http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Obesity among people who eat a high-fat diet may involve injury to neurons, or nerve cells, in a key part of the brain that controls body weight, according to the authors of a new animal study. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-high-fat-diet-rapidly-brain-cells.html Medical research Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:48:01 EST news226766865 Overexposure to stress hormones in the womb can program the potential for adverse health effects in those children and the next generation, but effects vary depending on whether the mother or father transmits them, a new animal study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-fetal-disease-parental-gender.html Health Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:20:01 EST news226414098 Long-term relationships make the commonly abused drug amphetamine less appealing, according to a new animal study in the June 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest that social bonds formed during adulthood lead to changes in the brain that may protect against drug abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-steady-relationships-amphetamine-rewarding-effects.html Neuroscience Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:32:49 EST news226117831 Liposuction has become one of the most popular plastic surgeries in the country. It has been around since 1974 and there are now more than 450,000 operations a year. But does the fat come back? A recent study by Teri L. Hernandez, PhD, RN and Robert H. Eckel, MD, at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that the fat eventually returns within one year, and is redistributed to other areas of the body, especially the upper abdomen. There was further redistribution around the shoulders and triceps of the arms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-liposuction-fat.html Medical research Mon, 09 May 2011 12:29:27 EST news224162945