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

Mice have been trying to help humans become healthy for over a century. Unfortunately, the humans are not reciprocating. The ...

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

Every year, more than 100,000 people are treated for heat injury in the U.S., a number that's been rising as the world ...

In recent years, for instance, studies have indicated that fat is far from the lone culprit in human weight gain, and that carbohydrates play a hefty role. “Mice are a good model for human obesity . .

O bese mice whose fat cells were genetically altered to produce an increased amount of the glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) lost more than a third of their body weight ...

Salk Institute researchers have identified a key protein that may help users of GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy ...

Fat is generally believed to store calories, but this special type of fat tissue improves exercise performance.