Medical research
Brown fat keeps blood sugar in check
Australian scientists have shown that brown fat - a special type of fat that burns energy to produce heat - may also help to keep blood sugar steady in adults.
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Cardiology
Mutated gene safeguards against heart attacks
People with a specific gene mutation have a 50 percent lower risk of suffering a heart attack. This is what an international team of researchers headed by the cardiologist Prof. Heribert Schunkert, medical director of the ...
Mar 7, 2016
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Medical research
Turning on blood flow turns on fat-burning brown fat in mice
Increasing the blood flow in brown fat causes it to burn more calories in mice and may help treat obesity, a new study in the Journal of Applied Physiology reports.
Mar 2, 2016
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Medical research
New discovery opens doors to manipulating fat production in the body
Move over diet and exercise, a new weight control method is in the works and it involves manipulating the production of fat cells at their source. A new research report published in the March 2016 issue of The FASEB Journal ...
Mar 1, 2016
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Diabetes
'Beiging' white fat cells to fight diabetes
Researchers are getting closer to learning how to turn white fat cells into brown fat cells, in a process called "beiging," to bring down blood sugar levels and fight diabetes. The team, led by Joseph Baur, PhD, an assistant ...
Feb 16, 2016
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Sleep disorders
Obstructive sleep apnea-induced hypertension linked to gut microbiome
Obstructive sleep apnea increases the risk of hypertension, however the link between apneas and high blood pressure is unknown. So what is the connection? Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine say the answer could be ...
Feb 9, 2016
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Medical research
Slender mice, heart disease and diabetes—what do they have in common?
Removal of a gene protected mice against arterial disease, and they stayed lean even when they ate more. The phenomenon underlying this beneficial phenotype is more active brown adipose tissue.
Jan 27, 2016
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Genetics
Good news for feast lovers? Obesity-promoting genes discovered
Ever imagined you could eat all the mouthwatering, festive food during winter holidays and never worry about an expanding waistline?
Dec 17, 2015
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Medical research
Crowdsourcing call for 'brown fat' study to tackle diabetes and obesity
Scientists are asking the public for help in funding new research aimed at harnessing the body's own fat-fighting defences to tackle obesity and diabetes as part of an innovative new crowdsourcing project.
Dec 10, 2015
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Cardiology
Impact of high-fat diet on red blood cells may cause cardiovascular disease
University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have discovered the negative impact a high fat diet has on red blood cells and how these cells, in turn, promote the development of cardiovascular disease.
Nov 16, 2015
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