December 7, 2021
Mayo Clinic Proceedings: In the Limelight, December 2021
By Advancing the Science contributor
Mayo Clinic publishes two peer-reviewed journals, accepting original research and related content from investigators around the world. Advancing the Science shares stories about research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, its sister journal, and many other English-language journals. In order to gain more visibility for all the research covered by Mayo’s premier journal, we are going to reprint ‘In […]
Tags: cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Karl Nath, Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, molecular biology, Robert Pignolo, senescent cells, sports medicine, women's health
February 12, 2021
Body fat investigation provides insights for ‘obesity paradox’
The Obesity Paradox Excerpted from a 2009 Mayo Clinic Proceedings article, The Obesity Paradox: Perception vs Knowledge. “Data from several epidemiological studies, including the Framingham Heart Study, have found a positive relationship between obesity and mortality, in particular cardiovascular mortality. However, several cross-sectional, retrospective database studies … have found an inverse correlation between body mass […]
Tags: animal model, basic science, biomedical research, discovery research, gastroenterology, molecular biology, obesity, pancreatitis, Vijay Singh, visceral fat