http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. If findings of a new study in mice are any indication, it might be possible to fine-tune cellular powerhouses called mitochondria, tweaking one aspect to increase insulin sensitivity, reduce body and fat mass, and even extend life. Exploiting this target could one day lead to novel treatments for type 2 diabetes—an endocrine system disease that affects 8 percent of the U.S. population. The research also points to promising new avenues of investigation in the biology of aging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-link-insulin-sensitivity-cells-powerhouses.html Medical research Tue, 29 Jan 2013 10:04:30 EST news278676262 (Medical Xpress)—Southampton researchers have demonstrated that mothers who have higher levels of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), which are found in cooking oils and nuts, during pregnancy have fatter children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-limiting-polyunsaturated-fatty-acid-pregnancy.html Health Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:26:32 EST news277028779 Aerobic training is the best mode of exercise for burning fat, according to Duke researchers who compared aerobic training, resistance training, and a combination of the two. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-aerobic-trumps-resistance-weight-fat.html Health Sat, 15 Dec 2012 00:20:01 EST news274696051 The average American child from age 8 to 18 watches about 4.5 hours of TV each day. Seventy percent have a TV in the bedroom and about one-third of youth aged 6-19 is considered obese. Previous studies have shown that TV viewing time during childhood and adolescence continues into adulthood, resulting in overweight and elevated total cholesterol. An investigative team from the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA reports new study findings, establishing the relationship between having and watching TV in the bedroom and childhood obesity, specifically high waist circumference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-bedroom-tv-viewing-obesity-children.html Overweight and Obesity Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:04 EST news274382095 Pregnant women who are overweight or obese can encounter a host of health complications. The added weight also appears to affect how their children grow and develop, at least initially. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-infants-overweight-mothers-slowly.html Pediatrics Mon, 06 Aug 2012 12:43:41 EST news263475811 New research in mice indicates that babies born to moms who eat a high-fat diet before and during pregnancy have a higher fat mass and smaller livers than babies whose moms consume low-fat fare, according to scientists at Oregon Health & Science University Doernbecher Children's Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-moms-high-fat-diet-pregnancy-babies.html Health Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:40:01 EST news235387046