John Speakman receives funding from the Chinese Academy of Sciences who funded the work described in this article. Worldwide obesity has tripled since 1975, with 1.9 billion adults considered ...

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A new mouse study suggests that "beige" fat surrounding blood vessels can send calming signals to the arteries—revealing an unexpected biological link between fat tissue and heart health. A colored ...