Obesity and cancer are two major health challenges of our time, yet the link between them remains only partially understood. New research now highlights a molecular chain of events in estrogen ...

How do mammals manage to eat in situations that cause anxiety, step into exposed spaces, or slow down when anxiety drives them to keep moving? A new study pinpoints a leptin-sensitive circuit in the ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) has emerged as a predominant chronic liver condition globally, ...

New research in The American Journal of Pathology clarifies the role of obesity in fueling breast cancer progression by identifying the leptin-SCD pathway as a key driver of metabolic and functional ...

Measuring and administering the leptin hormone could help producers identify variations in breeding efficiency between ...