Not All Fat Created Equal: Certain Body Fat Reduces Insulin Resi...

Trans-fatty acids and insulin sensitivity
(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Dietary research in rats suggests that trans-fats do not increase the risk of insulin...

Belly Fat May Affect Liver Function
A new stud suggests the release of lipids from abdominal fat, which drains directly to the liver, increases overnight, providing additional insight...

Aspirin-like Compounds Increase Insulin Secretion In Otherwise...
Aspirin-like compounds can claim another health benefit: increasing the amount of insulin produced by otherwise healthy obese people. Obesity is...

How And Where Fat Is Stored Predicts Disease Risk Better Than...
A new study in mice indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of...

Hubble: Imaging Space and Time
In the spirit of National Geographic’s top-selling Orbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most...

The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space...
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the...

The Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and...
The Merck Index is a one-volume encyclopedia of chemicals, drugs and biologicals that contains more than 10,000 monographs. Each monograph in this...