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Insulin explained, how this life-saving hormone works in the body

Discover how insulin functions at a biological level and why it is essential for regulating blood sugar. This clear and ...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

The life cycle of metabolism

Metabolism is more than burning calories. UAB experts explain how metabolism develops from before birth through older ...
Medical Xpress

Five days of ultra-processed food: Study finds that's enough to alter insulin and reward functions in the brain

Researchers at the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tübingen, in collaboration with the German Center for Diabetes Research, ...

Are you insulin sensitive or insulin resistant? The difference is key to maintaining metabolic health

Being aware of whether the body is insulin resistant or not is vital to long-term metabolic health. The good part is that ...
News Medical

What drives insulin resistance? Proteomics reveals key pathways in human skeletal muscle

Study: Personalized molecular signatures of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. Image credit: Microgen/Shutterstock.com A recent study, published in the journal Cell, utilized cutting-edge ...

Cholecystokinin, not insulin, may be key hormone in obesity-driven pancreatic cancer

Obesity increases the body's need for insulin, forcing cells in the pancreas known as beta cells to ramp up insulin ...