Posts by: Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena Kegel

Magdalena holds an MSc in Pharmaceutical Bioscience and an interdisciplinary PhD merging the fields of psychiatry, immunology and neuropharmacology. Her previous research focused on metabolic and immunologic changes in psychotic disorders. She is now focusing on science writing, allowing her to culture her passion for medical science and human health.

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016

Large Study Confirms That Obesity in Early Years Can Lead to Multiple Sclerosis

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While observational studies have repeatedly pointed toward an association between obesity and multiple sclerosis, the nature of the studies makes it impossible to state with certainty that obesity leads to ... Read more

June 7, 2016June 7, 2016

Epigenomic Changes in Macrophages Drive Type 2 Diabetes in Obesity

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While obesity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, not all obese people have a disturbed glucose metabolism. New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Institute of Health and ... Read more

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016

Drug from 2 Fruit Compounds Seen to Improve Glucose Control, Vascular Health in Obese People

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Two fruit compounds, found in red grapes and oranges, can act together to improve blood glucose control and blood vessel health, researchers with the University of Warwick, U.K., reported. The finding has potentially far-reaching ... Read more

May 5, 2016May 5, 2016

Slow Metabolism Reason ‘Biggest Loser’ Contestants Regained Weight, Study Reports

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Participants in the TV reality show “The Biggest Loser” regained over six years much of the weight they had lost in the competition because of persistently slow metabolisms, according to ... Read more

April 19, 2016April 19, 2016

Gene Regulation of Leptin Receptors Appear Linked to Kidney Cancer in People with Obesity, Study Reports

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Researchers identified a possible molecular link between obesity and kidney cancer. The findings, presented at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in New Orleans, showed that hypermethylation ... Read more

March 31, 2016March 31, 2016

Medscape Survey Shows Obesity Management Is Far from Optimal, Says Doctors Need More Info

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While it is becoming increasingly clear that the obesity epidemic is not an easily managed task, experts argue that more aggressive treatment approaches are needed. So when advice on lifestyle ... Read more

January 28, 2016January 28, 2016

Obesity in Young Children Now a ‘Global Challenge,’ WHO Says

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The Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO), a part of the World Health Organization (WHO), recently presented its final report to the group’s director general, summarizing two years of work into ways to deal with ... Read more

January 26, 2016January 26, 2016

Bariatric Surgery a Helpful First Step for Obese Patients Needing Knee Replacement Surgery

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Researchers at the New York Hospital for Special Surgery performed a computer-based evaluation of the effects of weight loss surgery before total knee replacement in morbidly obese people with end-stage ... Read more

January 22, 2016January 22, 2016

Obesity May Be Tied to Brain-activated Cravings for Food

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Researchers at Imperial College London are investigating if hormones normally produced in the gut could reduce cravings for high-fat and high-sugar foods, as well as for alcohol and cigarettes. Studies showed that people ... Read more

January 18, 2016January 18, 2016

Receptor Observed to Protect Mice from Obesity

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A new study from the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease reported on the discovery of a new mechanism regulating body weight. By removing a receptor known to be present in the ... Read more