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Obesity
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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JUN 29, 2017Neuroscience
When you think about the brain, how much it does, how resilient it is, while at the same time how easily it can be damag ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 26, 2017Health & Medicine
For the first time, the history of asthma in childhood has been associated with an increased risk of left ventricle thic ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2017Neuroscience
Hardly a week goes by in the scientific world without a new study or some new information on the effect of alcohol consu ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It's only been in the past decade or so that scientists have begun to realize that there is more to sex differences than ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 07, 2017Neuroscience
Many parents say, “They grow up so fast” when it comes to their children, but research is showing that it&rs ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 02, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Research investigating how brown fat impacts metabolism has been hampered by the lack of a good model.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 01, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have come up with a new gastric balloon for patients struggling to lose serious weight. But while similar dev ...MAY 31, 2017Videos
A long-term study following 1200 girls in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco found that girls are indeed starting to g ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 31, 2017Neuroscience
Is your brain making you fat? Well, not exactly. A healthy diet without a lot of fat and sugar is a good idea, however, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 30, 2017Cancer
A sedentary lifestyle is fraught with health risks. And among them could be increased risks for bladder and kidney cance ...MAY 26, 2017Cancer
Recent studies have pretty much debunked the myth that obesity can be tied to health and fitness. That is, being “ ...MAY 23, 2017Neuroscience
It’s been said that “You are what you eat” and many scientific studies bear this out. A healthy diet c ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 19, 2017Infographics
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. An estimated 75% of people, especially younger individuals, would not be able to ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAY 15, 2017Videos
100,000,000,000,000. One hundred trillion, that is the number of bacteria that live in and on you. That number is so inc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 03, 2017Neuroscience
Having diabetes can cause a host of complications beyond just blood sugar. So can being overweight or obese. For patient ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2017Cancer
Women who take a low-dose aspirin daily could be minimizing their risks for breast cancer, reports a new study in the Jo ...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, 2017Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 21, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 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 08, 2017Immunology
Does owning a family pet decrease the risk of your baby developing allergies and becoming obese? Maybe. Building on year ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 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 06, 2017Cardiology
Vitamin D deficiency and classic signs of cardiovascular disease go hand in hand, at least for overweight and obese chil ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 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 ...
JUN 29, 2017
Neuroscience
When you think about the brain, how much it does, how resilient it is, while at the same time how easily it can be damag
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 26, 2017
Health & Medicine
For the first time, the history of asthma in childhood has been associated with an increased risk of left ventricle thic
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2017
Neuroscience
Hardly a week goes by in the scientific world without a new study or some new information on the effect of alcohol consu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's only been in the past decade or so that scientists have begun to realize that there is more to sex differences than
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 07, 2017
Neuroscience
Many parents say, “They grow up so fast” when it comes to their children, but research is showing that it&rs
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 02, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Research investigating how brown fat impacts metabolism has been hampered by the lack of a good model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 01, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have come up with a new gastric balloon for patients struggling to lose serious weight. But while similar dev
...
MAY 31, 2017
Videos
A long-term study following 1200 girls in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco found that girls are indeed starting to g
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Is your brain making you fat? Well, not exactly. A healthy diet without a lot of fat and sugar is a good idea, however,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 30, 2017
Cancer
A sedentary lifestyle is fraught with health risks. And among them could be increased risks for bladder and kidney cance
...
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
Recent studies have pretty much debunked the myth that obesity can be tied to health and fitness. That is, being “
...
MAY 23, 2017
Neuroscience
It’s been said that “You are what you eat” and many scientific studies bear this out. A healthy diet c
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 19, 2017
Infographics
May is National Stroke Awareness Month. An estimated 75% of people, especially younger individuals, would not be able to
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAY 15, 2017
Videos
100,000,000,000,000. One hundred trillion, that is the number of bacteria that live in and on you. That number is so inc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 03, 2017
Neuroscience
Having diabetes can cause a host of complications beyond just blood sugar. So can being overweight or obese. For patient
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2017
Cancer
Women who take a low-dose aspirin daily could be minimizing their risks for breast cancer, reports a new study in the Jo
...
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
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 21, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have collected enough evidence to know that the community of microbes that resides in out gastrointestinal t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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 08, 2017
Immunology
Does owning a family pet decrease the risk of your baby developing allergies and becoming obese? Maybe. Building on year
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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 06, 2017
Cardiology
Vitamin D deficiency and classic signs of cardiovascular disease go hand in hand, at least for overweight and obese chil
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
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
...