Recycling of 'chauffeur protein' helps regulate fat production

NHLBI in the News Johns Hopkins Medicine  Recycling of 'chauffeur protein' helps regulate fat production Studying a cycle of protein interactions needed to make fat, NHLBI-supported researchers at Johns Hopkins say they have discovered a biological switch that regulates a protein that causes fatty liver disease in mice. Their findings, they report, may help develop drugs to decrease excessive fat production and its associated conditions in people, including fatty liver disease and diabetes. Johns Hopkins Medicine  Fewer than half of women attend recommended doctors visits after childbirth Medical associations widely recommend that women visit their obstetricians and primary care doctors shortly after giving birth, but slightly fewer than half make or keep those postpartum appointments, according to an NHLBI-supported study at Johns Hopkins. Journal of the American College of Cardiology  Charlotte A. Pratt, Ph.D., Sonia Arteaga, Ph.D., and Cay Loria, Ph.D., Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI Forging a future of better cardiovascular health: addressing childhood obesity  This paper describes ongoing National, Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)-initiated childhood obesity research. It calls on clinicians, researchers, and cardiologists to work with other healthcare providers, community agencies, schools and caregivers to foster better cardiovascular health in children by intervening on multiple levels of influence on childhood obesity.