Epicardial adipose tissue was associated with greater cardiac injury among patients who experienced an acute myocardial ...

In endurance athletes, some brain power may come from an unexpected source. Marathon runners appear to rely on myelin, the fatty tissue bundled around nerve fibers, for energy during a race, ...

If you have fat tissue tangled around your muscles, then you could be at risk of a heart condition - Shutterstock Hiding in plain sight, fat can be notoriously difficult to spot. It doesn’t always ...

The study shows that fat tissue, when processed and cultured in a specific way, can self-organize into structures resembling ...

People with obesity who are long-time exercisers have healthier belly fat tissue and can store fat there more effectively than nonexercisers with obesity, according to a new study. People with obesity ...

Explore the truth behind the myth that fat turns into muscle. Learn how to effectively lose fat and gain muscle ...

Midlife brings a different situation. Body systems respond in new ways, and weight loss may trigger hidden changes inside the ...

Principal investigator Ibra Fancher, assistant professor of kinesiology and applied physiology in UD's College of Health Sciences, discovered significant differences in gene expression in adipose ...

Treatment of a mouse with a disease similar to osteoporosis using bone-differentiated spheroids. At 8 weeks post-treatment, the bone’s strength was significantly improved. An Osaka Metropolitan ...

A small amount of fat in your liver is healthy, but when fat makes up more than 5% of your liver's weight, it can cause problems. At this point, doctors call it steatotic liver disease, although you ...

Dr. Troy Mensen is a family medicine doctor based in the Chicago area. He completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Northern Iowa and his doctorate at Des Moines University College of ...