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	'Visceral' fat removal prompts hope - The Boston Globe
		Rather, it reﬂects a mounting push among researchers around the world to understand and neutralize visceral fat, now that a growing body of data is showing that it is more harmful than fat near the surface.
		Surgery to reduce visceral fat has been tried in rodents, however, and studies have indicated that when it is cut out, the animal’s diabetes improves, the researchers said.
		Visceral fat appears to be more metabolically active than surface fat, but much of how it works remains mysterious.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/04/17/145visceral146_fat_removal_prompts_hope (1374 words)

	Visceral Pain Mechanisms
		A greater proportion of visceral afferents, however, have thresholds for activation in the physiological range and encode the intensity of stimulation throughout the non-noxious and noxious ranges of stimulation (1,21).
		Colorectal distension as a noxious visceral stimulus: physiologic and pharmacologic characterization of pseudoaffective reflexes in the rat.
		Characterization of neurons responsive to noxious colorectal distension in the T13-L2 spinal cord of the rat.
	www.painresearch.utah.edu /cancerpain/ch07.html (4633 words)

	Dangerous visceral fat builds up if you don't exercise, can go down if you do
		Visceral fat surrounds your vital organs, the fat is located in the abdominal cavity (stomach area).
		The more visceral fat you carry around the higher your chances of developing insulin resistance (leading to type two diabetes), heart disease and other metabolic syndromes.
		Visceral fat is not the fat that lies just under your skin, that type is called subcutaneous fat.
	www.medicalnewstoday.com /healthnews.php?newsid=30641 (693 words)

	Visceral - Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Visceral is the only charity in the UK, and one of a handful of charities in the US, that co-ordinates and funds research into the relationship between environmental factors and the recent increases in diagnoses of autism that have occurred in many developed world countries.
		Visceral’s research programme is directed by Andrew Wakefield FRCS FRC(Path), who is the charity’s full-time Chief Medical Scientist.
		At present Visceral is providing financial and administrative support for sixteen investigations taking place in eleven medical schools, hospitals and financial institutions in Europe and the United States.
	www.visceral.org.uk (171 words)

	Visceral pain - EFIC 2000, Nice, France
		The data from experiments using receptor antagonists and from experiments in mutant mice suggest that the role of substance P and the NK1 receptor is particularly important in persistent visceral pain, especially that with a neurogenic component.
		Visceral pain is a prominent symptom in the clinical setting and one of the main reasons for patients' seeking medical care.
		Identification of NGF as a key molecule in visceral hyperalgesia and exploitation of the role of endocannabinoids in attenuating the effects of NGF may allow the development of cannabinoid-based analgesics for use in visceral pain.
	www.painstudy.ru /pe3/visceral.htm (2639 words)

	Aidsmap \| Recombinant human growth hormone reduces visceral fat in two randomised studies
		Visceral fat accumulation in adults is associated with the development of a metabolic syndrome of high lipid levels, insulin resistance and diabetes, all of which carry a heightened risk for cardiovascular disease.
		Visceral fat accumulation is stigmatising for people with HIV who suffer from it.
		After twelve weeks visceral fat, as measured by CT scan, and total trunk fat, as measured by DEXA scan, had both declined in the rHGH group by approximately 20%, and this difference was significant when compared to the placebo group, in which a slight increase in visceral and trunk fat was measured (+4%) (p=.001).
	www.aidsmap.com /en/news/DEF5A00F-EF5C-4C7B-8FB3-0B8CFC35203C.asp (1477 words)

	Diabetes: Visceral Fat, Insulin Sensitivity, and Lipids i... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		This characteristic, along with the proximity of visceral fat to the hepatic portal vasculature, is hypothesized to be responsible for the positive association between visceral fat, dyslipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, and glucose intolerance (8,9).
		Visceral fat accumulations of up to 114 [cm.sup.2] have been measured in prepubertal children (16), and lipid concentrations, insulin concentrations, and insulin resistance are associated with obesity in children (16-19).
		We found that visceral fat was related to both TG and fasting insulin, independent of both total fat and SAAT (Tables 3 and 4), suggesting that the influence of visceral fat is unique in children, as it is in adults.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:55449706&refid=holomed_1 (4956 words)

	NEJM -- Visceral Infection Caused by Leishmania tropica in Veterans of Operation Desert Storm
		Visceral leishmaniasis unresponsive to Pentostam caused by Leishmania tropica in Kenya.
		Visceral leishmaniasis: a difficult diagnosis and unusual causative agent.
		An outbreak of visceral leishmaniasis in northern Italy.
	www.fda.gov /OHRMS/DOCKETS/ac/03/briefing/4014b1_17_MagillNEJM.htm (3341 words)

	Chiropractic Care and Visceral Disorders: What Is the Neurological Link? \| David Seaman, DC, MS, DACAN
		Nansel and Szlazak's paper, "Somatic dysfunction and the phenomenon of visceral disease simulation: A probable explanation for the apparent effectiveness of somatic therapy in patients presumed to be suffering from true visceral disease."9 During the past year, I have asked numerous chiropractors (probably around 1,000 or more) if they have heard of this paper.
		Visceral disease is causing a reflex (pseudoradicular) reaction in the segment, including blockage (i.e., fixation/restriction) in the corresponding mobile segment of the vertebral column.
		Visceral disease that has caused a segmental movement restriction has subsided, but blockage remains, causing symptoms simulating visceral disease [as in (1)].
	www.chiroweb.com /archives/14/24/09.html (1489 words)

	CDC - Visceral Leishmaniasis Treatment, Italy
		Diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in patients with clinically suspected cases was routinely performed on serum and bone marrow aspirate samples sent by hospitals, mainly from pediatrics, internal medicine, and infectious diseases wards, from throughout the country.
		In the absence of any official drug policy for visceral leishmaniasis in Italy and in consideration of the large sample of patients surveyed, our study may be the first observational investigation on visceral leishmaniasis therapy at the national level from 1986 through 2001.
		Epidemiologic surveillance of visceral leishmaniasis in Sicily, Italy.
	www.cdc.gov /Ncidod/EID/vol9no12/03-0178.htm (1821 words)

	CiteULike: Convergence of limb, visceral, and vertical semicircular canal or otolith inputs onto vestibular nucleus ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		CiteULike: Convergence of limb, visceral, and vertical semicircular canal or otolith inputs onto vestibular nucleus neurons.
		Convergence of limb, visceral, and vertical semicircular canal or otolith inputs onto vestibular nucleus neurons.
		A secondary aim was to ascertain whether the effects of non-labyrinthine inputs on the activity of vestibular nucleus neurons is affected by bilateral peripheral vestibular lesions.
	www.citeulike.org /user/jcohenadad/article/916982 (549 words)

	Visceral Manipulation for Chronic Pain Treatment
		Visceral Manipulation relieves imbalances and restrictions in the interconnections between the motions of all the organs and structures of the body.
		Visceral Manipulation is based on the specific placement of soft manual forces to encourage the normal mobility, tone and motion of the viscera and their connective tissues.
		This introduced him to the visceral system and the notion that tissues have memory, which was fundamental to his development of Visceral Manipulation.
	jeffreyburch.com /home/jb1/visceral_main.html (1364 words)

	International Pelvic Pain Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Acute visceral pathologic diseases produce pain by various mechanisms that result in release of neuro activators and sensitizers such as histamine seratonin, bradykinin and leukokinin, as well as bacterial endotoxins.
		Continued stimulus of visceral nerve endings (C fibers) results in sensitization of the dorsal root and dorsal horn to noxious stimulus (hyperalgesia) or to a light sensory stimulus (allodynia).
		The resultant visceral organ hypersensitivity often presents as painful physiologic visceral function, such as severe dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia, painful ovulation and orgasm; painful stretching of visceral tissues, such as bladder and bowel distention, and speculum exam.
	www.pelvicpain.org /acute_chronic_visc.asp (1346 words)

	Physical Inactivity Rapidly Increases Visceral Fat; Exercise Can Reverse Accumulation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Visceral Fat Build-up Is The High Cost Of Inactivity (September 14, 2005) -- Inactivity leads to significant increases in visceral fat, and a moderate exercise regimen can keep this potentially dangerous form of fat at bay, according to the results of the first randomized...
		Controlling visceral fat is important, the researchers say, because increased levels have been associated with insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease and other metabolic syndromes.
		Visceral fat is located around the organs inside the belly and is deeper in the body than subcutaneous fat, which lies under the skin.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/05/030529081315.htm (891 words)

	Recombinant Human Growth Hormone Produces Pronounced and Durable Reductions in Visceral Adipose Tissue - The Body
		Increased visceral fat can be a particularly significant problem, both from a cosmetic perspective and from a health perspective given its association with physical complaints such as gastroesophageal reflux and respiratory compromise.
		The individuals showed marked reductions in visceral fat at 12 weeks that did not significantly differ by dosing schedule, and these reductions were maintained during the second 12 weeks of lower dose therapy.
		Overall, there was a decrease in visceral fat, mid-thigh fat and facial fat during the treatment phase of the study.
	www.thebody.com /confs/icaac2006/daar2.html (1005 words)

	Myoblast determination in the somatic and visceral mesoderm depends on Notch signalling as well as on ...
		This activation leads in stage 11 (S 11) in the visceral mesoderm (vm) to the expression of dumbfounded/kin of irre (duf/kirre, blue) in the visceral founder cells (f), whereas the fusion-competent myoblasts (fcms) without an active pathway are characterised by sticks and stones (sns) expression.
		for the visceral phenotype is that because of the absence of
		somatic mesoderm for the visceral phenotype arises from the
	dev.biologists.org /cgi/content/full/131/4/743 (7685 words)

	Definition of visceral - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
		Learn more about "visceral" and related topics at Britannica.com
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	www.m-w.com /dictionary/visceral (59 words)

	IAHE - Visceral Manipulation
		At optimal health, the relationship between the organs (viscera) and structures of the body (muscles, membranes, fasciae and bones) remains stable despite the body’s endless varieties of motion.
		Visceral Manipulation (VM) is a gentle hands-on therapy that works through the body’s visceral system (the heart, liver, intestines and other internal organs) to locate and alleviate these abnormal points of tension throughout the body.
		Trained practitioners use the rhythmic motions of the visceral system to evaluate how abnormal forces interplay, overlap and affect the normal body forces at work.
	www.iahe.com /html/therapies/vm.jsp (226 words)

	Differentiation of Visceral and Cutaneous Pain in the Human Brain -- Strigo et al. 89 (6): 3294 -- Journal of ...
		intensity is equated for visceral and cutaneous stimuli, the
		Follett KA and Dirks B. Characterization of responses of primary somatosensory cerebral cortex neurons to noxious visceral stimulation in the rat.
		Snow PJ, Lumb BM, and Cervero F. The representation of prolonged and intense, noxious somatic and visceral stimuli in the ventrolateral orbital cortex of the cat.
	jn.physiology.org /cgi/content/full/89/6/3294 (6682 words)

	Visceral Fat Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Attack
		Visceral fat is the type of fat that is metabolized by the liver, which turns it into cholesterol that circulates in the blood.
		Stewart says that just being overweight increases the risk for accumulation of visceral fat, but it is not only what you weigh but what you eat that contributes to visceral fat.
		While visceral fat went up as waistlines increased, it was also related to the amount of fat consumed by the volunteers, he says.
	www.webmd.com /diet/news/20030331/high-fat-diet-ups-dangerous-hidden-fat (510 words)

	visceral
		{Visceral cavity} or {tube} (Anat.), the ventral cavity of a vertebrate, which contains the alimentary canal, as distinguished from the dorsal, or cerebro-spinal, canal.
		{Visceral clefts} (Anat.), transverse clefts on the sides just back of the mouth in the vertebrate embryo, which open into the pharyngeal portion of the alimentary canal, and correspond to the branchial clefts in adult fishes.
		From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: visceral adj 1: relating to or affecting the viscera; "visceral bleeding"; "a splanchnic nerve" [syn: {splanchnic}] 2: derived from or prompted by a natural tendency; "an intuitive perception"; "visceral revulsion"; "a glandular aversion to materialistic values" [syn: {intuitive}, {glandular}]
	www.beetfoundation.com /words/v/visceral.html (199 words)

	Visceral leishmaniasis in Afghanistan -- Leslie et al. 175 (3): 245 -- Canadian Medical Association Journal
		Visceral leishmaniasis in Afghanistan -- Leslie et al.
		regimens for the visceral form of the disease.
		Two cases of visceral leishmaniasis in U.S. military personnel — Afghanistan, 2002–2004.
	www.cmaj.ca /cgi/content/full/175/3/245 (687 words)

	The Dangers of Hidden Abdominal Fat - Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
		The good news about visceral fat is that regular moderate physical activity can help prevent it and regular vigorous physical activity can help get rid of it.
		Visceral fat is the more worrisome variety because it surrounds vital organs and is metabolized by the liver, which turns it into blood cholesterol.
		In fact, the only effective way researchers can locate visceral fat is by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), which uses magnetic waves to take a picture of the inside of the abdomen.
	www.swedish.org /16985.cfm (653 words)

	eMedicine - Leishmaniasis : Article by Renee Hsia, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The typical lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis were described as early as 900 BC and have been referred to as the "Balkan sore" in the Balkans, the "Delhi boil" in India, the "Baghdad boil" in Iraq, and "saldana" in Afghanistan.
		Visceral leishmaniasis, in particular, has been shown to be twice as more common in males than in females.
		In visceral leishmaniasis, patients may die of hemorrhage (secondary to infiltration of the hematopoietic system), severe anemia, secondary bacterial infections of mucous membranes, bacterial pneumonia, septicemia, tuberculosis, dysentery, or measles.
	www.emedicine.com /emerg/topic296.htm (4412 words)

	The Upledger Institute, Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Visceral Manipulation was developed by French Osteopath, Jean-Pierre Barral.
		At optimal health, the relationship between the organs (viscera) and structures of the body (muscles, membranes, fasciae and bones) remains stable despite the body’s endless varieties of motion.
		Visceral Manipulation (VM) is a gentle hands-on therapy that works through the body’s visceral system (the heart, liver, intestines and other internal organs) to locate and alleviate these abnormal points of tension throughout the body.
	www.upledger.com /therapies/vm.htm (201 words)

	Amazon.com: Visceral Manipulation: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Drawing upon years of research and clinical experience, the authors convincingly demonstrate that the relationship of structure and function among the internal organs is just as strong as that among the constituents of the musculoskeletal system, and that manipulation of the viscera can be effectively used to treat dysfunction.
		Visceral Manipulation meticulously describes the indications for evaluating each of the major organs, and explains how to perform manipulative techniques for treating many types of restrictions.
		Visceral Manipulation II is a wonderful compliment to the first book.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0939616068?v=glance (934 words)

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		Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the most dangerous of the three manifestations of disease caused by the Leishmania parasite.
		VL is associated with fever, weight loss, enlargement of the spleen and liver, and anemia.
		An estimated 1.5 million people are currently infected with visceral leishmaniasis, also known as kala-azar, and approximately 500,000 new cases arise annually worldwide.
	www.oneworldhealth.org /diseases/leishmaniasis.php (355 words)

	Centrally acting agents and visceral sensitivity -- Fioramonti and Bueno 51 (Supplement 1): 91 -- Gut
		Abnormal perception of visceral pain in response to gastric distension in chronic idiopathic dyspepsia.
		Fedotozine, a kappa-opioid agonist, prevents spinal and supra-spinal Fos expression induced by a noxious visceral stimulus in the rat.
		The effect of intrathecal opioid-receptor agonists on visceral noxious stimulation in rabbits.
	gut.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/51/suppl_1/i91 (3583 words)

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