Researchers have discovered a previously unknown enzyme that plays a crucial role in fat production. By blocking it, they stopped weight gain, reduced liver damage, and lowered harmful cholesterol ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular ...

As you age, you gradually lose muscle mass and gain visceral body fat, a type of fat deep inside your body that surrounds your heart, kidneys and other organs. Now, scientists say the ratio of ...

If you melted down the average UK adult, you’d find around 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of creamy yellow fat – equivalent to around 88 blocks of lard, enough to fill two-thirds of a small suitcase or ...