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Does lack of sleep lead to diabetes?
Lack of sleep makes healthy adults somewhat resistant to the effects of the hormone insulin, suggesting it could predispose people toward type II, or adult-onset, diabetes.
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Nicotine spurs vessel growth, maybe cancer
Test-tube and mouse experiments show that nicotine induces angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels.
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Have a heart: Turn on just a single gene
One gene appears to act as the master switch in embryonic heart formation.
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Vitamin E benefits cattle, too
Vitamin E aids immune system function and prevents growth declines in cattle, offering an alternative to potentially dangerous use of low-dose antibiotics.
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Insight into preemies’ blindness
Lack of a growth factor called IGF-1 has been implicated as a trigger for a disease that can cause vision problems, including blindness, in premature babies.
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Alzheimer’s damage might start off early
Copper and free radicals may initiate the brain damage of Alzheimer's disease long before its hallmark protein plaques have formed.
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Seemingly safer steroid mimics
A glucocorticoid mimic may offer the autoinflammatory effects of steroids with fewer side effects.
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Saving fertility for cancer survivors?
A compound called sphingosine-1-phosphate preserves fertility in female mice given radiation treatment.
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Glucose control spares arteries in diabetes
Very strict control of blood glucose concentrations helps limit atherosclerosis formation in people with type I, or juvenile-onset, diabetes.
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Critical Care: Sugar Limit Saves Lives
Strictly controlling blood-sugar concentrations in critically ill patients can reduce deaths by a third.
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Forget about jet lag, and much more
Airline flight attendants with chronic jet lag have higher stress hormone concentrations and smaller temporal lobes (centers of short-term memory in the brain)than do more rested attendants.
