food consumption

Olive Oil and Hunger; How Do the Two Relate?

Question by The Boosh: Olive Oil and Hunger; How do the Two Relate?
My friend and I got into a heated debate last night about olive oil and how it effects your hunger. We both agreed that taking a shot… Continue reading

OLANZAPINE ACTIVATES HEPATIC MAMMALIAN TARGET of RAPAMYCIN (MTOR): NEW MECHANISTIC INSIGHT INTO METABOLIC DYSREGULATION WITH ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS.

OLANZAPINE ACTIVATES HEPATIC MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN (mTOR): NEW MECHANISTIC INSIGHT INTO METABOLIC DYSREGULATION WITH ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS.

J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2013 Aug 7;
Schmidt RH, Jokinen JD, Massey VL, Falkner KC, Shi X, Yin X, Zhang X,… Continue reading

Effects of Gender, Media Influences, and Traditional Gender Role Orientation on Disordered Eating and Appearance Concerns Among Latino Adolescents.

Effects of gender, media influences, and traditional gender role orientation on disordered eating and appearance concerns among Latino adolescents.

J Adolesc. 2013 Aug; 36(4): 727-736
Lopez V, Corona R, Halfond R

This study examined the main and interaction effects… Continue reading

Local Health Department Assurance of Services and the Health of California’s Seniors.

Local Health Department Assurance of Services and the Health of California’s Seniors.

J Public Health Manag Pract. 2013 Jul 8;
Rodriguez HP, Herrera AP, Wang Y, Jacobson DM

To examine the extent to which local health department (LHD) assurance… Continue reading

Caregiver Perceptions of the Food Marketing Environment of African-American 3-11-Year-Olds: A Qualitative Study.

Caregiver perceptions of the food marketing environment of African-American 3-11-year-olds: a qualitative study.

Public Health Nutr. 2013 Jul 5; 1-9
Baskin ML, Herbey I, Williams R, Ard JD, Ivankova N, Odoms-Young A

To assess caregivers’ perceptions of the extent… Continue reading

Overweight in Adolescents: Exploring Potential Risk Factors.

Overweight in adolescents: exploring potential risk factors.

Rev Paul Pediatr. 2013 Jun; 31(2): 172-181
Benedet J, Assis MA, Calvo MC, Andrade DF

To estimate the prevalence of overweight and to identify associations with sociodemographic, biological and lifestyle factors in… Continue reading

DISSECT Method Using PNA-LNA Clamp Improves Detection of EGFR T790m Mutation.

DISSECT Method Using PNA-LNA Clamp Improves Detection of EGFR T790m Mutation.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(6): e67782
Guha M, Castellanos-Rizaldos E, Makrigiorgos GM

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with small molecule EGFR inhibitors, such as gefitinib, frequently develop… Continue reading

Shedding Light on Junior Doctors’ Work Practices After Hours.

Shedding light on junior doctors’ work practices after hours.

Intern Med J. 2013 Jun 26;
Arabadzhiyska PN, Baysari MT, Walter S, Day RO, Westbrook JI

It is imperative to understand the current work practices of hospital personnel to inform… Continue reading

Fire Eater’s Lung: Retrospective Analysis of 123 Cases Reported to a National Poison Center.

Fire Eater’s Lung: Retrospective Analysis of 123 Cases Reported to a National Poison Center.

Respiration. 2013 Jun 21;
Franzen D, Kohler M, Degrandi C, Kullak-Ublick GA, Ceschi A

Background: Fire eater’s lung (FEL) is a distinct form of acute… Continue reading

Dietary Intervention Causes Redistribution of Zinc in Obese Adolescents.

Dietary Intervention Causes Redistribution of Zinc in Obese Adolescents.

Biol Trace Elem Res. 2013 Jun 21;
Freire SC, Fisberg M, Cozzolino SM

Obese people tend to have low zinc circulation levels; this is not always related to zinc intake but can reflect the distribution of zinc in relation to the proportion of body fat and factors related to the inflammatory processes that cause obesity. The purpose of this study was to assess zinc distribution in 15 obese adolescent girls before and after a nutritional orientation program. Participants ranged from 14 to 18 years old (postpubescent) and had a body fat percent (BF%) of >35 %. Zinc nutritional status and other zinc-dependent parameters, such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) and insulin… Continue reading