Is your New Year's resolution to quit raiding the fridge when you should be sleeping? Research in mice has found that a high fat diet puts their biological clocks out of synch, so they ate at times when they should have been resting. The new finding could lead to new ways to treat obesity.

An Australian liver transplant patient has taken on the immune system of her donor. The medical breakthrough mean she can stop taking a lifelong regimen of anti-rejection drugs and offers the same hope to other transplant recipients.

With the drama and urgency of a sportscaster, statistics guru Hans Rosling uses an amazing new presentation tool, Gapminder, to debunk several myths about world development. Rosling is professor of international health at Sweden's Karolinska Institute, and founder of Gapminder, a nonprofit that brings vital global data to life. (Recorded ...

Gene that helps regulate fat storage discovered at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

A family of proteins called PPARs (peroxisome proliferator-activator receptors) controls how the body uses sugar and fat. PPAR-gamma drives the formation of fat cells and regulates the storage of fat. It encourages muscles to burn sugar and maintains insulin sensitivity. PPAR-delta regulates how muscles burn fat by stimulating cellular ...

reposted from advancednano.blogspot.com This week (Dec 11-14, 2006) CNN's show Anderson Cooper 360 asks the question how far would you go for Health and Well Being? This link is a place where you can provide feedback. My questions are 1. What is wrong with our society that we have to go outside the United States for better, newer or cheaper ...