Tag: Obesity

Chemical Compound Promotes Healthy Ageing, Study Shows

April 7, 2022
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Baton Rouge, LA — A recently discovered chemical compound helped elderly mice with obesity lose fat and weight, add muscle and strength, reduce age-related inflammation and increase physical activity,...

Using Soybean Waste to Tackle Obesity

March 22, 2022
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Singapore and Japan — An international team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Waseda University in Japan have found that fermented soybean waste, or...

Anti-tumour Drug Promotes Weight Loss in Mice

February 25, 2022
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San Francisco, CA — An anti-tumour drug promotes weight loss in mice at low doses by activating a natural hunger-suppressing pathway, according to a new study publishing February 24th in the open-access...

Important Step Towards Fasting-Based Therapies

February 8, 2022
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Oberschleißheim, Germany — Previous studies have shown how fasting can influence the immune system to improve different chronic inflammatory conditions, but little is known about how immune responses...

Scientists Unveil Promising New Approach to Diabetes Prevention

February 2, 2022
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La Jolla, CA — A team of scientists from Scripps Research has conducted promising early tests of a new strategy that might one day be used to prevent or treat type 2 diabetes. The scientists, whose...

Researchers Urge: ‘Prescribe Aspirin Based on Benefit-To-Risk Not Age’

January 5, 2022
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Boca Raton, FL — Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to patients under 70, and more recent guidance to patients under 60. Yet, the risks...

Brain Reveals the Risk for Developing Obesity

November 3, 2021
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Turku, Finland — Obesity risk factors of family background are associated with changes in the brain function, finds a study conducted at the Finnish Turku PET Centre. The results show that the function...

Distress Signal from Fat Cells Prompts Heart to Shore Up Defenses Against Consequences of Obesity

August 27, 2021
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Dallas, TX — A stress signal received by the heart from fat could help protect against cardiac damage induced by obesity, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The finding, published...

Research Uncovers How Fructose in the Diet Contributes to Obesity

August 25, 2021
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New York, NY — Eating fructose appears to alter cells in the digestive tract in a way that enables it to take in more nutrients, according to a preclinical study from investigators at Weill Cornell...

Researchers Identify Promising New Biologics for Obesity-Related Diseases

May 19, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — The research teams at the University of Hong Kong led by Professor Xuechen LI from the Research Division for Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, and Professor Yu WANG from the...

Tiny Wireless Device Sheds Light on Combating Obesity

January 13, 2021
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College Station, TX — Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with obesity or have serious health-related issues due to their weight. Since this procedure involves...

Obesity Impairs Immune Cell Function, Accelerates Tumour Growth

December 11, 2020
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Boston, MA — Obesity has been linked to increased risk for over a dozen different types of cancer, as well as worse prognosis and survival. Over the years, scientists have identified obesity-related...

Diet and Lifestyle During Pregnancy Linked to Modifications in Infants’ DNA

November 6, 2020
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Southampton, UK — A new study has shown pregnant women with obesity could reduce the health risks for their infants through improved diet and more physical activity. Research published today in...

Researchers Discover a Mechanism Allowing Immune Cells to Regulate Obesity

September 21, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — Macrophages are immune system cells. They are essential in the early response to infections, and they also have a key role in the proper functioning of our tissues and the regulation...

Overweight and Obesity are Associated with Low Sperm Quality

July 28, 2020
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Tarragona, Spain — Infertility affects between 10 and 15% of all couples of reproductive ages and can be caused by a wide variety of factors: genetic, physiological, environmental and nutritional.Although...

Study Discovers BAM15 as a Potential Treatment for Obesity

June 10, 2020
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Baton, Rouge, LA — A new study offers the first evidence that a protein named BAM15 acts as an energy uncoupler and could be an effective drug for treating obesity and related diseases. The study...

Drug Researcher Develops ‘Fat Burning’ Molecule

June 9, 2020
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Blacksburg, VA — Obesity affects more than 40 percent of adults in the United States and 13 percent of the global population. With obesity comes a variety of other interconnected diseases including...

How Fat Cell’s Immune Response Makes Obesity Worse

June 4, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — When obesity occurs, a person’s own fat cells can set off a complex inflammatory chain reaction that can further disrupt metabolism and weaken immune response–potentially...

Different Kinds of White Fat are Important in Disease

May 5, 2020
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Boston, MA — Excess white fat causes obesity, which in turn can drive diabetes and many other metabolic diseases that are growing at epidemic rates around the world. But all white fat is not born equal....

Obesity Protein Discovery may Lead to Better Treatments

April 27, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — A USC-led international team of scientists has found the precise shape of a key player in human metabolism, which could lead the way to better treatments for obesity and other metabolic...

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