Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a gene called "UCP-1" that may predict the development of pancreatic cancer in people with Type 2 diabetes. Their findings are published in Gastroenterology.
Feb 25, 2019
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Feb. 1, 2019—Scientists know that the type of fat you can measure with a tape isn't the most dangerous. But what is the most effective way to fight internal, visceral fat that you cannot see or feel? The answer: exercise.
Feb 1, 2019
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Intermittent fasting leads to weight loss and promotes health. However, it is not superior to conventional calorie restriction diets, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Heidelberg University Hospital ...
Nov 27, 2018
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Excess storage of fat is linked to many different chronic diseases. But some areas of fat storage on the body are worse than others.
Aug 30, 2018
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Belly fat affects the odds of women surviving kidney cancer but not men, according to a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Apr 3, 2018
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Michigan State University scientists are testing a promising drug that may stop a gene associated with obesity from triggering breast and lung cancer, as well as prevent these cancers from growing.
Mar 26, 2018
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With the new year still ringing, many of us have fat on our minds, but Dr. Alexis M. Stranahan is more interested in what fat does to our minds.
Jan 29, 2018
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Stunning three-dimensional images of fat cells, the first of their kind, are the latest tactic in the ongoing fight against the global obesity epidemic. The above movie, produced by The Rockefeller University's Laboratory ...
Jan 9, 2018
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Obese women with large bellies may be at risk of developing a different subtype of breast cancer than those with widespread fat accumulation, according to a new study published in The Oncologist. This suggests that the link ...
Sep 14, 2017
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By comparing two strains of mice—one that becomes obese and diabetic on a high-fat diet and another resistant to a high-fat regimen—researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania identified ...
Mar 8, 2017
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