More articles about: metabolism
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Poll: How did COVID impact kids’ fast food habits?
1 in 5 parents say their children ate fast food more often since the pandemic shutdowns and 1 in 6 say their child eats fast food at least twice a week.
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National Research Effort Discovers Relationship Between Inflammation, Metabolism and Scleroderma Scarring
Study finds NAD+ break down leads to multi organ scarring, providing now a previously undiscovered pathogenic role of the enzyme CD38 in disease scarring.
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Metabolism in Young Adulthood Predicts Cardiovascular Disease Later On
New findings give reason to pay attention to metabolic dysfunction well before middle age.
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This Neuron Could Have Implications for Effective Diet Drugs
A CALCR cell found in mice may stop feeding without subsequential nauseating effects as well as influence the long term intake of food.
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Drug Trial Seeking First Ever Treatment for Dangerous Side Effect of Prader-Willi Syndrome
A worldwide research effort is underway for finding a treatment option for hyperphagia, the most common genetic cause of life-threatening childhood obesity. 
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“Fat Shaming” Won’t Solve Obesity. Science Might.
Fat shaming won’t solve obesity, but science could help. Michigan Medicine rounds up research papers and articles to show why treatment can’t adopt the “one size fits all” approach.
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Baby’s High-Risk Delivery Includes Removing 3½-Pound Tumor
A deadly endocrine tumor discovered during a woman’s pregnancy explains years of debilitating symptoms. A complex, six-hour surgery by a Michigan Medicine team kept mom and baby safe.
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Into the Fold
An interdisciplinary investigation of misfolding proteins and their role in several diseases
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Shining a Light on Pancreatic Insulin
A doctor from the University of Michigan Health System has developed a way to visualize stored insulin in the pancreas of a living creature.