As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

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Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

A computer model of the cellular environment inside the knee developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers sheds ...