Latest Lipid Stories

Pioneering mass spectrometry methods developed at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Ames Laboratory are helping plant biologists get their first glimpses of never-before-seen plant tissue structures. The new method opens up new realms of study, ones that might have long-ranging implications for biofuels research and crop genetics. “The data we’re seeing are unprecedented,” said Basil Nikolau, the Ames Laboratory faculty scientist heading up the project, funded by DOE’s...

The findings of a recent epidemiological study suggested that omega-3 fatty acids, such as found in Omega XL®, blunted cardiac responses to air pollution exposure. Fort Lauderdale, FL (PRWEB) August 13, 2012 It is well documented that exposure to particulate matter in the air can increase cardiovascular disease and related deaths. Just in California, fine particulate air pollution is estimated to cause 9,000 premature deaths per year. In the first study of its kind, omega-3 fatty...

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a potential target for treating diabetes and obesity. Studying mice, they found that when the target protein was disabled, the animals became more sensitive to insulin and were less likely to get fat even when they ate a high-fat diet that caused their littermates to become obese. The findings are published online in the journal Cell Metabolism. The researchers studied how the body manufactures fat...

MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifescript.com, a women's health and wellness website headquartered in Mission Viejo, Calif., has launched a new online Cholesterol Health Center, designed to help women learn about and manage their cholesterol levels. Cholesterol is a type of fat found in the blood. Too much of it leads to heart disease, the No. 1 killer of women. High cholesterol contributes to about 20% of all strokes and 50% of all heart attacks; it affects...

(Ivanhoe newswire) - Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. While research has shown that increasing the amount of n-3 fatty acids within your diet could help lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, a new research shows that might not be all true. The new blind, randomized, placebo study looked at 12,536 patients of at least 50 years of age with a high risk for cardiovascular events that has impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, or diabetes....

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online According to recent commentary by Thomas Newman, MD, MPH, Mark Pletcher, MD, MPH and Stephen Hulley, MD, MPH, of the  University of California - San Francisco (UCSF) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, new recommendations for lipid screening in children are based on opinion and "fail to weigh health benefits against potential harms." The guidelines were written by a panel assembled by the National Heart, Lung and Blood...

MIAMI, July 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - Ferrer introduces new Quadruple-Strength category of Omega-3 supplements to U.S. market European pharmaceutical company Ferrer today announced the U.S. launch of Omegafort[scc] Quadruple Strength Fish Oil, Omega-3 nutritional supplements which, thanks to Super Critical Concentration technology, provide a high concentration of Omega-3. Omegafort[scc] arrives with a formula that is unique, due to the...

MADISON, N.J., July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Raising vitamin D to optimal from deficient blood levels may not improve total cholesterol and other blood lipids, key markers of cardiovascular disease risk, according to a study published today in Circulation, a publication of the American Heart Association. The study, by researchers at Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) and The Rockefeller University, is the first large-scale examination of the clinical impact of correcting vitamin D...

A study of teenage girls with eating disorders has shown that reduced essential fatty acid levels returned to normal once the girls increased their weight to a healthy level. The research, published in the August issue of Acta Paediatrica, suggests that it is not necessary to give omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid supplements to adolescent girls with eating disorders. "Essential fatty acid status is altered in eating disorders that result in weight loss" explains co-author Dr Ingemar...

A lipid that helps lotion soften the skin also helps cells find and stay in the right location in the body by ensuring they keep their "antennae" up, scientists report. Each cell has an antenna, or cilium, that senses the environment then determines where to go and what to do when it arrives, said Dr. Erhard Bieberich, biochemist at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University. "A cell is blind; it does not see, it does not feel; it doesn't know where it is,"...