Hidden body fat linked to faster heart aging
Excessive amounts of visceral fat—the hidden fat surrounding organs—is linked with faster aging of the heart, a new study has found.
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Tissues: News and Research on Adipose Tissue
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How cellular antennas regulate the development of precursor cells in fat tissue
Too much fat can be unhealthy: how fat cells, so-called adipocytes, develop, is crucial for the function of the fat tissue. That is why a team led by researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University ...
Aug 20, 2025
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Nonviral gene therapy shows potential for age-related heart diseases
Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are using novel nonviral gene therapy technology to gain insight into how to treat age-related heart disease. Researchers found that adding more brown fat or ...
Aug 19, 2025
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Why you can't judge health by weight alone
How much does your weight really say about your health? Probably less than you think. You could eat your five-a-day, hit the gym regularly, have textbook blood pressure and cholesterol levels—and still be dismissed as "unhealthy" ...
Jul 28, 2025
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Q&A: How a new genetic roadmap can offer insights into obesity and diabetes
Emeli Chatterjee, Ph.D., of the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author and Saumya Das, MD, Ph.D., of the Division of Cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior ...
Jul 15, 2025
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Mouse study finds tirzepatide slowed obesity-associated breast cancer growth
The anti-obesity medication tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro for diabetes and Zepbound for obesity, reduced obesity-associated breast cancer growth in a mouse model, according to a study being presented Saturday at ENDO ...
Jul 12, 2025
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Hypothermia alters glucose metabolism and may reveal mechanisms of metabolic disease
Some mammals are capable of hibernating during periods of low food availability in an effort to conserve energy and survive. While it is easy to understand why species have evolved this survival mechanism, exactly how these ...
Jul 10, 2025
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Study finds abdominal fat causes more blood vessel harm than subcutaneous fat
Obesity plays a crucial role in how severely blood vessels are damaged—and this depends on where excessive fat accumulates in the body. This is the finding of a research team from the German Center for Cardiovascular Research ...
Jun 26, 2025
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Study shows BMI's weakness as a predictor of future health
A new University of Florida Health study shows that body mass index, or BMI—commonly used to measure obesity and health risk—fails in predicting the risk of future death, suggesting the calculation is deeply flawed.
Jun 25, 2025
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Researchers identify protein that may help improve the treatment of obesity and cardiovascular disease
Obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are increasingly present in the population. Brown adipose tissue has a protective function against these prevalent diseases, as it burns calories and can produce body heat from ...
Jun 16, 2025
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