The hormone insulin plays a central role in the metabolism of many living organisms. When food is plentiful, insulin promotes ...

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.

A 3D-map of the metabolic centre supports research into anti-obesity drugsA high-resolution spatial map of the human ...

The tiny bits of plastic pollution that make their way from the environment into our bodies accumulate at much higher ...

Should you take a vitamin B complex supplement with all eight B vitamins or a supplement with B12 alone? This article helps ...

Celebs love health tech that promises to offer anti-ageing, speed up metabolism, and reduce inflammation so Bethan King ...

A $10.3 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state’s stem cell agency, will fund ...

Women who develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have distinct neuroactive steroid levels during the third trimester of ...

Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood during the third ...