Starvation Hormone Makes For Small Mice, Study Finds
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Chronically high levels of a recently discovered starvation hormone markedly stunt the growth of mice, reveals a new study. The liver-produced hormone known as FGF21 does so by causing the mice to become resistant to growth hormone.
Lack Of Fragile X And Related Gene Fractures Sleep
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Lack of both the fragile X syndrome gene and one that is related could account for sleep problems associated with the disorder, which is the common cause of inherited mental impairment.
Ronin An Alternate Control For Embryonic Stem Cells
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Like the masterless samurai for whom it is named, the protein Ronin chooses an independent path, maintaining embryonic stem cells in their undifferentiated state and playing essential roles in genesis of embryos and their development, said researchers who reported on this novel cellular regulator in the journal Cell.
First Patients Implanted In Study Evaluating Deep Brain Stimulation For Depression
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
St. Jude Medical, Inc. has announced the first patient implants in a clinical study that is investigating whether deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy will help people who suffer from major depressive disorder, a severe form of depression. The patients, a 59-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man, were implanted with the St. Jude Medical Libra® Deep Brain Stimulation System, an investigational device.
Discovery Of Lyme Disease Bug Clone May Explain Disease Spread
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
Scientists have discovered that a certain clone of Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease, appears to be the most common strain causing Lyme disease in North America and Europe, and may account for the increase in cases for the past 20 years.
Breaking The Pattern - How Motivation Plays A Role In Getting Healthy
21:35 26-06-2008; source: www.sciencedaily.com
People fall into a pattern. They start out with the best intentions and do well for a little while ... but then fall back into old habits. It's a classic health trap: two steps forward, three steps back. People end up feeling bad about themselves. Moreover, the two-steps-forward-three-steps-back dance ends up increasing the health problems the behavioral changes were supposed to address in the first place.
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