News tagged with subcutaneous adipose tissue

Large abdominal wall lipoma causes bowel obstruction

Proteus syndrome is a complex disorder associated with varied, disproportionate, asymmetric overgrowth of many body parts and unregulated adipose tissue. The overgrowth seen in Proteus syndrome is progressive and difficult ...

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Vitamin D deficiency is associated with different types of obesity in black and white children

A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) found that while black and white children with vitamin D deficiency both had higher fat levels, black ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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Human stem cells from fat tissue fuse with rat heart cells and beat

If Dr. Doolittle is famous for talking to animals, then here's a story that might make him hold his tongue: According to new research published online in The FASEB Journal, scientists have successfully fused human stem c ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study reports effects of endurance running

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 ...

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created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Eating mostly whole grains, few refined grains linked to lower body fat

People who consume several servings of whole grains per day while limiting daily intake of refined grains appear to have less of a type of fat tissue thought to play a key role in triggering cardiovascular disease and type ...

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created Oct 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Extremes in sleep duration are related to increases in abdominal fat in minority young adults

A study in the March 1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that African-American and Hispanic young adults with short or long sleep durations had greater increases in belly fat over a five-year period compared with those who re ...

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Fat in the liver -- not the belly -- is a better marker for disease risk

New findings from nutrition researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest that it's not whether body fat is stored in the belly that affects metabolic risk factors for diabetes, high blood triglycerides ...

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Difference in fat storage may explain lower rate of liver disease in African-Americans

Where different ethnic groups store fat in their bodies may account for differences in the likelihood they'll develop insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, researchers at UT Southwestern ...

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created Mar 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fat transplantation can have metabolic benefits

When transplanted deep into the abdomen, fat taken from just under the skin comes with metabolic benefits, or at least it does in mice, reveals a new study in the May issue of Cell Metabolism.

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created May 06, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Thyroid treatment no 'quick fix' for weight loss in children

Children treated for hypothyroidism aren't likely to drop pounds with treatment for the condition says a new study in the Journal of Pediatrics. The study is the first to examine the link between hypothyroidism treatment ...

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created Jan 03, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New blood test might offer early warning of deep belly fat

Measuring levels of a chemical found in blood offers the best indicator yet of the amount of fat surrounding abdominal organs, according to a new study of lean and obese individuals reported in the July issue of Cell Metabolism, a publ ...

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created Jul 10, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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