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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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OCT 28, 2022Neuroscience
A study published in Nature Neuroscience examined the role the amygdala plays in diet regulation. Researchers at Cold Sp ...Written By: Kerry CharronOCT 26, 2022Health & Medicine
In 1985, the Whitehall II cohort study began collecting data on 10,308 participants employed in the London offices of th ...Written By: Zoe MichaudOCT 21, 2022Neuroscience
Stress impact how both lean and obese adults react to food cues via areas of the brain linked to reward and cognitive co ...Written By: Annie LennonOCT 20, 2022Cardiology
Combining time-restricted eating and HIIT may improve health measures more than either alone.Written By: Savannah LoganOCT 18, 2022Cardiology
Preventing the rise of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease may require more than just medicine.Written By: Savannah LoganOCT 13, 2022Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is generally known to infect cells in the nose and respiratory tract by latc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2022Infographics
Sugar is often affiliated with candies, sweets, and sodas, and the corresponding “sugar rush” that comes wit ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 11, 2022Cardiology
Refined grains like white bread have been linked to the development of premature coronary artery disease.Written By: Savannah LoganOCT 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that impacts the body’s ability to respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone made by t ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 29, 2022Cardiology
Inactivity, sugar, salt, and weight gain are causing hypertension in children and teens.Written By: Savannah LoganSEP 21, 2022Health & Medicine
Birth control pills are the leading method of birth control in the United States. Birth control pills increase the chanc ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 19, 2022Neuroscience
There are important neural circuits in the hypothalamus that help us sense our own hunger and when we feel full after a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 19, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There is still a lot of debate about how much a person's genes influence their behavior. Twin studies are one way to hel ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 18, 2022Cardiology
In a recent study published in World Psychiatry, an international team of researchers suggests that people with attentio ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 18, 2022Neuroscience
Older adults who have had COVID-19 are 50-80% more likely to develop Alzheimer's within a year than those who have n ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 17, 2022Neuroscience
COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 15, 2022Cancer
Early-onset cancers, typically defined as those diagnosed in people aged approximately 20 - 50, have continually increas ...Written By: Katie KokolusSEP 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Low testosterone in men, also referred to as male hypogonadism, can impact health and development in a multitude of ways ...Written By: Zoe MichaudSEP 04, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may help control symptoms of binge-eating disorder and induce weight loss. The correspondin ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 04, 2022Microbiology
The microbes in our gut are indispensable to our health, and they are affected by what we eat. New research has used a m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 25, 2022Cardiology
A certain heart abnormality may increase risk of developing dementia by 35%.Written By: Savannah LoganAUG 13, 2022Health & Medicine
Researchers and clinicians have found that when people are hospitalized with COVID-19, they are more likely to develop l ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 28, 2022
Neuroscience
A study published in Nature Neuroscience examined the role the amygdala plays in diet regulation. Researchers at Cold Sp
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
OCT 26, 2022
Health & Medicine
In 1985, the Whitehall II cohort study began collecting data on 10,308 participants employed in the London offices of th
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
OCT 21, 2022
Neuroscience
Stress impact how both lean and obese adults react to food cues via areas of the brain linked to reward and cognitive co
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 20, 2022
Cardiology
Combining time-restricted eating and HIIT may improve health measures more than either alone.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
OCT 18, 2022
Cardiology
Preventing the rise of type 2 diabetes, obesity, and heart disease may require more than just medicine.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
OCT 13, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is generally known to infect cells in the nose and respiratory tract by latc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2022
Infographics
Sugar is often affiliated with candies, sweets, and sodas, and the corresponding “sugar rush” that comes wit
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 11, 2022
Cardiology
Refined grains like white bread have been linked to the development of premature coronary artery disease.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
OCT 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have long known that certain things are risk factors for severe cases of COVID-19, such as old age or obesit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that impacts the body’s ability to respond to insulin. Insulin is a hormone made by t
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 29, 2022
Cardiology
Inactivity, sugar, salt, and weight gain are causing hypertension in children and teens.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
SEP 21, 2022
Health & Medicine
Birth control pills are the leading method of birth control in the United States. Birth control pills increase the chanc
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 19, 2022
Neuroscience
There are important neural circuits in the hypothalamus that help us sense our own hunger and when we feel full after a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 19, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There is still a lot of debate about how much a person's genes influence their behavior. Twin studies are one way to hel
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 18, 2022
Cardiology
In a recent study published in World Psychiatry, an international team of researchers suggests that people with attentio
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 18, 2022
Neuroscience
Older adults who have had COVID-19 are 50-80% more likely to develop Alzheimer's within a year than those who have n
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 17, 2022
Neuroscience
COVID-19 was the leading cause of death among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 15, 2022
Cancer
Early-onset cancers, typically defined as those diagnosed in people aged approximately 20 - 50, have continually increas
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
SEP 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Low testosterone in men, also referred to as male hypogonadism, can impact health and development in a multitude of ways
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
SEP 04, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may help control symptoms of binge-eating disorder and induce weight loss. The correspondin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 04, 2022
Microbiology
The microbes in our gut are indispensable to our health, and they are affected by what we eat. New research has used a m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 25, 2022
Cardiology
A certain heart abnormality may increase risk of developing dementia by 35%.
Written By:
Savannah Logan
AUG 13, 2022
Health & Medicine
Researchers and clinicians have found that when people are hospitalized with COVID-19, they are more likely to develop l
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch