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Black pepper could help fight obesity: Research shows it lowers body fat and blood sugar

A new study revealed that black pepper could help fight against obesity by reducing body fat and blood sugar levels. The study was carried out by a team of researchers from Sri Venkateswara Universityin India. For the study, the research team experimented on obese rats who were administered with a high-fat diet in a period […]

Study Of Two Families Helps Characterize Inherited Movement Disorder

By studying two Brazilian families that each have manifestations of dystonia, researchers have identified a genetic mutation that underlies the condition. The gene coding for PRKRA, a protein in the cellular response to stress and inflammation, contained a mutation (DYT16) in the afflicted patients, according to an Article published early Online in the March edition […]