Plasma leptin levels were linked with Alzheimer's disease PET pathology in cognitively unimpaired older adults in Korea. Lower baseline leptin was associated with a greater increase in tau over 2 ...

Like that famous bowl of porridge, when leptin levels are "just right" they help protect our cardiovascular health, scientists say. This satiety hormone, made primarily by fat cells, is best known for ...

Leptin predicts cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes, diseases to which Asian Indians are highly susceptible. As a risk marker, leptin's intra-individual and seasonal stability is unstudied and ...

Circulating leptin levels show a high degree of individual variability even after the main effect of body fatness is accounted for. We therefore wanted to determine the roles of variation in body ...

Babies born to mothers deficient in vitamin B12 were more likely to have higher than normal leptin levels, according to study findings presented at the Society for Endocrinology Annual Conference.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Increasing leptin levels are independently associated with decreasing testosterone and could be a cause for ...

For the first time an investigation has been able to link human levels of leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells, with symptoms of anxiety and depression independent of weight . The study, led by Dr ...

We think that a diet rich in fish may help sensitize the body to leptin once again. He explained that when obese people go on diets and lose weight, their leptin levels fall. The brain senses this and ...

Leptin, a protein secreted by fat cells, may be an independent risk factor for heart disease in humans, according to an article in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. Leptin, a ...

You change up your diet, follow a workout plan and finally manage to lose those few pounds that have been bothering you since Christmas. But then you decide to treat yourself a little bit for all your ...

A hormone that connects the body's metabolism and immune response system may explain why COVID-19 is so dangerous for people with obesity. "The problem for people with obesity is that their leptin ...

Significant neglect or abuse during childhood adversely affects levels of the hormones leptin and irisin, suggesting a link between adversity in early years and metabolic disorders later in life, ...