One of the many advantages of maintaining a normal body weight is having healthy fat, which in turn supports a healthy heart. Fat tissue is increasingly seen as more than just a storage depot -- it's ...

Adipose tissue, when carried around in excessive amounts, predisposes to a large number of diseases. Epidemiological data show that the prevalence of obesity has significantly increased over the past ...

Researchers at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada, have discovered that adiponectin, a protein secreted from adipocytes, is a metabolic link that can explain, in part, the ...

Researchers may solve a 17-year-old mystery about how the so-called "starvation hormone" affects multiple biological systems, including preventing insulin sensitivity and promoting cell survival. New ...

Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Mar., 2009), pp. 193-199 (7 pages) Accumulating evidence supports a role for obesity in the etiology of multiple myeloma (MM). The distinct possibility exists ...

Sofia Antipolis, France - Increased levels of adiponectin, a cytokine released from adipose tissue, were associated with greater risk of MI and all-cause and CV mortality in a prospective study of ...

How did your research into ADP and migraine severity originate? My earlier research evaluating the epidemiological association between migraine and obesity demonstrated that the risk of migraine and ...

Thoracic paravertebral block (TPVB) can improve postoperative analgesia, inhibiting perioperative stress and the inflammatory response. However, whether it can improve early postoperative cognitive ...