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New Experimental Drug Targets Dangerous Belly Fat by Killing Fat Cells
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New Experimental Drug Targets Dangerous Belly Fat by Killing Fat Cells

Here’s something most of my patients don’t know: when you lose weight, your fat cells don’t go away. They just get smaller, and they’re ready to fill back up the moment your habits slip. That’s a big reason so many people regain weight after a diet or after stopping a GLP-1 medication. Now researchers are…

Breathwork Can Change Your State of Mind — A New Brain Scan Study Shows How
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Breathwork Can Change Your State of Mind — A New Brain Scan Study Shows How

You probably haven’t thought about your breathing today, but how you breathe affects your stress, your focus, and your brain. Breathwork, which means breathing exercises meant to shift your mental and emotional state, is gaining ground in therapy for stress and mental health. One form, high ventilation breathwork, uses rapid, deep breathing, and people who…

Olive Oil Before Carbs Lowered Blood Sugar Spikes in Mice, Study Finds
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Olive Oil Before Carbs Lowered Blood Sugar Spikes in Mice, Study Finds

Two groups of mice received the same amount of olive oil and the same amount of glucose. Only one group had a smaller blood sugar spike, and the difference was which one came first. The response behind it was not what you’d expect, since it involved glucagon, a hormone known for raising blood sugar, along…

Yale Researchers Test an Epilepsy Drug for Osteoarthritis Pain and Cartilage Loss
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Yale Researchers Test an Epilepsy Drug for Osteoarthritis Pain and Cartilage Loss

A drug used to prevent seizures may one day help people with aching joints. Researchers at Yale tested lacosamide, an epilepsy medication, in early experiments on osteoarthritis. It eased pain and helped protect cartilage at the same time. It does this by acting on a single protein found in both pain nerves and cartilage cells….

New Research Offers Hope for Retinal Disease by Targeting a Protein That Blocks Repair
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New Research Offers Hope for Retinal Disease by Targeting a Protein That Blocks Repair

If you lose retinal cells to disease, they stay lost. That rule is why conditions like retinitis pigmentosa and glaucoma are so hard to treat. Zebrafish don’t follow it. They regrow damaged retinal neurons using support cells called Müller glia, and mammals have the same cells. They just don’t use them. A team at KAIST…

Nearly 8 in 10 Young Adults Show Signs of a Syndrome Linked to Artery Damage
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Nearly 8 in 10 Young Adults Show Signs of a Syndrome Linked to Artery Damage

Most people file heart disease under problems for later in life, something to think about in their 50s or 60s. New research on young adults suggests that timeline deserves a second look. It also points to a condition that links your heart to other systems in your body, one that most people have never heard…

New Gene-Editing Treatment Lowered LDL Cholesterol by 52% With Just One Infusion
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New Gene-Editing Treatment Lowered LDL Cholesterol by 52% With Just One Infusion

What if one treatment could change how your body handles cholesterol for good? Researchers have now tested that idea in people for the first time and followed the results for a full year. The findings are early and come from a small group, but they raise a question that matters to anyone who has ever…

Shifting From Animal to Plant Protein Could Ease Nearly Half the Climate Burden
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Shifting From Animal to Plant Protein Could Ease Nearly Half the Climate Burden

Ask most people what drives climate change and they’ll point to cars and smokestacks. Few would name what’s on their dinner plate. Yet a study in the journal Climate Policy argues that food production belongs in that conversation, and that leaving it out puts our climate targets at risk. The researcher behind it isn’t asking anyone to…