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The findings, which are based on a widespread and long-term study, turn accepted health wisdom on its head. The study was based on an...
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The petition, which argued the status promoted self-destructive thoughts, gathered more than 16,000 signatures. The petition said that when Facebook users set “feeling fat”...
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The stimulation of so-called brown fat is seen as key to weight loss by some health experts. The reason for this is because brown...
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The new study has been conducted on mice. The research shows that the hormones insulin and leptin activate appetite-suppressing proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurons in the...
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Outside of the obvious fat control factors of diet and exercise, recent studies in mice and humans have suggested that factors such as exposure...
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White blood cells, such as neutrophils and macrophages, are part of the immune system in people and other mammals and they provide protection from...
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Studies have shown that a drug called fexaramine triggers a physiological reaction in mice akin to what happens after the animals eat a big...
Life
The walls of the the aorta are already thickened in babies born to mothers who are overweight or obese, according to a small study...
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As CBC News writes, in Monday’s issue of the journal Molecular Psychiatry, David Meyre, an associate professor in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster...
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It could be the dream of anyone who has spent years trying to lose weight. Scientists have developed a vaccine that causes and maintains...