obesity
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
UM Researchers Dominate Special Journal Issue on Neurogenic Obesity Among People with Spinal Cord Injury
It’s a little understood phenomenon — that people with spinal cord injury (SCI) who appear underweight or normal weight can in fact be harboring a high-risk body composition, one made of up to 50%…
Published Studies
Sylvester Researchers Reveal New Link Between Obesity, Chemerin and Kidney Cancer
Altered cellular energetics, a hallmark of cancers, has been associated with obesity. However, links between systemic energy regulation and aberrant cancer cell metabolism have been lacking. A group of researchers…
Cancer Research
Sylvester Researchers Link Obesity, Postmenopausal Estrogens and Breast Cancer Risk
The findings of a new study could explain a longstanding paradox. Despite the well-known association between estrogens and breast cancer risk, in general women have a higher risk for breast…