A team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers has uncovered a molecular pathway that links obesity to widespread ...

Foods that interfere with your metabolism can increase inflammation — especially foods high in unhealthy fats and sugar.

Inflammation is your body’s natural way of dealing with injury and infection There’s an important distinction to be made between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. Inflammation is your ...

Our gut is the key to much of our body's overall health, which is why diseases like ulcerative colitis can be so detrimental. Ulcerative colitis is one of the most common inflammatory bowel diseases.

Close up detail of a young girl and her grandfather with their faces pressed close together. This article is part of a series on recent advances in the science and medicine of longevity. When we are ...

Inflammation is often referred to as a single issue, but the fact is, it is a condition that acknowledges the body is dealing with a stressful situation. Although the occurrence of temporary ...

In a recent study published in the Frontiers of Immunology, researchers reviewed the sexual dimorphisms in obesity. Study: Sex hormones, intestinal inflammation, and the gut microbiome: Major ...