Insulin resistance due to obesity is a primary event in the development of type 2 diabetes. Recent work indicates a central role of adipose tissue dysfunction in linking obesity to insulin resistance.

Homo economicus is a theoretical abstraction that describes a rational human being. As such, neoclassical economic theories represent people as ideal decision-makers with complete rationality, perfect ...

Ion channels are crucial for the normal function of excitable tissues such as neurons and skeletal muscle. Since the discovery that the paroxysmal muscle disorder periodic paralysis is caused by ...

The amygdala is part of the limbic system, which regulates emotional and behavioral responses. An amygdala hijack is a fight-or-flight response to stress. To better understand what an amygdala hijack ...

It’s easy to look at exercise as just a way to burn calories, but there’s more to movement than energy expenditure. A fitness routine teaches your body how to work better, making you stronger the ...

Can cannabis or CBD oil treat dementia or its symptoms? There are no research studies that prove cannabis, or products such as cannabis oil (CBD oil), can stop, slow, reverse or prevent the diseases ...

Bit is a high-performance, uncompressed bitset implementation in C, optimized for modern architectures. The library provides an efficient way to create, manipulate, and query bitsets with a focus on ...