Hypothalamic obesity (HyOb) is a type of obesity caused by damage to the brain’s hunger-regulating function. While there’s no cure, proper treatment can help improve your daily life and prevent ...

Metformin, long trusted for diabetes, turns out to work in the brain too. By shutting down Rap1 in the hypothalamus, the drug lowers blood sugar more effectively than previously understood, opening ...

Molecular basis of circannual interval timing for morphology and physiology. Experimental design in which Djungarian hamsters were kept in long photoperiod (LP) or transferred to short photoperiod (SP ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Setmelanotide was linked to reduction in BMI at 52 weeks compared with placebo for patients with acquired ...

Maintaining a stable body temperature is essential for survival. Animals, including humans, use both autonomic processes -- such as shivering or activating brown fat -- and behaviors -- such as ...

The interaction between pulmonary ventilation (V E) and body temperature (Tb) is essential for O2 delivery to match metabolic rate under varying states of metabolic demand. Hypoxia causes ...

aPopulation Health Sciences, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany bArtificial Intelligence in Medical Imaging, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, ...

Findings showed patients on setmelanotide saw a mean BMI reduction of 16.5% from baseline compared with a 3.3% increase for those on placebo at week 52. Topline data were announced from a phase 3 ...

Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control metabolism, body temperature and energy use. Featured in the February ...

BATON ROUGE – Scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have gained greater clarity in the brain regions and neurons that control metabolism, body temperature and energy use. Featured in the ...

BOSTON, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RYTM), a global commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on transforming the lives of patients living with ...