News articles tagged with 'fat'
Getting to the root of fatty liver disease
— 6 Apr 2011 17:25 | HealthResearchers have identified a molecular switch that appears to be a common feature in the development of fatty liver disease. The discovery made in mice is consistent with data from…
Researchers identify the metabolic signalling pathway responsible for dyslipidemia
— 6 Apr 2011 17:16 | HealthResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), including Yu Li, PhD, and other colleagues, have demonstrated that a nutrient sensing pathway is involved in the disruption…
Negative attitudes toward fat bodies going global, study finds
— 29 Mar 2011 15:49 | HealthStigma against overweight people is becoming a cultural norm around the world, even in places where larger bodies have traditionally been valued. That's according to a cross-cultural…
'Junk food' moms have 'junk food' babies
— 28 Mar 2011 17:12 | HealthA new research report published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.faseb.org) suggests that pregnant mothers who eat high sugar and high fat diets have babies who are likely to…
A diabetes drug, sitagliptin, also has a potential to prevent diabetes
— 28 Mar 2011 15:27 | HealthDiabetes type 2 is caused by insufficient levels of insulin to keep blood glucose under control. Excessive levels of another hormone, glucagon, can also contribute to diabetes type…
Protein study helps shape understanding of body forms
— 9 Mar 2011 18:38 | HealthScientists have shed light on why some people are apple-shaped and others are pear-shaped…
UCSF researchers uncover hormone pathway to fatty liver disease
— 2 Mar 2011 13:16 | HealthScientists at the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute have discovered how a change in growth hormone activity in mice leads to fatty liver disease, a condition whose human counterpart…
Signalling path in brain may prevent that 'I'm full' message, UT Southwestern scientists discover
— 2 Mar 2011 12:40 | HealthResearchers at UT Southwestern Medical Centre have identified a signalling pathway in the brain that's sufficient to induce cellular leptin resistance, a problem that decreases the…
Researchers find brain insulin plays critical role in the development of diabetes
— 17 Feb 2011 19:12 | HealthResearchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a novel function of brain insulin, indicating that impaired brain insulin action may be the cause of the unrestrained…
Eating poorly can make us depressed
— 27 Jan 2011 19:05 | HealthResearchers from the universities of Navarra and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have demonstrated that the ingestion of trans-fats and saturated fats increase the risk of suffering depression,…