Blood vessel insulin sensitivity may be the key to understanding how obesity turns into diabetes
Scientists discover how an obesity-driven hormone may drive the transition to type 2 diabetes by affecting blood vessel cells’ insulin sensitivity
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Chain Restaurant Ads Disproportionately Affect Low-Income Communities
Burgers, fries, pizzas, donuts, and fried chicken. Advertisement from chain restaurants may disproportionately affect the health of members from low-income communities in the US, research shows.
Is diabetes communicable?
CIFAR Fellows’s paper questions whether diabetes, heart attacks and strokes are actually non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Microbiota (bacteria, viruses, fungi) that spread flu, HIV/AIDS, may also carry NCDs. People with NCDs have damaged microbiota,…
High fat diets can affect how often you snack
Scientists find that diets high in fats and sugars can disrupt the body’s biological clock, leading to any-time snacking. This overconsumption was found to be dependent on the function of dopamine-regulating neurons in the “biological-clock” region of…
Refugees’ Gut Bacteria Become Westernized After Moving to the US
In each human gut, a community of trillions of bacteria help digest food and make certain nutrients. Some of these bacteria are associated with disease such as diabetes and Crohn’s, while some prevent disease. The composition of bacteria varies from one…
In a sitting culture, our bones could be responsible for obesity
Despite all of the amazing discoveries science has made, we are still trying to understand the human body. For example, this time last year, scientists defined a new human organ, the mesentery. Now, scientists might finally have an answer to why…