Researchers have discovered the brain uses fat the same way muscles do — as an alternative fuel to glucose — going against ...

I used to come home from spin class completely drenched, feeling like I’d torched a thousand calories just from all […] The ...

In a scientific first, researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of California, San Diego, have generated a ...

Many people with cancer experience dramatic loss of muscle and fat tissue. In many cases, even the heart muscle is affected, which further weakens the body. This wasting syndrome, known as cachexia, ...

Researchers have uncovered hidden biological changes in fat tissue during weight loss, including cellular cleanup and ...

The aging liver undergoes dramatic changes in its functional organization and other key attributes, which may underpin its ...

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a complex chain of molecular chatter by which cancer cells, exploiting ordinary ...

At some point during the evolution of life on Earth, inorganic matter became organic, nonliving matter became living. How ...