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Physical activity, fitness and fatness: relations to mortality, morbidity and disease risk factors. A systematic review.
Summary The purpose of this systematic review was to study the relative... | 12th September, 2009
| The Academy of Finland, Health Research Unit, Helsinki, Finland.
| Obes Rev. 2009 Sep 9.
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Diabetes as a 'cardiovascular disease equivalent': implications for treatment.
Patients with type 2 diabetes are at high risk of cardiovascular disease.... | 24th January, 2009
| Academy of Finland, Helsinki and Department of Medicine, University of
| Nat Clin Pract Cardiovasc Med. 2008 Nov;5(11):682-3. Epub 2008 Sep 16.
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Insulin resistance and lipid levels in adolescents with familial risk for psychosis.
OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes and dyslipidemias co-occur frequently with... | 18th June, 2008
| Department of Psychiatry, University of Kuopio, and Academy of Finland,
| Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008 May;117(5):337-41. Epub 2008 Jan 30.
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Bone marrow-derived circulating endothelial precursors do not contribute to vascular endothelium and are not needed for tumor growth.
The mechanisms by which bone marrow (BM)-derived stem cells might... | 29th May, 2008
| Academy of Finland Center of Excellence in Cancer Biology and
| Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 May 6;105(18):6620-5. Epub 2008 Apr 28.
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How physical activity can work?
This review examines how physical activity can work for health during... | 14th May, 2008
| Academy of Finland, Health Research, Helsinki, Finland.
| Int J Pediatr Obes. 2008;3 Suppl 1:10-4.
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