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In cities in Tanzania, moms who wait until late in pregnancy to see a doctor for the first time are much more likely to have babies who don’t get their vaccines on time.
Correlational
The drug didn’t cause serious side effects in these patients, even after a year of daily injections.
Descriptive
In rural Tanzania, babies whose dads didn’t finish school are more likely to miss their vaccines on time than babies whose dads did finish school.
Doctors who didn’t know who got the real drug thought patients’ bellies looked better after treatment.
Causal
Even though it reduces belly fat, the injection doesn’t make blood sugar worse or cause diabetes in these patients.
The injection makes the body produce more of a natural growth-related hormone called IGF-1, which helps explain how it reduces belly fat.
Mechanistic
Patients who got the real injection felt better about how their belly looked, while those who got the fake shot didn’t.
This injection makes the waist smaller without changing fat on the arms, legs, or just under the skin.
If HIV patients stop taking the injection, the belly fat they lost comes right back quickly.
If HIV patients keep taking the injection for a full year, they lose even more belly fat inside their abdomen—about 18% total.
A daily injection called tesamorelin helps HIV patients on medication lose belly fat inside their abdomen, while a fake shot doesn’t.
Mirabegron treatment improved how well the body uses insulin and processes sugar in healthy women after four weeks. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available
After four weeks of mirabegron, healthy women had 35% more adiponectin, a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available
Mirabegron treatment raised levels of good cholesterol and bile acids in healthy women after four weeks. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available
Taking mirabegron for four weeks made healthy women burn more calories at rest without losing weight. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available
Healthy women who took mirabegron pills for four weeks had more active brown fat, which helps burn calories. This finding is from the abstract summary - full study details were not available
Taking 1.5 grams of D-BHB daily for 12 weeks may raise ketone levels in the blood of healthy Japanese adults.
Taking 1.5 or 2.9 grams of D-BHB daily for 12 weeks didn't cause any side effects in healthy Japanese adults.
Taking 2.9 grams of D-BHB daily for 12 weeks may help decrease total body fat weight in healthy Japanese adults.
Taking 2.9 grams of D-BHB daily for 12 weeks may help lower overall body fat percentage in healthy Japanese adults.
Taking 1.5 grams of D-BHB daily for 12 weeks may help reduce belly fat in healthy Japanese adults.
MOTS-c treatment reduced collagen buildup in the muscles of immobilized mice, which may help prevent stiffness.
Mice given MOTS-c had higher levels of the peptide in their blood compared to those without treatment.
Quantitative
MOTS-c didn't affect the triglyceride levels in the muscles of immobilized mice, even though it reduced fatty acids.