Research has found that obesity and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety seem to often go hand in hand. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions are providing new insights into this ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Iowa State researchers have found for the first time that less muscle and more body fat may affect how flexible our thinking gets as we become older, and changes in parts of the immune system could be responsible.
Dec 17, 2019
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Many people struggle to keep their weight in check as they get older. Now, new research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has uncovered why that is: Lipid turnover in the fat tissue decreases during aging and makes it easier ...
Sep 9, 2019
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In experiments in rats and human cells, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have added to evidence that a cellular protein signal that drives both bone and fat formation in selected stem cells can be manipulated to ...
Jan 7, 2019
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It sounds too good to be true, but a novel approach that might allow you to eat as much food as you want without gaining weight could be a reality in the near future.
Dec 4, 2018
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In an unexpected discovery, UCLA researchers have found that a gene previously known to control human metabolism also controls the equilibrium of bone and fat in bone marrow as well as how an adult stem cell expresses its ...
Jul 12, 2018
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The same proteins that moderate nicotine dependence in the brain may be involved in regulating metabolism by acting directly on certain types of fat cells, new research from the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute ...
May 21, 2018
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Scientists have just made a surprising discovery involving fat and special immune cells that live within it—it turns out that 'gd T cells' are the key cogs in the biological wheel that regulates our body heat and protects ...
Apr 24, 2018
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New evidence from a study at the Stanford University School of Medicine might dismay those who have chosen sides in the low-fat versus low-carb diet debate.
Feb 20, 2018
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Scientists have discovered a molecular switch in the brain that regulates fat burning - and could provide a way to control weight gain following dieting.
Feb 13, 2018
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