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Study reveals surplus body fat can be detected by saliva
Publicado em 19 de fevereiro de 2020
Saliva can be used for early detection of the risk of developing diseases associated with excess body fat, in addition to keep the mouth moist and protecting from germs a new research reveals.
The researchers in Brazil performed a study published in the journal Nutrition Research in which they used the level of uric acid in saliva to predict body fat percentages in teenagers and identify those with excess fat even if they had no symptoms of chronic obesity-related disease.
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Saliva can predict excess body fat in teenagers
Publicado em 17 fevereiro 2020Researchers have demonstrated that saliva can be used for early detection of the risk of diseases associated with surplus body fat, an advance that may lead to better methods to diagnose chronic obesity-related ailments. The study, published in the journal Nutrition Research, identified uric acid in saliva as a reliable signature chemical to predict body fat percentages in teenagers. "The idea is to enable saliva to be more widely used as an alternative biological sample for clinical [...]ver notícia -
Music may reduce cardiac stress while driving: Study
Publicado em 13 novembro 2019Rio de Janeiro, Nov 13 (IANS) Stress while driving is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac complications such as heart attack, but now researchers have found that listening to music while driving can reduce cardiac stress. “We found that cardiac stress in the participants in our experiment was reduced by listening to music while they were driving,” said study lead author Vitor Engracia Valenti, Professor at Sao Paulo State University in [...]ver notícia