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Rhizoma Anemarrhenae for Infectious Diseases, Fever, and Diabetes

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Pharm Tao

[Name] Rhizoma Anemarrhenae [Chinese Name] Zhi Mu [Parts Used and Preparation] Rhizome [Flavors in Chinese Medicine] Bitter, sweet; cold [Chinese Medicine Meridians/Channels] Lung, Stomach and Kidney [Actions in Chinese Medicine] The herb can clear the pathogenic Heat and Fire factors, … Continue reading →

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Pueraria Roots for Fever, Headaches, Diarrhea, and Diabetes

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Pharm Tao

[Name] Pueraria Root, Radix Puerariae [Chinese Name] Ge Gen [Parts Used and Preparation] Roots [Flavors in Chinese Medicine] Sweet, pungent; cool [Chinese Medicine Meridians/Channels] Spleen and Stomach [Actions in Chinese Medicine] The herb can dispel the pathogenic factors from the … Continue reading →

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Anxiety, Depression, Diabetes, and High-Fat Diets

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Pharm Tao

Depression and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are often seen together (Dutheil et al., 2016). What are the mechanisms in psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) associated with these diseases? What are the roles of high-fat diets in anxiety and depression? How can the high-fat … Continue reading →

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Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Personalized Medicine

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Pharm Tao

Stress, Depression, Inflammation, and Personalized Medicine Psychological stress has been associated with higher levels of inflammation and the risks of many physical disorders including heart diseases. For example, chronic stress responses may cause a variety of skin disorders including allergic … Continue reading →

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Systems Biology, Immunity, Biomarkers, and Aging

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Pharm Tao

Many chronic diseases are age-associated, including Alzheimer’s disease, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. The elevating incidence of these disorders asks for the better understanding of the associations between the aging process and various diseases. With the increasing life … Continue reading →

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Nutritional Systems Biology and Type 2 Diabetes

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Pharm Tao

Systems biology studies include the investigations in various “omics” areas, such as genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, epigenomics, as well as microbiomics. Combining both computational and experimental biology, systems biology aims at prediction of the dynamical processes and the description of … Continue reading →

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Lipidomics, Circadian Rhythms, and Chronobiology

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Pharm Tao

Lipids are essential for biological mechanisms, from serving as signaling molecules to maintaining cellular processes. They are fundamental elements that compose cellular membranes. They are also the basis of energy storage. In addition to all of these functions, lipids are … Continue reading →

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PPARs, Psychoneuroimmunology, and Potential Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders

Posted on June 12, 2014 by Pharm Tao

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPARs) are a group of transcription factors that play important roles in glucose homeostasis, fatty acid and lipoprotein metabolism, and immune responses (Rolland et al., 2013). They are involved in the regulation of cellular proliferation and differentiation, … Continue reading →

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The Associations between Depression and Chronic Diseases

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Pharm Tao

Depression is becoming a leading cause of disability with loss of work days globally. It is also one of the most important risk factors in many chronic diseases. Depression plays a critical role in the etiology, progression, and results of … Continue reading →

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