similar age.
The tiniest blood vessels of the eye can provide a glimpse that may warn of future high blood pressure, Australian researchers report.
Biotechnology product maker Genentech Inc. said that it received approval from the Food and Drug Administration to manufacture its Avastin colon cancer drug at the company’s Vacaville, Calif., facility.
Thousands of people are believed to suffer pain in different parts of the body which, despite numerous tests and often costly investigations, cannot be explained by doctors.
Women who take some anti-depressant drugs during late pregnancy may be putting their babies at risk.