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What’s Your Weight Loss Gene?

What’s Your Weight Loss Gene?
Is that low-carb diet not working for you? Or is it the low-fat diet that’s not taking off those pounds. It may just be your genes. That’s the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people will do better on a low-fat or a low-carb weight loss plan.

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Gene site found for children’s food allergy

Gene site found for children’s food allergy
( Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia ) Pediatrics researchers have identified the first major gene location responsible for a severe, often painful food allergy called eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). In this disease, which may cause weight loss, vomiting, heartburn and swallowing difficulties, a patient may be unable to eat a wide variety of foods. A genome-wide association study found EoE was …

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Gene test claims to show what diet works best

Gene test claims to show what diet works best
Diet not working? Blame your genes. That’s the pitch behind a new test that claims to show whether people…

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