Where fat accumulates in the body may influence cancer risk, a new study suggests. Image credit: Katsumi Murouchi/Getty Images For many years, body mass index (BMI) has been used as a measure of ...
Vertebrates have extremely different brain sizes: even with the same body size, brain size can vary a hundredfold. As a rule, mammals and birds have the largest brains in relation to their body size, ...
Hunger exists on a spectrum. On the one end is food insecurity, where people are forced to adjust to fewer meals. As food becomes scarce, the body consumes its own reserves. The journey from hunger to ...
A recent study published in the journal Nutritional Psychiatry suggests that consuming higher amounts of specific dietary ...
The microbial community in the human gut plays a central role in various diseases. An important form of chemical communication between the gut microbiome and the human body comes from small molecules ...
Long before pregnancy begins, your body is already shaping the conditions for conception. Hormones are signalling, eggs are maturing over months, sperm are regenerating every few weeks, and your ...