Tribune News NetworkDohaSidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has contributed to a major international research study published in Nature Metabolism, titled ‘Towards a consensus atlas of human ...

Tesamorelin, a synthetic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) analog, has garnered significant attention in scientific ...

Pervasive presence of microplastics in the environment adversely affects plants, animals, and humans. But what is ...

Adipose tissue expansion can occur via hypertrophy (increased adipocyte size) or via hyperplasia (increased adipocyte number), with the former being metabolically detrimental. 4 This metabolic ...

Obesity, defined by a BMI over 30, significantly impacts dermatological health due to excess adipose tissue's endocrine ...

Obesity plays a crucial role in how severely blood vessels are damaged—and this depends on where excessive fat accumulates in ...

In the lean, healthy state, adipose tissue (AT) has critical roles in maintaining organismal homeostasis. Paramount among the various roles of AT is the regulation of whole body metabolism. While ...

Obesity plays a crucial role in how severely blood vessels are damaged – and this depends on where excessive fat accumulates in the body. This is the finding of a research team from the German Centre ...

In medically indicated weight loss, attention is typically focused on the associated health benefits. However, recent ...

A study by the University of Barcelona has identified, for the first time, a molecule that represses the activity of brown adipose tissue. The paper opens new paths to understand why and how the ...

Endocannabinoids modulate insulin and adipokine expression in adipocytes through cannabinoid receptors and their levels are elevated during hyperglycemia and obesity, but little is known about how ...