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Recent advances in the measurement of adiponectin isoform distribution.

Recent advances in the measurement of adiponectin isoform distribution.
Assessment of nutritional status and analytical methods Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care. 10(5):571-575, September 2007.
Magkos, Faidon; Sidossis, Labros S
Abstract:
Purpose of review: Adiponectin has potent antidiabetic and antiatherosclerotic actions. Recent studies in animals and humans suggest that the high-molecular weight adiponectin complex, consisting […]

Assessment of endocrine and nutritional status in age-related catabolic states of muscle and bone.

Assessment of endocrine and nutritional status in age-related catabolic states of muscle and bone.
Assessment of nutritional status and analytical methods Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic Care. 10(5):604-610, September 2007.
Lytras, Aristides; Tolis, George
Abstract:
Purpose of review: Bone loss and muscle wasting are associated with increased morbidity and mortality in the elderly, most frequently […]

Risk from bisphenol A ‘minimal,’ panel finds

An expert government panel Wednesday dismissed many health concerns about a common and controversial chemical called bisphenol A.
Studies have found the chemical, used in plastics and metal can linings, in 95% of Americans tested. The panel’s report has been closely watched by environmentalists, scientists and industry, because the National Toxicology Program will consider it […]

TB patient questions CDC’s actions

ATLANTA The globe-trotting tuberculosis patient who sparked an international public health incident in May said Friday he was tricked into a federal quarantine.
Andrew Speaker, a 31-year-old Atlanta attorney, he would have gladly gone into isolation if health officials had asked him to. Instead, he said they asked him to swing by a New […]

Study: Signs of autism show earlier in some children

Children with autism can be identified as early as 14 months old, the youngest age at which the disorder has been diagnosed, a study by researchers at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore suggests.
But about half the time, symptoms may not show up until months later. That suggests at least two distinct paths leading […]