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If your cat coughs up one or more hairballs every week, it’s worth asking your veterinarian if they recommend switching their diet to the best cat food for hairball control. Hairballs aren’t just messy — they can pose a serious health risk if they get stuck in your cat’s gastrointestinal tract. Hairball control foods are
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The ratio of fat tissue (fat droplets in yellow; artificially coloured) to muscle mass is reduced in people with newly identified variants of a gene that affects cellular metabolism. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library A massive genomic study has linked mutations in a specific gene to an increased proportion of muscle, decreased levels of belly
Molecules released in the breath can indicate whether the body is burning fat.Credit: Pet/Getty A portable breath test can accurately measure when the body burns fat in real time1. The device could be used by people trying to monitor weight loss without having to wait weeks to see a change on the scale, although researchers