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Newswise In your bones, there is fat.

Why? Researchers dont know, but they have theories.

How does it get there? They have theories about that, too.

Is it the same sort of fat found in muscle? Not sure.

Is this bone fat a bad thing? Yes. Researchers think it is. But sometimes, they say, it might not be so bad.

This is a new field, said Maya Styner, MD, an assistant professor of medicine in the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. We dont know exactly how its produced or why its there to begin with. There are a lot of unanswered questions.

But Styner, an endocrinologist, has used a new kind of imaging technique to answer at least two: what do diabetes drugs and exercise or the lack of it do to bone fat, and why does this matter?

Stains and scans

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