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They found that 12 had developed insulin resistance, meaning their tissues were not responding to the vital body chemical as well as they should.
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In traditional Chinese medical theory, the core concept is the qi, the vital energy that is believed to circulate throughout the body.
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This mechanism apparently evolved to help the body preserve a vital source of energy.
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Melatonin is vital for maintaining the body's correct diurnal rhythms - helping a person sleep at night and stay awake during the day.
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Eventually the body's vital organs shut down entirely.
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Its functions are vital to the regulation of the body's "circadian rhythms", whose powerful clock-like mechanisms synchronise the body with the 24 -hour period that is day and night.
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Unlike the politicians at Copenhagen, the central bank governors and heads of banking supervision who form the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision - which decides these vital rules for banks - well, they don't exactly court the media.
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The National Farmers' Union chairman in Ceredigion, John Davies, appealed to the Welsh government to continue the "vital research into upland farming" through a collaboration with a research body in the public or private sector.
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But the seeds had burned holes into some of his vital body parts.
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"A 5mm (0.2 inches) particle striking a large solar array is likely to have a very little long-lasting effect, but such an object hitting the main body of a satellite could cause a vital component to fail, " he said.
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The head of the independent body on decommissioning, General John de Chastelain, is expected to give his vital assessment on illegal arms before the end of January.
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