Researchers measured the leptin levels in heart attack patients and found that those with the highest levels of leptin were the most non-responsive to therapies designed to thin the blood...
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Exercise,
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The latest study on adenovirus 36 (AD36) is causing quite a stir. A group of 124 children were tested for antibodies to AD36 to determine prior infection (and possible current infectious activity). Antibodies were present in 19 children and 15 of these children were significantly obese. Of the 67 obese children in the study, 1 in 5 had AD36 as part of the problem. Shockingly, the children with AD36 infection were on average 50 pounds heavier than those without the infection.
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leptin function,
obesity