Genetic differences in body fat shape men and women’s health risks
Credit: Courtesy Civelek lab New research is revealing how genetic differences in the fat in men's and women's bodies affect ...
Tag: Eating Disorders/Obesity
HIV drugs could prevent diabetes, study suggests
Credit: UVA Communications A group of drugs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B could be repurposed to prevent type ...
Wound therapy device might not lower infection risk in women with obesity after C-section
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are learning more about ways to prevent infections in ...
A novel approach to childhood obesity prevention
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 16, 2020—A novel taxonomic approach to obesity prevention using existing ...
Devi mangiare! Why culture may be contributing to disordered eating among women
Credit: UniSA "You have to eat!" It's a sentiment that illustrates how central food is to Italian culture, but the ...
Scientists explore the obesity paradox, cardiovascular risk of HIV
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University The newer generation of HIV drugs have turned the once-lethal infection into a ...
People with anorexia and body dysmorphic disorder show brain similarities, differences
Key patterns of brain function are more pronounced with more severe symptomsCredit: UCLA Health A new UCLA study shows partially ...
American Heart Association honors UVA endocrinologist for high blood pressure work
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Robert M. Carey, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia School of ...
The brain can induce diabetes remission in rodents, but how?
Fibroblast growth factor 1 effects on specific brain cell types, and on nets that enmesh neurons, inform how it restores ...
Offspring of mice fed imbalanced diets shown to be neurologically ‘programmed’ for obesity
Credit: Nobuyuki Sakayori, Hiroshima University Pregnant mice fed a diet high in omega-6 fats and low in omega-3 fats produce ...
College students access eating disorders therapy via phone app
Multi-university study shows app can help students reduce symptoms, ease depressionCredit: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR HEALTHY WEIGHT AND WELLNESS More ...
Harold Hamm Diabetes Center researchers earn grant to study liver disease in children
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- More than 30% of children who are obese will eventually be diagnosed with non-alcoholic ...
Metabolic syndrome linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients
Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were over three times more likely to die if they had metabolic syndromeCredit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane ...
Study to ID brain neurons that control metabolism
Results could lead to new medications, diets that improve healthCredit: Cristal Hill and Christopher Morrison BATON ROUGE, Louisiana - A ...
High fructose diet in pregnancy impacts metabolism of offspring, study finds
Erin Smith PhD student Department of Paediatrics and Child Health University of Otago, Wellington An increased level of fructose intake ...
This online calculator can predict your stroke risk, study finds
Credit: UVA Health Doctors can predict patients' risk for ischemic stroke based on the severity of their metabolic syndrome, a ...
Identifying molecular targets to prevent obesity-induced cardiovascular diseases
University of Houston researcher receives $2.2 million grant from National Institutes of HealthCredit: University of Houston In the early stages ...
REM sleep tunes eating behavior
Credit: © Pascal Gugler / Insel Gruppe Despite our broad understanding of the different brain regions activated during rapid-eye-movement sleep, ...
Food menu fit for pandemic times
Ethical eating with health, environment in mindCredit: Flinders University In the midst of a global pandemic, eating well in a ...
Viral hepatitis: Europe needs to close the testing gap
World Hepatitis Day: is Europe on track for the on the way towards the Sustainable Development Goal for healthCredit: ECDC ...
POPULAR NEWS
-
Revolutionary AI Model Enhances Precision in Detecting Food Contamination
-
Imagine a Social Media Feed That Challenges Your Views Instead of Reinforcing Them
-
Uncovering Functions of Cavernous Malformation Proteins in Organoids
-
Promising Outcomes from First Clinical Trials of Gene Regulation in Epilepsy