New study finds that obesity reduces a specific brain chemical, lowering the desire to consume high-calorie foods. Boosting ...

Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...

The mammalian immune system is an evolutionary wonder. It's capable of recognizing and destroying cancer cells, and it can ...

A new medical database automatically compiles the medical records of obese patients and those suffering from obesity-related ...

A study finds that factors beyond a person's control, like socioeconomic status and whether their mom smoked or was obese, can influence whether they are overweight or obese as teenagers or adults.

Obesity was tied with an increased risk of developing 16 health outcomes, a large longitudinal study showed. Risks correlated ...

A new study out of the UK suggests your likelihood of being obese might have to do with something completely out of your ...

healthcare providers now categorize obesity as being either Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3. With each advancing class, not only does the risk of death and disease increase but so too does the cost of ...

In cases where there is no family history, the risk factors for frontotemporal dementia are not yet fully understood. Because FTD is a rarer type of dementia it is harder for researchers to study how ...

T2DM is the type of diabetes you can acquire due to risk factors like obesity and a lack of exercise. Research has also shown that genetics can predispose certain individuals to T2DM. By identifying ...