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New life sciences findings from University of Washington, Obesity Center published
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, February 15th, 2010
Fresh data on life sciences are presented in the report 'Hypothalamic inflammation and energy homeostasis: resolving the paradox.' "Determining the effect of hypothalamic inflammatory signals on energy balance presents a paradox. On the one hand, a large body of work has identified inflammatory signaling in the hypothalamus as an essential mediator of the sickness response--the anorexia, cachexia, fever, inactivity, lethargy, anhedonia and adipsia that are triggered by systemic inflammatory stimuli and promote negative energy balance," scientists in the United States report.
"On the other hand, numerous recent studies implicate inflammatory activation within the...
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