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Obesity: a chronic, relapsing, multifactorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences. There are a number of methods to quantitatively define and categorize obesity, such as body mass index, abdominal circumference, and body fat percentage.
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DEC 02, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are trying to find out how to use genetic data to improve metabolic health; they are discovering diets are n ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2017Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 24, 2017Health & Medicine
What you eat impacts your health. Thousands of studies show that a diet that includes whole grains, lean meat and fish, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 23, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2017Health & Medicine
Loneliness doesn't sound like something that is a medical problem, but findings from the American Psychological Asso ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
At only 10-months-old, Luis Manuel Gonzalez, weighs in at 62 pounds (28 kilograms), or roughly the equivalent of an aver ...NOV 16, 2017Neuroscience
Eating disorders are a problem with some women and teens. While many might think that having anorexia or bulimia is just ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2017Health & Medicine
Weight loss can be a challenge, but staying at a healthy size and BMI is a vital part of staying well. There are all sor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 10, 2017Health & Medicine
While access to good health care is a concern for everyone, residents of Hertfordshire in the UK have a few extra hoops ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 03, 2017Health & Medicine
Obesity remains a significant health problem in the United States. About 15 million people are obese and since 40% of al ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2017Videos
Get up out of that chair; it could kill you. Well, not exactly, but people who sit for long periods of the time have a h ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2017Immunology
Five fruits from trees found in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest may be even better for us than blueberries, blackberr ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 31, 2017Cancer
By now, it’s well established that high sugar consumption is linked to a host of health conditions, such as diabet ...OCT 30, 2017Infographics
Everyone knows about high fructose corn syrup. Why? Because it is in everything. Check food labels for HFCS in cereal, c ...Written By: Jennifer EllisOCT 28, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2017Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 25, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Research has shown that people who don't get enough sleep or who are inactive, can disrupt many aspects of their physiol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2017Videos
Microbes are ubiquitous in nature. They can be found on our skin, on our cell phones, in our water bottles, and pretty m ...Written By: Sarah HertrichOCT 17, 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 ...OCT 13, 2017Cancer
The link between vasectomies and prostate cancer is officially debunked. In a huge study of over 3 million men, scientis ...OCT 13, 2017Microbiology
New research shows that taking a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) for acid reflux alters your gut microbiome to promote liver ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 05, 2017Cancer
The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases ...OCT 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.Written By: Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are trying to find out how to use genetic data to improve metabolic health; they are discovering diets are n
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2017
Immunology
Macular degeneration is considered to be an incurable eye disease, but a new discovery from University of Virginia scien
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
What you eat impacts your health. Thousands of studies show that a diet that includes whole grains, lean meat and fish,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 23, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute has found that a familiar and beloved spice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2017
Health & Medicine
Loneliness doesn't sound like something that is a medical problem, but findings from the American Psychological Asso
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
At only 10-months-old, Luis Manuel Gonzalez, weighs in at 62 pounds (28 kilograms), or roughly the equivalent of an aver
...
NOV 16, 2017
Neuroscience
Eating disorders are a problem with some women and teens. While many might think that having anorexia or bulimia is just
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2017
Health & Medicine
Weight loss can be a challenge, but staying at a healthy size and BMI is a vital part of staying well. There are all sor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 10, 2017
Health & Medicine
While access to good health care is a concern for everyone, residents of Hertfordshire in the UK have a few extra hoops
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 03, 2017
Health & Medicine
Obesity remains a significant health problem in the United States. About 15 million people are obese and since 40% of al
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2017
Videos
Get up out of that chair; it could kill you. Well, not exactly, but people who sit for long periods of the time have a h
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2017
Immunology
Five fruits from trees found in Brazil’s Atlantic Rainforest may be even better for us than blueberries, blackberr
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 31, 2017
Cancer
By now, it’s well established that high sugar consumption is linked to a host of health conditions, such as diabet
...
OCT 30, 2017
Infographics
Everyone knows about high fructose corn syrup. Why? Because it is in everything. Check food labels for HFCS in cereal, c
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
OCT 28, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Humans are not alone in developing Alzheimer's Disease, although it is seen in very few other species.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2017
Cardiology
Some people may forget that the skin is the human body’s largest organ, and it has many diverse functions. Now, re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 25, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Research has shown that people who don't get enough sleep or who are inactive, can disrupt many aspects of their physiol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2017
Videos
Microbes are ubiquitous in nature. They can be found on our skin, on our cell phones, in our water bottles, and pretty m
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
OCT 17, 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
...
OCT 13, 2017
Cancer
The link between vasectomies and prostate cancer is officially debunked. In a huge study of over 3 million men, scientis
...
OCT 13, 2017
Microbiology
New research shows that taking a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) for acid reflux alters your gut microbiome to promote liver
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 05, 2017
Cancer
The link between obesity and cancer just got even more real. A recent report finds that over 40 percent of cancer cases
...
OCT 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch