Heart hormone helps shape fat metabolism

It's well known that exercising reduces body weight because it draws on fat stores that muscle can burn as fuel. But a new study at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) suggests that the heart also plays a role in breaking down fat. In their study, published February 6 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Sheila Collins, Ph.D. and colleagues detail how hormones ...

Killer Combinations

AVENTURA, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --Did you know mixing cheese or processed meats and antidepressants could spike your blood pressure?  Or that licorice & blood pressure meds could lead to paralysis? If you're not careful, the drugs meant ...

Five Secrets to Speed Up Metabolism for Weight Loss

When you are trying to lose weight, finding ways to speed up your metabolism is key. The faster your metabolism, the more calories you burn throughout the day. In fact, Robert Yanagisawa, M.D., says, "The process of metabolism establishes the rate at which we burn our calories...

"Yo-yo dieting" not tied to early death: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite earlier concerns, dieters who repeatedly lose weight and then gain it back aren't at higher risk of early death than people who don't "yo-yo diet," according to a new report. About two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese, and many are trying to shed the extra pounds. Over the long term, however, most people who lose weight through dieting regain it ...

Well-controlled HIV doesn't affect heart metabolism, function

(Medical Xpress) -- People with HIV often develop blood sugar and lipid problems and other metabolic complications that increase the risk of heart disease. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that the HIV virus and the drugs used to treat it don’t worsen heart metabolism and function in these patients, compared with HIV-negative patients with metabolic ...