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Alopecia areata, an autoimmune disease that causes the body to attack hair follicles, can be devastating for the people who have it. It can result in severe hair loss on the head and elsewhere on the body

Sandra spends most Tuesday afternoons in a neurologist’s waiting room, scrolling on her phone while her mother finishes a cognitive assessment down the hall. Her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease two years ago, and Sandra has spent those two years learning a hard truth: unlike most of the health crises she has faced in…

Specifically, the culprit is chronic low-level inflammation — the prolonged activity of immune cells in the absence of any immediate threat

Childhood obesity affects one in five children in the U.S., yet most families have limited access to specialized weight-management programs for children. Now, a large clinical trial led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University of Rochester Medical Center, the LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the American Academy…

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Repeatedly losing and gaining weight does more than frustrate dieters – it also accelerates muscle loss in middle-aged people, according to new UC San Francisco research that comes as weight-loss medications transform obesity treatment

Natural plant compounds known as polyphenols, found in berries, tea, cocoa, coffee, and extra virgin olive oil, may positively influence biological processes linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other disorders characterized by the gradual loss of nerve cells, according to a review by researchers at Semmelweis University. The analysis, published in Nutrients, suggests that these bioactive…

A next-generation weight-loss drug being tested by Eli Lilly is showing major results in clinical trials, including a possible added benefit for people with knee osteoarthritis