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Serious fungal infections are responsible for an estimated 1.5 million deaths globally each year and are equally as dangerous as bacterial and viral infections but haven't received nearly as much attention. The first Fungal Disease Awareness Week, August 14-18, organized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is an initiative designed to change that and shine the spotlight on these conditions. "Think fungus" – the central theme of the campaign – is aimed at health care professionals who are being encouraged to consider fungal diseases as a possible cause when diagnosing an infection.
A study reported Aug. 14, 2017 in Nature Cell Biology has identified a nuclear factor involved in brown fat metabolism that contributes to the pathophysiology of obesity in humans, which could lead to the development of new brown fat-targeted anti-obesity therapies.
The world's population is experiencing an epidemic of obesity and complications including diabetes and atherosclerosis. The World Health Organization estimates that global obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014, with almost 2 billion adults being overweight in 2015.
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