Brown adipose tissue (BAT), also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat humans and other mammals have – the other type is known as white or yellow fat. Human newborns and hibernating mammals have high levels of brown fat. Brown fat’s main funct…
read moreGiving Birth More Than Once Lead To Weight Gain And Other Problems For Mouse Moms And Male Offspring
January 31, 2012
Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found tha…
read moreResearchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that a molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells – brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) – is severely lacking in brainstem neurons in mutations leading to Re…
read moreInfluenza virus can rapidly evolve from one form to another, complicating the effectiveness of vaccines and anti-viral drugs used to treat it…
read moreH5N1 Causes Controversy Concerning Balance Between Scientific Discovery And Public Safety
January 30, 2012
After scientists have engineered a new strain of H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, which is readily transmitted between humans, the Annals of Internal Medicine , the principal journal of the American College of Physicians, has published two perspective…
read moreBritons appear to be tightening their belts in more ways than one: 2011 audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) revealed on Monday that the number of men undergoing tummy tucks (abdominoplasty) was 15% higher…
read moreNormal Weight Doctors Discuss Weight Loss With Patients More Often Than Overweight Colleagues
January 30, 2012
A national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians in the US finds their weight may influence obesity diagnosis and care. Among the findings, published earlier this month in the journal Obesity, is the suggestion that doctors whose BMI…
read moreNormal Weight Doctors Discuss Weight Loss With Patients More Often Than Overweight Colleagues
January 30, 2012
A national cross-sectional survey of 500 primary care physicians in the US finds their weight may influence obesity diagnosis and care. Among the findings, published earlier this month in the journal Obesity, is the suggestion that doctors whose BMI…
read moreHaving diabetes may cause women to experience a greater degree of hearing loss as they age, especially if the metabolic disorder is not well controlled with medication, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit…
read moreMandatory Sickle Cell Trait Screening For Athletic Participation Opposed By American Society Of Hematology Policy
January 30, 2012
The American Society of Hematology (ASH), the world’s largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders, has issued a policy statement* opposing mandatory screening of athletes for sickle cell trait as a prerequisi…
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