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

Our body fat may turn out to be a secret weapon in our everlasting fight against cancer. A new study released this week ...

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 ...

BC: Breast cancer; EC: Endometrial cancer ... ages and manifesting mainly with body mass excess due to increased adipose tissue volume. The constantly accumulating data demonstrate the worldwide ...

Adipose tissue, an active endocrine organ, secretes adipokines like leptin and adiponectin, which can either promote or inhibit cancer development when their levels are altered in obesity.

Scientists are tackling society's growing obesity problem from all kinds of angles – and new research picks out a particular ...

A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

Breast cancer (BC) is a complex disease influenced by various factors, including obesity and the interactions of adipokines—signaling proteins secreted by adipose (fat) tissue. Recent research ...

while cachexia results from progressive wasting of skeletal muscle mass—and to a lesser extent adipose tissue—occurring even before weight loss becomes apparent. Cancer anorexia−cachexia ...

In cancer-associated cachexia, elevated TNF-α and IL-6 exacerbate muscle and fat loss by regulating multiple metabolic signaling pathways, which could be ameliorated by Z526's suppression of NF-κB ...