Environmental pollutant may promote obesity A common environmental pollutant that is known to have a potent effect on gene activity may be promoting obesity, according to Japanese researchers. Tributyltin is known to affect cell receptors in animals and humans at very...
Regular exercise increases cerebral blood flow and helps to stave off age-related brain changes, so say researchers from the University of North Carolina (UNC). J. Keith Smith and colleagues compared brain scans of 12 healthy adults aged between 60 and 76. Half of the...
Bad cholesterol inhibits fat breakdown New research has revealed that LDL or bad cholesterol inhibits the breakdown of fat in adipocytes, or fat cells, thus suggesting that it is a regulator of fat stores. Previous research has shown that the release of free fatty...
