Behavioral studies have suggested that exaggerated reactivity to food cues, especially
those associated with high-calorie foods, may be a factor underlying obesity. This increased …

Pyruvate constitutes a critical branch point in cellular carbon metabolism. We have identified
two proteins, Mpc1 and Mpc2, as essential for mitochondrial pyruvate transport in yeast, …

Delay discounting (DD) is a measure of the degree to which an individual is driven by immediate
gratification vs. the prospect of larger, but delayed, rewards. Because of hypothesized …

Objectives To determine the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and to examine whether 25-hydroxyvitamin
D (25OHD) concentration varies as a function of skin pigmentation, season, …

PURPOSE: To analyze the influence of multiple variables on the rate of pneumothorax and
chest tube placement associated with transthoracic needle aspiration biopsy of the lung. …

Behavioral studies have suggested that food cues have stronger motivating effects in obese
than in normal-weight individuals, which may be a risk factor underlying obesity. Previous …

Background: In 1996, an estimated 15 700 new cases of cancer of the uterine cervix and
4900 deaths from this disease were expected to occur in the United States. In a recent …

Ceramides contribute to the lipotoxicity that underlies diabetes, hepatic steatosis, and heart
disease. By genetically engineering mice, we deleted the enzyme dihydroceramide …

This article presents the results of a survey to determine the degree of familiarity and usage,
accuracy obtained, and evaluation of different forecasting techniques. It was found that …

INTRODUCTION The gut microbial metagenome encodes a diverse array of functions that
complement host genes involved in metabolism. In support of this idea, the gut microbiomes …