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July 24, 2025
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July 23, 2025 A groundbreaking study involving genetic data from over five million people has uncovered how our DNA can predict obesity risk as early as childhood. The new polygenic risk score outperforms previous methods, helping to identify high-risk children ...
July 21, 2025 People in richer countries aren t moving less they re just eating more. A new Duke study shows that diet, not laziness, is fueling the obesity epidemic across industrialized ...
July 18, 2025 In a groundbreaking UK first, eight healthy babies have been born using an IVF technique that includes DNA from three people—two parents and a female donor. The process, known as pronuclear ...
July 17, 2025 Yoga, Tai Chi, walking, and jogging may be some of the best natural remedies for improving sleep and tackling insomnia, according to a large analysis comparing various treatments. While cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) remains effective, ...
July 15, 2025 A cutting-edge mouse study reveals that tirzepatide, the dual GLP-1/GIP drug already hailed for impressive weight loss, does more than trim fat: it slashes the growth of obesity-linked breast tumors. University of Michigan researchers found mice ...
July 15, 2025 Semaglutide, a popular anti-obesity drug, may come with a hidden cost: significant muscle loss, especially in women and older adults. A small study found that up to 40% of weight loss from semaglutide comes from lean body mass. Alarmingly, those who ...
July 13, 2025 Movement helps your mood, but it's not one-size-fits-all. Exercising for fun, with friends, or in enjoyable settings brings greater mental health benefits than simply moving for chores or obligations. Researchers emphasize that context — who ...
July 13, 2025 Postmenopausal women struggling with weight loss may find a powerful solution by combining the diabetes drug tirzepatide with menopause hormone therapy. A Mayo Clinic study revealed that this dual ...
July 13, 2025 In a striking new study, the anti-obesity drug tirzepatide, known as Mounjaro and Zepbound, not only triggered significant weight loss in obese mice but also slashed breast cancer tumor growth. The research, presented at ENDO 2025, links body fat ...
July 8, 2025 A new UCL study reveals that aligning workouts with personality boosts fitness and slashes stress—extroverts thrive on HIIT, neurotics favor short, private bursts, and everyone benefits when enjoyment leads the ...
July 2, 2025 Illinois engineers fused ultrafast imaging with smart algorithms to peek at living brain chemistry, turning routine MRIs into metabolic microscopes. The system distinguishes healthy regions, grades ...
June 26, 2025 Swap steaks for spinach and you might watch the scale plummet. In a 16-week crossover study, overweight adults who ditched animal products for a low-fat vegan menu saw their bodies become less acidic and dropped an average of 13 pounds—while the ...
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June 26, 2025 Hot tubs don't just feel great, they may actually outperform saunas when it comes to health perks. A study found that soaking in hot water raises core body temperature more than dry or infrared ...
June 24, 2025 Major depressive disorder affects hundreds of millions worldwide, but a key to understanding its origins may lie in the brain’s immune system. New findings spotlight astrocytes—previously ...
June 21, 2025 A new study is turning heads by challenging the popular belief that seed oils are harmful to health. Researchers analyzed blood markers from nearly 1,900 people and found that higher levels of ...
June 20, 2025 Fitness trackers often fail people with obesity by underestimating their energy burn, leading to discouraging results and misguided health data. A scientist's frustrating experience in an exercise ...
June 12, 2025 Tufts University scientists are aiming to revolutionize the future of weight loss drugs by engineering a new compound that targets four gut hormones instead of the usual one to three. These next-gen ...
June 11, 2025 A popular fat found in olive oil may not be as innocent as it seems. Scientists discovered that oleic acid, a major component of many high-fat foods, uniquely spurs the growth of new fat cells by ...
June 10, 2025 Scientists in Japan have discovered that a natural compound found in a type of ginger called kencur can throw cancer cells into disarray by disrupting how they generate energy. While healthy cells ...
June 10, 2025 Creatine is gaining recognition far beyond its roots in athletic performance. Once seen as a gym-only supplement, it's now understood to play a vital role in cellular energy, cognitive function, and ...
June 7, 2025 New research reveals a surprising downside to calorie-cutting diets: a link to higher levels of depressive symptoms, especially in men and those who are overweight. Despite popular beliefs that ...
June 3, 2025 Researchers asked patients, some of whom had experienced lower back pain for up to 40 years, if being in nature helped them coped better with their ...
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May 29, 2025 Humans and mice share persistent brain-activity patterns in response to adverse sensory experience, scientists find, opening a window to our emotions and, perhaps, neuropsychiatric ...
May 29, 2025 The activation of Protein Kinase A (PKA) is a critical part in how the body responds to stress and starvation. Using a variety of imaging and biochemical techniques, a team of researchers has ...
May 28, 2025 Researchers find high-fat diets set off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain, but these effects can be reversed by treatment with an ...
May 28, 2025 The timing and consistency of your daily activity might be associated with improved cardiorespiratory fitness and walking ...
May 27, 2025 Researchers have found that central body fat, especially around the abdomen, is more strongly linked to psoriasis risk than total body fat, particularly in women. This link between central fat and ...
May 21, 2025 Mice genetically engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in a ...
May 20, 2025 Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in male bodybuilders worldwide with the highest risk among professional bodybuilders, according to new ...
May 20, 2025 Small clinical study with obese dieters who had chronic health problems found that eating balanced meals and including craved foods with those meals helped dieters manage cravings, even into the ...
May 19, 2025 People who were less active, with a daily average of more than 14 hours of sedentary behavior, were more than twice as likely to have another cardiac event, including heart attack, surgery to treat ...
May 19, 2025 Researchers have discovered a new way to reduce obesity. Supplying the gut with extra acetate reduces fat and liver mass in both normal and obese mice, as long as bacteria of the Bacteroides species ...
May 19, 2025 A hidden link between impulsivity and obesity may not be fixed in human biology but shaped by the cities we live in. Using a novel engineering-based approach, researchers found that ...
May 16, 2025 A new study reveals that a single gene plays a big role in how the liver stores energy, a process that's critical for overall health and for managing diseases like type 2 diabetes. The research ...
May 15, 2025 That fit people have a reduced risk of premature death from various diseases is a recurring result in many studies. New research shows that people with high fitness levels in their late teens also ...
May 15, 2025 Palliative care is specialized medical care focused on easing symptoms, addressing psychological and spiritual needs, and helping patients and caregivers make critical decisions aligned with their ...
May 14, 2025 New device can give peace of mind and reduce anxiety for breastfeeding moms. It uses bioimpedance, which is currently used to measure body fat, and streams clinical-grade data to a smartphone or ...
May 14, 2025 The skin microbiome plays an important role in health and disease. Researchers have now substantiated that certain skin bacteria can protect us from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation ...
May 13, 2025 Researchers developed a new machine learning method that, given a relevant amino acid sequence, can automatically predict the location of a protein in any human cell line down to the single-cell ...
May 12, 2025 Researchers confirm and explore the role of estrogen-related receptors in regulating energy production in muscle cells during exercise. The findings indicate that developing a drug to boost ...
May 12, 2025 Lowering the legal tackle height in women's rugby is proving effective in reducing head contacts between players, a new study suggests. Changes to the tackle height law in women's community ...
May 7, 2025 Women diagnosed with breast cancer who carry particular BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic variants are offered surgery to remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes as this dramatically reduces their risk of ...
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Sustained in the Brain: How Lasting Emotions Arise from Brief Stimuli, in Humans and Mice
- Resetting the Fight-or-Flight Response
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- A High-Fat Diet Sets Off Metabolic Dysfunction in Cells, Leading to Weight Gain
- Timing, Consistency of Activity Linked to Better Fitness
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- Male Bodybuilders Face High Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death, Especially Those Who Compete Professionally
- Eating Craved Foods With Meals Lessens Cravings, Boosts Weight Loss
Monday, May 19, 2025
- After Cardiac Event, People Who Regularly Sit for Too Long Had Higher Risk of Another Event
- Gut Bacteria and Acetate, a Great Combination for Weight Loss
- Sophisticated Data Analysis Uncovers How City Living Disrupts ADHD's Path to Obesity
Friday, May 16, 2025
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- The Effect of Physical Fitness on Mortality Is Overestimated
- People With Critical Cardiovascular Disease May Benefit from Palliative Care
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Got Data? Breastfeeding Device Measures Babies' Milk Intake in Real Time
- New Study Reveals Our Skin's Own Bacteria Can Help Protect Us from the Bad Effects of Sunlight
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Monday, May 12, 2025
- Estrogen-Related Receptors Could Be Key to Treating Metabolic and Muscular Disorders
- Lower Tackle Height Changing Face of Women's Rugby, Study Says
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
- Graduate Student's Discovery Shows That Even Neutral Molecules Take Sides When It Comes to Biochemistry
- Concerning Chemicals from the Wear of Climbing Shoes Cause Trouble in Indoor Halls
Monday, April 28, 2025
- United States Sees Disproportionate Increase in Body Mass Index Rates of More Than 60
- Move More, Think Sharper
Friday, April 25, 2025
- In Down Syndrome Mice, 40Hz Light and Sound Improve Cognition, Neurogenesis, Connectivity
- Why Our Waistlines Expand in Middle Age: Stem Cells
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Link Between Heart Attack Severity and Circadian Rhythm Unveiled
- Remembering the Cold: Scientists Discover How Memories Control Metabolism
Monday, April 21, 2025
Friday, April 18, 2025
- Throwing a 'spanner in the Works' Of Our Cells' Machinery Could Help Fight Cancer, Fatty Liver Disease... and Hair Loss
- A Wearable Smart Insole Can Track How You Walk, Run and Stand
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Monday, April 14, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- Unsafe Driving During School Drop Offs at 'unacceptable' Levels
- The Brain Resorts to Myelin When Other Brain Nutrients Are Depleted
- Running on Empty: Poor Nutrition Increases Injury Risk for Female Athletes
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
- Lactic Acid Bacteria Can Improve Plant-Based Dairy Alternatives
- CVD and Obesity: When Protective Lipids Decline, Health Risks Increase
Monday, April 7, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Being Physically Active, Even Just a Couple of Days a Week, May Be Key to Better Health
- When It Comes to Obesity-Related Cancers, Where You Shop for Food Matters
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- How Time-Restricted Eating Affects Weight Loss
- Neurons in Brain That Regulate Energy Levels and Body Temperature
- Adulting Is Hard on the Heart: Teen to Young Adulthood Is a Critical Time to Address Risk
- Target to Repair Injured Muscles Discovered
- Scientists Discover Why Obesity Takes Away the Pleasure of Eating
- Five Minutes a Day Eccentric Exercise Can Improve Your Life
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- AI Can Help Doctors Give Intravenous Nutrition to Preemies
- Slowing Down to Eat Less: Towards Simple Strategies for Obesity Prevention
Monday, March 24, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Blood Pressure Patterns During Pregnancy Predict Later Hypertension Risk, Study Finds
- Lifestyle Risks Weigh Heavier on Women's Hearts
- AI Food Scanner Turns Phone Photos Into Nutritional Analysis
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Two-Thirds of Children Classified BMI-Overweight Had Normal Fat Estimated With Waist-to-Height Ratio
Monday, March 10, 2025
Sunday, March 9, 2025
- Clinical Trial Tests Novel Stem-Cell Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
- Levels of Select Vitamins and Minerals in Pregnancy May Be Linked to Lower Midlife BP Risk
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Memory Is Impaired in Aged Rats After 3 Days of High-Fat Eating
- Scientists Identify Genes That Make Humans and Labradors More Likely to Become Obese
- How Footballers' Fingers and Height Can Predict Their Exercise Performance
- Researchers Identify a Gene to Guide Novel Therapeutics of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Diseases
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- When You Get Hurt Matters: Circadian Rhythms Affect Muscle Repair
- Exercise and Healthy Eating Behavior Together Provide the Best Protection Against Cardiovascular Diseases
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- Novel Stem Cell Therapy Repairs 'irreversible' Corneal Damage in Clinical Trial
- Obesity: Researchers Discover a Cause of Leptin Resistance -- And How to Reverse It
- Special Type of Fat Tissue Could Promote Healthful Longevity and Help Maintain Exercise Capacity in Aging
Monday, March 3, 2025
- A Third of Children Worldwide Forecast to Be Obese or Overweight by 2050
- Strong Link Between Western Diet During Pregnancy and ADHD
- How to Trick the Body's Metabolism
Friday, February 28, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Missing Protein Keeps Mice Slim, Even on a High-Fat Diet
- Genomics Approach to Metabolism Reveals How Reactions Flow
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- First Female Runner Could Soon Break the 4-Minute-Mile Barrier
- AI Model Can Read ECGs to Identify Female Patients at Higher Risk of Heart Disease
- Screening and Treating Maternal Psychological Health Key to Improving Cardiovascular Health
Monday, February 24, 2025
Friday, February 21, 2025
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
- Socioeconomic Factors, Unpredictability Complicate Diagnosis of Episodic Disabilities, Like Epilepsy
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Monday, February 17, 2025
- Global Action Needed to Solve the Medical Oxygen Crisis
- Biological Clock Plays Critical Role in Driving Teens' Late-Day Eating Habits
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
- High BP May Develop at Different Ages and Paces in East and South Asian Adults in the UK
- Lung Cancer Cells Can Go 'off Grid'
Monday, February 10, 2025
Friday, February 7, 2025
Wednesday, February 5, 2025
- Spinal Cord Stimulation Restores Neural Function, Targets Key Feature of Progressive Neurodegenerative Disease
- Obese and Healthy