The hormone adiponectin is secreted from fat cells and increases sensitivity ... may also protect heart tissue when blood flow is restricted (pages 1096–1103). The prevalence of obesity is ...

Doctors have told patients for decades to eat less saturated fat – the predominant kind in red meat, butter and cheese -- as a way to prevent heart disease. The truth may be more complicated.

Fat around the heart, known as pericardial fat, can double the risk of heart failure, a study found. But being lean may not mean you're healthy — even people who aren't obese or overweight can ...

Having excess pericardial fat—fat around the heart—increases the risk of developing heart failure, especially in women, according to new Mount Sinai research. Women with high amounts of ...

Having excess pericardial fat -- fat around the heart -- increases the risk of developing heart failure, especially in women, according to new Mount Sinai research. Women with high amounts of ...

When it comes to risk for a heart attack, having excess fat around the heart may be worse than having a high body mass index or a thick waist, according to researchers from Wake Forest University ...

The purpose of this review is to explore the possible locations of ectopic fat in key target-organs of cardiovascular control (heart, blood vessels and kidneys) and propose how ectopic fat storage ...

Exercise that makes you reach your fat-burning heart rate can help lead to fat loss. Your specific fat-burning heart rate can depend on factors such as your age. Your heart rate can help you ...

Hidden fat in muscles - similar to beef marbling - leads to a higher risk of dying from heart attacks or heart failure regardless of body weight, according to a study. While ‘fatty marbling ...

It is time to "bust the myth of the role of saturated fat in heart disease", he writes in an opinion piece in the British Medical Journal. But the British Heart Foundation said there was ...

A low-carb, high-fat “keto-like” diet may be linked to higher levels of “bad” cholesterol and double the risk of cardiovascular events such as blocked arteries, heart attacks and strokes ...

Before pouring another drink, consider this sobering new research: Heavy drinkers can develop fat around the heart, leading to heart failure and other cardiac problems. This so-called pericardial ...