Call it what you like: Beer belly, protruding gut, spare tire orother creative names. What you’re referring to is the visibleconsequence of the omentum. Often described as a “fatty apron,” the omentum ...

The quirkiest organ in the human body may be a large sheet of fat that stretches over the intestines, liver, and stomach like an elastic apron. Sometimes called the "policeman of the abdomen," the ...

Look down. See any belly fat? The answer should be yes, for everyone — because that fat pad isn’t just sitting there quietly. Some of it is actually part of an organ called the omentum. And the ...

Having my omentum removed after an ovarian cancer diagnosis impacted my quality of life. In 2016, 15 months after my cancer diagnosis, and nine months after completing chemo, I went on my first work ...

In their recent publication in Cell Reports, a team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), has demonstrated the ...

(LOS ANGELES) – July 1, 2022 - In their recent publication in Cell Reports, a team of scientists, led by Xiling Shen, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical ...

THE ISSUE: Oprah Winfrey’s three-state campaign tour with Sen. Barak Obama. Your “OMENTUM” cover (Dec. 10) gave me quite a chuckle. An “omentum” is a layer of fat that surrounds the intestines, ...

The Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Feb., 1924), pp. 159-185 (27 pages) The omentum of the rabbit takes part in the development of antibodies in response to intraperitoneal injection ...

1.1 Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic mobilisation of the greater omentum for breast reconstruction is based on limited numbers of patients. However, it is a variation of the ...

The metabolic syndrome describes the association between obesity and co-morbidities including insulin resistance, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular (CV) disease. Adipokines produced from ...