New research shows direct link between visceral fat and dementia. New research has established a link between a specific type of body fat and the brain proteins that are hallmarks of Alzheimer’s ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers say middle-aged mice who lost weight were prone to inflammation linked to ...

This figure shows increased neuroinflammation associated with higher visceral fat in the cohort of 54 participants with an average age of 50 years in the brain's white matter. The green colors are the ...

Young women who are overweight at the age of 18 have a higher risk of dying young, but medication and behavior therapy can help young people lose weight, U.S. researchers reported Monday. A study of ...

Being fat in middle age may slash women's chances of making it to their golden years in good health by almost 80 percent, a new study says. American researchers observed more than 17,000 female nurses ...

ATLANTA - Call it the Middle-Age Middle. We look down, and suddenly our feet are gone, and all we see is belly. Emory Healthcare internist Dr. Sharon Bergquist says belly fat can sneaks up on us, as ...

Being very overweight in your teens may double the risk of developing bowel cancer by the time you are middle aged, suggests research published online in the journal Gut. And a high level of an ...