Statins lower artery-clogging cholesterol and cut risks of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes. But are the drugs helpful if you have fatty liver disease, or can they be harmful? We ...

Discover how sugar quietly damages your liver through dangerous mechanisms. Learn about fatty liver disease, inflammation, ...

More than 90% of patients achieved clinically meaningful weight reduction compared to placebo in a phase 3 trial of ecnoglutide.

Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes.

Ozempic injections have a direct impact on hormonal and metabolic health — and those changes inevitably influence your ...

Skipping meals might seem like a harmless habit or even a shortcut to weight loss, but the damage it can do to your liver is ...

Insulin resistance (IR) is a crucial factor in metabolic disorders like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), ...

Scientists at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have identified colonic inflammation as a previously unrecognised ...

Infection by certain wrigglers may reduce inflammation and fight obesity and diabetes. Scientists are working to turn the ...

Chronic liver diseases tied to metabolic dysfunction ... Notably, PTPRD deficiency also appeared to blunt insulin signaling. In primary human hepatocytes, silencing PTPRD reduced insulin-induced ...

In healthy individuals, insulin signaling in the brain controls appetite ... Brain-specific effects of insulin action and fat content in the liver were assessed using MRI.

Insulin orchestrates blood glucose levels by signaling fat and muscle cells to absorb the sugar and liver cells to stop pumping it out, so most research on insulin signaling focuses on these tissues.