Maintaining hormonal balance is crucial for overall health and well-being in today’s fast-paced world. Hormones regulate various bodily functions, including metabolism, mood, and energy levels. One ...

Those little fruit flies floating around the ripening cantaloupes pack some fat between their tiny wings. They’re cold-blooded and burn their fat to warm up. “They have really beautiful fat, the flies ...

Ghrelin is a hormone your stomach makes that signals your body when you're hungry. You might think of it as an "on switch" for appetite. Your small intestine, pancreas, and brain also release small ...

Leptin is a key hormone in the regulation of hunger and satiety. For the first time, a large international study has ...

More than 12,500 people from 16 European studies participated in establishing comprehensive reference values for the satiety hormone leptin ...

Worldwide obesity rates have more than doubled since 1990, with nearly a billion people now falling into the category. Though a complex interplay of genes, diet, and environment contribute, 90% of ...

Using experimental techniques like calcium imaging in freely moving mice, optogenetics, and chemogenetics, a study in the journal Cell Metabolism this week demonstrated, faced with a decision between ...

For decades, insulin has been considered the superhero in managing blood sugar levels. Ever since its discovery over a century ago, it has saved millions of lives and continues to do so today. But ...