http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new study by the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) finds that middle-aged women who reported frequent instances of discrimination had significantly higher levels of one of the most toxic forms of fat-visceral, invisible fat — making them more susceptible to a range of chronic conditions, including heart disease and diabetes. The study appears online in the American Journal of Epidemiology. http://phys.org/news218972594.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:43:53 EST news218972594 Using a mobile MRI unit, researchers followed runners for two months along a 4,500-kilometer course to study how their bodies responded to the high-stress conditions of an ultra-long-distance race, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://phys.org/news210225211.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:20:01 EST news210225211 According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), obese teenage girls with a greater ratio of visceral fat (fat around internal organs) to subcutaneous fat (fat found just beneath the skin) are likely to have lower bone density than peers with a lower ratio of visceral to subcutaneous fat. http://phys.org/news186652824.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:20:01 EST news186652824 A study conducted by exercise physiologists in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies finds that as little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent weight gain, but also to inhibit a regain of harmful visceral fat one year after weight loss. http://phys.org/news176047530.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:06:08 EST news176047530 In middle-aged women, visceral fat, more commonly called belly fat, is known to be a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but what causes visceral fat to accumulate? http://phys.org/news169995431.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:10:03 EST news169995431 Numerous studies have shown that depression is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, but exactly how has never been clear. http://phys.org/news160143549.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:19:31 EST news160143549 Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say. http://phys.org/news156088325.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:52:47 EST news156088325 Hollywood stars of a certain age take note: Research at Berkeley Lab suggests that a protein linked to the spread of several major human cancers may also hold great potential for the elimination of wrinkles and the rejuvenation of the skin. If this promise bears fruit, the protein, called RHAMM, could one day replace injections with neurotoxins that carry such unpleasant side-effects as muscle paralysis and loss of facial expressions. http://phys.org/news153586624.html Medicine & Health Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:58:07 EST news153586624 Older adults with symptoms of depression appear more likely to gain abdominal fat, but not overall fat, over a five-year period, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://phys.org/news147372755.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:52:35 EST news147372755