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Fat
Fat: is one of the three main macronutrients. Fat molecules consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Examples include cholesterol and phospholipids. The terms "lipid", "oil" and "fat" are often confused.
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MAY 04, 2017Health & Medicine
People living in places with laws banning or limiting trans fats in foods have fewer hospitalizations for stroke and hea ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 28, 2017Videos
"Fat" has become a buzzword for industries and medical institutions talking about how to look and feel healthy. But what ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 27, 2017Cardiology
We may need to walk seven miles a day and spend seven hours on our feet to avoid heart disease, a study with postal work ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 27, 2017Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 24, 2017Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 20, 2017Neuroscience
Migraine headaches can be a major obstacle to living a healthy life. In the United States, more than 37 million people s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that a common ingredient in many junk foods may be directly contributing to osteoarthritic joint degen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 19, 2017Videos
Pasta is a staple in the American diet and while some health experts advice cutting down on carbs, the truth is, people ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAPR 16, 2017Videos
Bones are complicated tissues in our bodies. They vary in size and shape, and even density. Thus when patients are stric ...APR 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
While treatments for diabetes management have gotten better over the year, wouldn’t it be best if we could reverse ...APR 04, 2017Videos
As any doctor will testify, too much of anything can be a bad thing, especially for sugar. Too much of sugar over time h ...APR 03, 2017Health & Medicine
A handful of peanuts during dinner might improve your long-term heart health, a new Penn State study shows. Eatin ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 19, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Science could initiate an update in a lot of biology textbooks. Mammals can keep metabolism in chec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2017Videos
Scientists at King's College London have measured the levels of lipoproteins, the components of cholesterol, in a popula ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 18, 2017Videos
It may not surprise you to learn that researchers have linked a healthy diet to better sperm counts. While one should re ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
'Stem cells' were harvested from liposuction fat of three patients and injected into the eyes of those people, who subse ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Neanderthals died off 40,000 years ago, but not before passing on some of their genes to humans, who have in turn carrie ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a novel way to determine stem cell fate earlier than current techniques allow. Stem cells hav ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2017Immunology
A specific type of immune cells take charge of defending fat tissue from microbes and maintaining homeostatic tis ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 28, 2017Health & Medicine
You have heard “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but new research suggests that it is more like five t ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 21, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Many drugs come with specific instructions to “take with food.” Even so, sometimes patients forget, and the ...FEB 20, 2017Videos
Sure it's winter, and the slushy snow and bitter cold doesn't make the best environment for biking to and from work or t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 16, 2017Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 15, 2017Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – February 15, 2017 – Scientists are working to understand the mechanisms that make weight loss ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
MAY 04, 2017
Health & Medicine
People living in places with laws banning or limiting trans fats in foods have fewer hospitalizations for stroke and hea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 28, 2017
Videos
"Fat" has become a buzzword for industries and medical institutions talking about how to look and feel healthy. But what
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 27, 2017
Cardiology
We may need to walk seven miles a day and spend seven hours on our feet to avoid heart disease, a study with postal work
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 27, 2017
Plants & Animals
Among an indigenous group of people in the Amazon region of Bolivia, atherosclerosis is practically nonexistent, wh
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Researchers are working to digitally preserve the bodies of lemurs that have died so future students and scientists
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Migraine headaches can be a major obstacle to living a healthy life. In the United States, more than 37 million people s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers found that a common ingredient in many junk foods may be directly contributing to osteoarthritic joint degen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 19, 2017
Videos
Pasta is a staple in the American diet and while some health experts advice cutting down on carbs, the truth is, people
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 16, 2017
Videos
Bones are complicated tissues in our bodies. They vary in size and shape, and even density. Thus when patients are stric
...
APR 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
While treatments for diabetes management have gotten better over the year, wouldn’t it be best if we could reverse
...
APR 04, 2017
Videos
As any doctor will testify, too much of anything can be a bad thing, especially for sugar. Too much of sugar over time h
...
APR 03, 2017
Health & Medicine
A handful of peanuts during dinner might improve your long-term heart health, a new Penn State study shows. Eatin
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work reported in Science could initiate an update in a lot of biology textbooks. Mammals can keep metabolism in chec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2017
Videos
Scientists at King's College London have measured the levels of lipoproteins, the components of cholesterol, in a popula
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 18, 2017
Videos
It may not surprise you to learn that researchers have linked a healthy diet to better sperm counts. While one should re
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
'Stem cells' were harvested from liposuction fat of three patients and injected into the eyes of those people, who subse
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neanderthals died off 40,000 years ago, but not before passing on some of their genes to humans, who have in turn carrie
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a novel way to determine stem cell fate earlier than current techniques allow. Stem cells hav
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2017
Immunology
A specific type of immune cells take charge of defending fat tissue from microbes and maintaining homeostatic tis
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 28, 2017
Health & Medicine
You have heard “an apple a day keeps the doctor away,” but new research suggests that it is more like five t
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 21, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many drugs come with specific instructions to “take with food.” Even so, sometimes patients forget, and the
...
FEB 20, 2017
Videos
Sure it's winter, and the slushy snow and bitter cold doesn't make the best environment for biking to and from work or t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 16, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The Mariana trench is one of the most remote places in the world. To get there one must travel 11 kilometers under the P
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
JUPITER, FL – February 15, 2017 – Scientists are working to understand the mechanisms that make weight loss
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)