So far tested only in mice

Researchers at Bonn University mice treated with Viagra and made an astonishing discovery: The Potency converts unwanted white fat cells around and could thus possibly let melt the annoying "love handles" simple. Presumably, the drug also reduces the risk of complications of obesity. The results will now be presented in "The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology" (FASEB).

By Potency sildenafil - better than "Viagra" known - erectile dysfunction be treated. The drug interferes with a signaling cascade of messenger cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), which permits the inflow of blood and thus erection. Researchers became aware of another effect some time ago: Obese mice lose weight if they get over a longer period Sildenafil. However, the cause was unclear. Light now brought scientists from the University of Bonn in the darkness. "For some time, we explore the effect of cGMP on fat cells," explains Professor Alexander Pfeifer, director of the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology of the University of Bonn. "Therefore, the Sildenafil was a potentially interesting candidate for us."

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New study shows advantage of obesity in stroke

Patients with overweight or obesity die after a stroke often and contribute less than disabilities from Ideal Obese. This shows a new study conducted in cooperation with the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has been conducted and published in the European Heart Journal *. This seemingly contradictory context, also called Obesity Paradox, was in the past with other chronic diseases such as heart failure, observed. The now published study proves for the first time that the obesity paradox in stroke also true.

Scientists have studied the relationship between body weight and the effects of a stroke in their study. They have found that obese people are more likely to survive a stroke, less disabilities suffer and are rarely in need of care as normal weight. Although the risk of suffering a first stroke, higher for obese people than for people of normal weight. However, for obese patients who have had a stroke, the risk of another stroke in no way higher. Prof. Wolfram Döhner the Center for Stroke Research Berlin at the Charité is first author of the study. He says, "The finding is new for patients with stroke. The treatment guidelines for strokes in Germany, in Europe and in the US recommended far all weight reduction following a first stroke, provided that being overweight or obese is. These recommendations are based on expert opinions based solely on findings from primary prevention, as actual data are lacking to date. "The current study by people with underweight are most affected by a stroke. Compared to people with a supposed ideal weight, the risk of dying from a stroke, on the other hand reduced in obese to 14 percent. In obese patients, the mortality risk by 24 falls to 45 percent.

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Amazing results of Mars500 metabolic study

 

When balancing the salt budget of the human body is much more flexible than previously thought. This conclusion from the results of their long-term study even came unexpectedly for the group of Jens Titze. The team led by Professor of electrolyte and Cardiovascular Research at the University Hospital Erlangen determined next to the applicable default 24-hour cycle for a period of six to nine days for the balance of salt intake and discharging. And: In addition to the kidney care and other body tissues for the proper salinity. The journal Cell Metabolism published these findings on Tuesday, 08. January 2013.

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Ulrike Gonder: Low-fat dogma needs to be reconsidered

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A low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet affects in overweight diabetics considerably better on the diastolic function and insulin resistance than a commonly recommended low-fat diet. The shows in Munich, Isny ​​and Mainz conducted recent study. "So this diet could prevent the development of diabetes-related heart failure and metabolic syndrome or at least delay," said study author Dr. Helene von Bibra from Municipal Hospital Bogenhausen, Munich.

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According to a study by the University of Sydney, the spice and ancient Asian remedy ginger could regulate high blood sugar levels and thus counteract complications in long-term diabetes patients.

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Tübingen scientists are investigating prejudices against obese people: personnel decision-makers deny the leadership qualities of fat people.

Persons who are very overweight do not have a good hand with personnel managers. This is the result of an experimental study on prejudices of personnel decision-makers towards obese people under the direction of the sports scientist Prof. Ansgar Thiel and the psychosomatic specialist Prof. Stephan Zipfel from the University of Tübingen. In an experiment as part of the Tübingen ScienceCampus, the scientists and Dr. Katrin Giel and Manuela Alizadeh interviewed 127 experienced personnel decision-makers. The study has now been published in the journal BMC Public Health. The ScienceCampus is an interdisciplinary research network for empirical educational research and was initiated by the Tübingen Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media and the University of Tübingen.

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Socio-economic situation in overweight men important for the assessment of their own body weight

Compared to other population groups, weight dissatisfaction is less common among overweight men of low social status. This was found by Thomas von Lengerke, medical psychologist at the Hannover Medical School, and the social epidemiologist Andreas Mielck from the Helmholtz Zentrum München in a study published in the renowned open access journal BMC Public Health.

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Ulrike Gonder to a dubious study from Sweden

"Diets: low carb increased risk for cardiovascular diseases," said today (Editor's note: 27.06.2012) message on Spiegel online and other news services. This will confuse many people who have successfully lost weight with the help of a carbohydrate-controlled diet or reduced their risk factors for precisely those cardiovascular diseases. Background for the messages is a Swedish study, which claims to have just under 40.000 women found an increased to 5% relative risk of heart attack and stroke when little carbohydrate and protein for a lot on the menu were (Lagiou, P et al .: British Medical Journal 2012; 344 doi: 10.1136 / bmj.e4026).

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In April, the largest producer of soft drinks cola and announced a significant increase in sales during the first quarter. In this piling up of scientific side, the messages about the harmful effects of a permanent consumption of soft drinks.

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The Unstatistik of April was the message "Chocolate makes you thin". Or so overwritten various German newspapers and weekly magazines to month turn reports on a relevant study of the University of California, San Diego / USA. In it, researchers had discovered a negative correlation between frequency of chocolate consumption and the so called body mass index (BMI).

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