Researchers identified how leptin, a hormone from fat cells, fuels estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer. The study found ...

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

Obesity and cancer are two major health challenges of our time, yet the link between them remains only partially understood. New research now ...

Figure 1: Leptin-induced reduction in food intake and body weight is attenuated by D-Phe CRF. Because effects of leptin were attenuated but not abolished by the CRF receptor antagonist, CRF or ...

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

Figure 1: Response of control and Mc4r –/– mice to intracerebroventricular administration of the melanocortin receptor agonist MTII. Figure 2: Response of control and Mc4r –/– mice to peripherally ...