Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have discovered that cells in human fat actually may help the body grow new blood vessels to repair both muscle and heart tissue. These ...

Fat in the heart may kill cells and eventually lead to heart failure. ... If the same processes cause human heart failure, the work has clear clinical implications, Schaffer contends.

"It's aerobic exercise, the kind that gets your heart pumping, that's best for reducing abdominal fat," Powell-Wiley said. Research suggests that moderate aerobic exercise, for 150 minutes a week ...

The heart’s preference for fatty acids — building blocks of fat — makes sense from a physiological standpoint in that fat is virtually always available in the human body. Such an ample substrate is ...

Scientists have spotted unique subtypes of fat cells in the human body, and by unraveling their functions, they found that the cells may play a role in obesity. The research, published Jan. 24 in ...

Only 4 hours after consumption, a single super-high-fat meal alters red blood cells in a way that endangers cardiovascular health, a new study finds.

International Journal of Obesity - Ectopic fat storage in heart, ... Production of IP-10 and RANTES by human adipose tissue: a role for perivascular adipocytes in atherosclerosis?

Then, they introduced E. coli into the mice’s systems in an effort to make their guts resemble the human gut. Subsequently, the high-fat diet led to intestinal inflammation and damaged ...

One-third of global deaths are due to cardiovascular disease caused by atherosclerosis, when arteries are clogged with fat deposits. Although it’s common for humans to experience heart attacks ...

Researchers found that heavy drinkers and binge drinkers had significant fat around the heart, compared with people who never drank alcohol. They also had fat around the liver and kidneys.