Plasma leptin levels were linked with Alzheimer's disease PET pathology in cognitively unimpaired older adults in Korea. Lower baseline leptin was associated with a greater increase in tau over 2 ...

Like that famous bowl of porridge, when leptin levels are "just right" they help protect our cardiovascular health, scientists say. This satiety hormone, made primarily by fat cells, is best known for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increasing leptin levels are independently associated with decreasing testosterone and could be a cause for ...

You change up your diet, follow a workout plan and finally manage to lose those few pounds that have been bothering you since Christmas. But then you decide to treat yourself a little bit for all your ...

Leptin is significantly associated with body mass index. Questions have been raised as to whether leptin has an impact on malnutrition in this population. Leptin is a hormone that is released from ...

DALLAS, Dec. 18 – Leptin, a protein secreted by fat cells, may be an independent risk factor for heart disease in humans, according to an article today in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart ...

“We found that women with higher preconception leptin levels had a higher likelihood of experiencing gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, even after accounting for maternal ...

Objective: To assess the concentration of serum leptin in a population of malnourished children and to compare the leptin levels of disabled and non-disabled children in this population. Design: ...

A hormone that connects the body's metabolism and immune response system may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for people with obesity. "The problem for people with obesity is that their leptin ...

To keep the human brain supplied with energy when food was scarce, mammals evolved the ability to switch from burning carbohydrates to burning fat in order to preserve skeletal muscle that would ...

Your body maintains a biological “set point” for weight, beyond calories, through powerful hormonal and neural feedback loops that make it resist weight loss.