In 2015, one study found a hot drink containing echinacea to be as good as prescription Tamiflu for treating the virus influenza. A large study in 2012 found echinacea reduced the number of days ...

Maintaining a balanced lifestyle can be challenging in today’s fast-paced world. With stress levels soaring and busy schedules taking precedence, it’s no wonder many individuals feel overwhelmed and ...

Researchers have successfully treated two unrelated children with characteristics of leptin dysfunction — including intense hyperphagia, impaired satiety, and severe, early onset obesity — only after ...

Ozempic promotes weight loss by mimicking the GLP-1 hormone the body naturally produces after eating, so users feel full for longer. This new potential therapy harnesses the power of GLP-1 while ...

Working on genetically engineered obese mice with seriously thickened hearts, a condition call cardiac hypertrophy, scientists at Johns Hopkins have used a nerve protection and growth factor on the ...

Hormone absence or inactivity is common in congenital disease, but hormone antagonism remains controversial. Here, we characterize two novel homozygous leptin variants that yielded antagonistic ...

Reduced levels of a metabolic hormone known as leptin is linked to poor vaccine antibody responses in the general population, a study has found. Reduced levels of a metabolic hormone known as leptin ...

Background/Aims: To evaluate the metabolic effects of meals with varying glycemic index (GI). Methods: We measured the glucose, insulin and leptin responses to two contrasting breakfast cereals in a ...