Now that theory has been tested by scientists at the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam.

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John Kastelein of the Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam was lead investigator of the ENHANCE study.

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Researcher Dr John Kastelein, from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, said the only side effect of the drug was some mild stomach problems.

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The study s lead investigator, John Kastelein of Academic Medical Center in the Netherlands, has since said he would have felt ready to present the results as much as nine months before they were released.

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The findings add to growing evidence that calorie restriction can benefit health and longevity, but this shouldn't prompt already skinny seniors to start dieting, said Carol Greenwood, a senior scientist and assistant director of the Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit at Baycrest, a Toronto academic medical center focused on aging.

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One obvious choice, the nearby academic hospital Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, didn't have particularly good results.

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"It's like taking the air out of a balloon, " says Berish Strauch, academic chair and professor of plastic surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center.

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Jet Lag Rooster is an online calculator that employs similar guidelines to those used at academic institutions such as the Mayo Center for Sleep Medicine in Minnesota and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.

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Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, the only private medical school in the U.S. Greater Southwest, is recognized as a premier academic health science center and is known for excellence in education, research, and patient care.

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