Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

Ibra Fancher, assistant professor of kinesiology and applied physiology at the University of Delaware, works with adipose tissue samples in his lab at the Ammon Pinizzotto Biopharmaceutical Innovation ...

The tissue, which they call "lipocartilage," superficially looks a lot like adipose tissue — better ... may "warrant updates to histology and anatomy textbooks." Others said that the researchers ...

But, demonized as all body fat is, deep belly fat known as visceral adipose tissue (VAT) also has a good side: it’s a critical component of the body’s immune system. VAT is home to many cells of both ...