http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers may have found a key ingredient in the recipe that leads from obesity to chronic low-grade inflammation, according to a report in the September issue of Cell Metabolism. http://www.physorg.com/news171028922.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:20:01 EST news171028922 The team, in collaboration with University Hospital Aintree, the University of Warwick and researchers in Sweden, found that people classified as obese and those with pre-diabetes have raised levels of a protein called SPARC, that can cause tissue scarring. The research revealed that an increase in insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar levels, and leptin, a hormone that regulates appetite, can trigger an increase in SPARC, which can prevent the proper storage of fat in fat tissue cells. http://www.physorg.com/news169375596.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:00:08 EST news169375596 Crack open the latest medical textbook to the chapter on type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes, and you'll be hard pressed to find the term "immunology" anywhere. This is because metabolic conditions and immunologic conditions are, with a few exceptions, distant cousins. http://www.physorg.com/news167835602.html Medicine & Health Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:00:42 EST news167835602 Curcumin, the major polyphenol found in turmeric, appears to reduce weight gain in mice and suppress the growth of fat tissue in mice and cell models. Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University (USDA HNRCA) studied mice fed high fat diets supplemented with curcumin and cell cultures incubated with curcumin. http://www.physorg.com/news161862497.html Medicine & Health Mon, 18 May 2009 10:49:24 EST news161862497 A report in the March issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication, has found that a signal known to play a role during fasting also switches on early in the fat tissue of obese mice as they progress toward type 2 diabetes. Moreover, treatments that block that "fasting signal" in fat prevent the animals' resistance to insulin, according to the researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news155309238.html Biology Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:28:17 EST news155309238 It's called the obesity paradox. Although obese people are more apt to suffer from inflammatory diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke, they are also more likely to survive a major attack caused by one of those conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news154882304.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:52:58 EST news154882304 Scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet. The finding in an animal study suggests that blocking this gene could one day be a therapeutic strategy to reduce diet-related obesity and associated disorders, such as diabetes and liver damage, in humans. http://www.physorg.com/news154712272.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:38:17 EST news154712272 A study by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows that high-fat diets, even if consumed for a short amount of time, can inflame fat tissue surrounding blood vessels, possibly contributing to cardiovascular disease. http://www.physorg.com/news154190358.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:40:04 EST news154190358 Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have identified a new enzyme that plays a far more important role than expected in controlling the breakdown of fat. In a new study to be published Jan. 11 in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers report that mice that have had this enzyme disabled remained lean despite eating a high-fat diet and losing a hormone that suppresses appetite. http://www.physorg.com/news150905309.html Medicine & Health Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:08:29 EST news150905309 A two-year study conducted by researchers at George Mason University, INOVA Fairfax Hospital and the National Cancer Institute may open the door to new therapies for combating chronic diseases associated with obesity, a condition that affected more than 33 percent of American adults in 2005-06 according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.physorg.com/news145211890.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:38:10 EST news145211890 Researchers have identified stem cells with the capacity to build fat, according to a report in the October 17th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication. Although they have yet to show that the cells can renew themselves, transplants of the progenitor cells isolated from the fat tissue of normal mice can restore normal fat tissue in animals that are otherwise lacking it. http://www.physorg.com/news142876209.html Biology Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:50:09 EST news142876209