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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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SEP 13, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Not all fat are bad – brown fat actually act as fuel for the body to stay warm and maintain healthy weights. Now, ...SEP 09, 2016Videos
The American Society for Microbiology invited Dr. Martin Blaser, the director of the Human Microbiome Program at New Yor ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 29, 2016Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2016Cancer
A recent study recently found that being overweight is now linked to 8 more cancers, including stomach and pancreatic ca ...AUG 27, 2016Microbiology
A number of studies have suggested a link between the gut microbiome and obesity. The idea is that a certain (im)balance ...Written By: Kerry EvansAUG 25, 2016Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 19, 2016Health & Medicine
Back in December, I wrote an article titled "Being 'Lean and Unfit' is Better Than Being 'Fat and Fit&r ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 08, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Obesity is known to increase a person’s risk for a host of diseases, including cardiovascular problems, diabetes, ...AUG 06, 2016Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUL 22, 2016Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit ...Written By: Kerry EvansJUL 20, 2016Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 19, 2016Health & Medicine
Moms who eat high-fat, high-sugar diets may be putting future generations at risk for metabolic problems, even when thei ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 18, 2016Health & Medicine
"A shift of attention is needed from disease-focused management, such as medications for hypertension or high chole ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 17, 2016Cancer
As the incidence of type 2 diabetes continues to rise in the U.S., researchers have found a new alarming link: people wi ...JUL 12, 2016Cardiology
Heart disease deaths among older Americans have fallen dramatically over the past 40 years, but the same is not true for ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUL 07, 2016Cancer
When the Human Genome Project was completed in April 2003, scientists around the world rejoiced in the vast amount of da ...JUN 29, 2016Health & Medicine
When determining whether a person is at risk for health problems from high blood pressure, there are sometimes different ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 26, 2016Videos
Jatin Roper is a gastroenterologist who works in the laboratory of Omer Yilmaz, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Mas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified an increase of healthy dietary habits between 1999 and 2012. The data, however, also showed ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetJUN 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new line of treatment for obese patients who struggle with the con ...JUN 17, 2016Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2016Cardiology
A massive study of the prevalence of coronary heart disease between 2001 and 2012 has revealed a variety of trends surro ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 12, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
One major benefit of stem cells is that they could be used to create healthy cells of any type. In the lab, skin cells h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2016Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Not all fat are bad – brown fat actually act as fuel for the body to stay warm and maintain healthy weights. Now,
...
SEP 09, 2016
Videos
The American Society for Microbiology invited Dr. Martin Blaser, the director of the Human Microbiome Program at New Yor
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 29, 2016
Immunology
An enzyme thought to only be active in human metabolism found to play a dual role in the immune response. Thanks to this
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2016
Cancer
A recent study recently found that being overweight is now linked to 8 more cancers, including stomach and pancreatic ca
...
AUG 27, 2016
Microbiology
A number of studies have suggested a link between the gut microbiome and obesity. The idea is that a certain (im)balance
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
AUG 25, 2016
Immunology
What the pharmaceutical industry calls “the key to obesity” is the only hormone known to enhance appetite, a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
Back in December, I wrote an article titled "Being 'Lean and Unfit' is Better Than Being 'Fat and Fit&r
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 08, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Obesity is known to increase a person’s risk for a host of diseases, including cardiovascular problems, diabetes,
...
AUG 06, 2016
Health & Medicine
As I sat at my dining room table eating an entire bag of lychees with my girlfriends, I began to question whether or not
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUL 22, 2016
Microbiology
What do gut microbes have to do with the lungs? Well, more than researchers once thought. A new study from the Universit
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
JUL 20, 2016
Microbiology
As you can see in the video below, doctors and scientists have been intrigued by the effect gastric bypass surgery has o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 19, 2016
Health & Medicine
Moms who eat high-fat, high-sugar diets may be putting future generations at risk for metabolic problems, even when thei
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 18, 2016
Health & Medicine
"A shift of attention is needed from disease-focused management, such as medications for hypertension or high chole
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 17, 2016
Cancer
As the incidence of type 2 diabetes continues to rise in the U.S., researchers have found a new alarming link: people wi
...
JUL 12, 2016
Cardiology
Heart disease deaths among older Americans have fallen dramatically over the past 40 years, but the same is not true for
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUL 07, 2016
Cancer
When the Human Genome Project was completed in April 2003, scientists around the world rejoiced in the vast amount of da
...
JUN 29, 2016
Health & Medicine
When determining whether a person is at risk for health problems from high blood pressure, there are sometimes different
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 26, 2016
Videos
Jatin Roper is a gastroenterologist who works in the laboratory of Omer Yilmaz, an Assistant Professor of Biology at Mas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Researchers have identified an increase of healthy dietary habits between 1999 and 2012. The data, however, also showed
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
JUN 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just approved a new line of treatment for obese patients who struggle with the con
...
JUN 17, 2016
Microbiology
Investigators at Baylor College of Medicine have reported in Cell that they reversed social deficits in mice by adding o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2016
Cardiology
A massive study of the prevalence of coronary heart disease between 2001 and 2012 has revealed a variety of trends surro
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 12, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
One major benefit of stem cells is that they could be used to create healthy cells of any type. In the lab, skin cells h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2016
Microbiology
It’s been known for some time that the symbiotic relationship between a microbiome and the host requires a fine ba
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch