A new study describes a type of cartilage that may have been discovered, forgotten and found again at several points in ...

Regular exercise is undoubtedly part of the weight loss picture, but how exactly does it impact body fat and fat storage? Let ...

If you feel like one of your armpits is puffier than the other, don't panic—it might just be fat. Here's what the experts say.

Lipomas are harmless, fatty tumors that can form under the skin. They are usually painless ... they may need to perform a biopsy and send tissue to a lab to ensure the tumor is not cancerous.

A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear ...

Fatty breast tissue is the outer layer of the breast beneath the skin. Fat necrosis is a side effect of breast surgery, radiation, or other trauma, such as an injury to the breast. The most common ...

Subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) resides under the skin and is not associated with ... gene expression in each of these two types of fat tissue. They analyzed genes from two groups of male ...

the layer of fat and connective tissue under the skin. The theory is that when these small amounts of medication are injected into the mesoderm, underlying fat is melted. Since 1952, approximately ...