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Lack Of Sleep Leaves Men Hungrier, Prevents Women Feeling Full

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: December 2, 2012

EXCERPT: "Sleeping more at night may result in reduced food intake, however, the hormonal process is experienced by men and women differently." more

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St-Onge MP, O'Keeffe M, Roberts AL, Roychoudhury A, Laferrère B. Short sleep duration, glucose dysregulation and hormonal regulation of appetite in men and women. Sleep. 2012 Nov 1;35(11):1503-10.

 

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Gender Differences In How Sleep Duration Affects Hunger

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: November 2, 2012

EXCERPT:  "A new study suggests that increasing the amount of sleep that adults get could lead to reduced food intake, but the hormonal process differs between men and women."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

St-Onge MP, O'Keeffe M, Roberts AL, Roychoudhury A, Laferrère B. Short sleep duration, glucose dysregulation and hormonal regulation of appetite in men and women. Sleep. 2012 Nov 1;35(11):1503-10.

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Satiety Hormone Tied to Diabetes, Heart Disease

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE: October 9, 2012

EXCERPT: "High levels of a hormone that signals when you’ve had enough may raise the risk of obesity-related diseases, researchers found. ...  But the relationships were significant only for women, who also had an increased risk of breast cancer with higher levels of the hormone, the researchers wrote ...  One reason the relationship may be more powerful in women is because estradiol upregulates expression of neurotensin, so women have a higher lifetime exposure to the hormone, the researchers wrote.". More
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Melander O, Maisel AS, Almgren P, Manjer J, Belting M, Hedblad B, Engström G, Kilger U, Nilsson P, Bergmann A, Orho-Melander M.  Plasma Proneurotensin and Incidence of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Breast Cancer, and Mortality. JAMA. 2012 Oct 10;308(14):1469-1475.


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Vitamin E Supplements Don't Affect Heart Failure Risk ( in healthy women)

SOURCE:  MedlinePlus  (HealthDay News)

DATE:  March 20, 2012

EXCERPT: "Vitamin E supplements don't appear to affect a healthy woman's overall risk of heart failure one way or the other, researchers report."   more

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Chae CU, Albert CM, Moorthy MV, Lee IM, Buring JE. Vitamin e supplementation and the risk of heart failure in women. Circ Heart Fail. 2012 Mar 1;5(2):176-82.


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NSAIDs May Up Women’s Risk of Crohn’s Disease

SOURCE: MedPage Today

DATE:  November 1, 2011

EXCERPT: "Women who use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs -- but not aspirin or acetaminophen -- have a slightly higher risk of developing Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, a researcher said here."   more

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Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin, et al. "A prospective study of aspirin, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug use and risk of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis" Abstract 6. Presented at the American College of Gastroenterology 2011 Annual Scienctific Meeting and Postgraduate Course,  28 October - 2 November, 2011, Washington, D.C.

Coffee Lowers Depression Risk In Older Females

SOURCE:  Medical News Today

DATE:  September 27, 2011

EXCERPT:  "The more coffee an older woman drinks the lower her risk of depression is, researchers from the Harvard School of
Public Health reported in Archives of Internal Medicine. The researchers stressed that theirs was an observational study, and
can only suggest the possibility of coffee's protective effect, rather that prove that it reduces depression risk."  more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Lucas M, Mirzaei F, Pan A, Okereke OI, Willett WC, O'Reilly EJ, Koenen K, Ascherio A. Coffee, caffeine, and risk of depression among women. Arch Intern Med. 2011 Sep 26;171(17):1571-8.

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Research Deepens Understanding of Most Common Gastrointestinal Disorder in U.S., Linking It to Bacterial Overgrowth, Food Poisoning

SOURCE: Newswise

DATE:  May 10, 2011

EXCERPT: "Cedars-Sinai researchers have reported two advances in the understanding of Irritable Bowel Syndrome, the most common gastrointestinal disorder in the United States, affecting an estimated 30 million people."   more

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Presented at the Digestive Disease Week meeting, 18-22 May 2011, Chicago

Protein Discovered That Contributes To Obesity In Females

SOURCE: Medical News Today

DATE: May 5, 2011

EXCERPT: "Weizmann Institute scientists have added another piece to the obesity puzzle, showing how and why a certain protein that is active in a small part of the brain contributes to weight gain. ...  [Prof. Ari] Elson: "Interestingly enough, the effect seems to be gender-specific. Male mice hardly benefitted at all from the lack of PTPe compared with the female mice. This finding could open up whole new lines of inquiry in obesity studies." "  more

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Rousso-Noori L, Knobler H, Levy-Apter E, Kuperman Y, Neufeld-Cohen A, Keshet Y, Akepati VR, Klinghoffer RA, Chen A, Elson A. Protein tyrosine phosphatase epsilon affects body weight by downregulating leptin signaling in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Cell Metab. 2011 May 4;13(5):562-72.

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The Best Part of Waking Up Also Lowers Stroke Risk

SOURCE:  MedPage Today

DATE: March 10, 2011

EXCERPT: "Women who start their day with a cup of coffee may be protecting themselves from stroke, according to a Swedish prospective cohort study."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Larsson, Susanna C. et al. Coffee Consumption and Risk of Stroke in Women. Stroke. 2008 Jun;39(6):1681-7.

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Maternal Fructose Intake Impacts Female and Male Fetuses Differently

SOURCE: Newswise

DATE: February 24, 2011

EXCERPT: "A recent study accepted for publication in Endocrinology, a publication of The Endocrine Society, reports for the first time that maternal fructose intake during pregnancy results in sex-specific changes in fetal and neonatal endocrinology."   more

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Vickers MH, Clayton ZE, Yap C, Sloboda DM. Maternal Fructose Intake during Pregnancy and Lactation Alters Placental Growth and Leads to Sex-Specific Changes in Fetal and Neonatal Endocrine Function. Endocrinology. 2011 Feb 8.

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