Tag: Metabolism/Metabolic Diseases

A computational method to experimentally test a theory Growing evidence shows that the brain's dopamine system, which drives motivation, is ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine establishes a ...

3D human liver organoids help reveal molecular secrets of deadly ailmentsCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI--Scientists successfully bioengineered human liver organoids that ...

Credit: Michael Estrella, Jin Du and Alexei Korennykh, Princeton University The enzyme Nocturnin, which governs daily tasks such as fat ...

The Society for Endocrinology (SfE) and British Thyroid Association (BTA) have issued a statement challenging recommendations made in a clinical ...

University at Buffalo research reveals how fluctuating air pollution at the Beijing Olympics affected local residents' bodies at the level ...

Rutgers-led study reviews the evidence for and against the procedure for teen-agers with obesityCredit: Rutgers University Pediatricians are often reluctant ...

Credit: Photo by Johan Wingborg Children and adolescents with long-term obesity have increased arterial stiffness by their late teens, a ...

Study compares nonfasting lipid levels and fasting lipid levels in the same individuals, finding similar association with cardiovascular events even ...

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School SINGAPORE, 28 May 2019 - Overactive parathyroid glands,which control the body's blood calcium levels, can lead ...

Université de Montréal's Laboratory of Biosensors & Nanomachines, in partnership with Montreal company Nanogenecs Diagnostics, has just been awarded a ...

Hormone governed by biological clock is linked to weight gain and metabolic issues in male monkeys fed a high sugar ...

Credit: Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA Athens, Ga. - Researchers at the University of Georgia have shown that a simple intervention - ...

UNC-Chapel Hill's NAPSACC program receives national recognition as 'best evidence for impact' on childhood obesity A March 2019 brief by ...

Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A groundbreaking research collaboration at the University of Virginia School of Medicine ...

A new study has investigated how exposure to certain triggers can increase the risk of type 1 diabetesCredit: The Westmead ...

Poor nutritional choices, including a high intake of ultra-processed foods and trans-fats, are putting millions of Europeans at an increased ...

Brazilian researchers arrived at this conclusion after conducting cardiovascular fitness tests with boys and girls aged 10-17; the results were ...

Credit: EPFL EPFL scientists have invented a new way to quantify - in real-time - glucose metabolism of cancerous tumors ...

A combination of two immune-system factors keeps the pancreas from keeping up with the demands of a Western diet; together, ...