It's no secret that carrying excess body fat harms your health in many ways. This includes promoting insulin resistance leading to Type 2 diabetes. It also contributes to high blood pressure, high LDL ...

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

Inflammation occurs when your body’s immune system responds to an injury or to a foreign agent like a virus or bacteria. Swelling and redness often occur as the body send cytokines and inflammatory ...

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

Whether you enjoy a glass of wine with dinner from time to time or regularly spend nights out drinking with friends, you may wonder how alcohol consumption impacts your health. Do you need to cut back ...

Liver inflammation, or hepatitis, can be caused by viruses, alcohol, or fatty liver disease. If untreated, liver inflammation ...

Chronic inflammation is no joke—it can be the cause of your joint stiffness or gastrointestinal issues, and it may even contribute to poor mental health. Thankfully, you can lower inflammation levels ...

Innate lymphoid cells 3 (ILC3s) are a subset of immune cells that are critical to gut immunity. When there is excess fat, such as after a rich meal, ILC3s store this fat in tiny lipid droplets to ...