Health
Higher blood fats more harmful than first thoughtÂ
Increased levels of blood fats in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity are more harmful than previously thought, a new study has found.
Apr 1, 2022
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Cardiology
Deleting a protein might reduce cardiovascular disease
Macrophages travel through our arteries, gobbling fat the way Pac-man gobbled ghosts. But fat-filled macrophages can narrow blood vessels and cause heart disease. Now, UConn Health researchers describe in Nature Cardiovascular ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Health
Study finds that Nordic diet lowers cholesterol and blood sugar, even if you don't lose weight
A healthy Nordic diet can prevent a range of diseases. Until now, the health benefits that researchers had attributed to a Nordic diet primarily focused on weight loss. But in a new study, University of Copenhagen researchers ...
Mar 8, 2022
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Health
Piling on excess weight might harm your thinking skills, says study
Being overweight or obese has long been linked to poor heart health, but could it also impair your thinking?
Feb 1, 2022
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Medical research
How the body uses fat to fight infection
New research from the University of East Anglia and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune cells use the body's fat stores to fight infection.
Dec 8, 2021
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Cardiology
Healthy eating linked to better heart structure and function among Latino adults
Latino adults who followed a healthy dietary plan had healthier hearts in terms of structure and function, according to preliminary research to be presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2021. The ...
Nov 8, 2021
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Diabetes
Healthy metabolism despite obesity: Brown fat could be the key
Not all forms are obesity are the same and brown fat could make all the difference. A study led by Florian Kiefer's research group from the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism of the Department of Medicine III at MedUni ...
Oct 29, 2021
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Health
Whole fat or low-fat milk better for kids? It may make no difference to their health: study
A world-first study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found whole fat milk is just as good for kids as low fat.
Oct 12, 2021
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Medications
A cousin of Viagra reduces obesity by stimulating cells to burn fat, study shows
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease reduces obesity and fatty liver in mice and improves their heart function—without ...
Oct 7, 2021
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Overweight & Obesity
Pediatric patients have good 10-year results from gastric sleeve weight loss procedure
Results from a 10-year study of children and adolescents who underwent a common weight loss operation to treat severe obesity show they safely have long-lasting major weight loss and improvement of their obesity-related medical ...
Sep 23, 2021
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