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Effects of Storage Time and Exogenous Protease Inhibitors on Plasma Protein Levels
Effects of Storage Time and Exogenous Protease Inhibitors on Plasma Protein Levels
Dramatic changes in protein levels during storage were independent of protease inhibitors and are likely due to cytokine production and-or release by leukocytes and platelets.
American Journal of Clinical Pathology
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Benefits of Exercise for Diabetics
In people with type II diabetes, exercise may improve insulin sensitivity and assist in lowering elevated blood glucose levels into the normal range.
Here's how. When you exercise, your body uses more oxygen -- as much as 20 times more -- and even more in the working muscles, than when you are at rest. So the muscles use more glucose to meet their increased energy needs.
At the same time, exercise improves the action of insulin in the peripheral muscles, making it more efficient, so you get more out of the insulin your body is producing.
In older people with diabetes, the decrease in insulin sensitivity that comes with aging is also partly due to a lack of physical activity. So regular exercise benefits you now, and for years to come. |
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