Dark chocolate may help the heart and waistline. Now scientists have figured out one reason why: Bacteria in the gut turn cocoa into compounds that lower inflammation and make us feel full.
Research involving more than 1,500 patients suggests people with Crohn’s may have too many of the types of gut bacteria that tend to rile the immune system and too few that reduce inflammation.
People whose happiness was based on a sense of higher purpose and service to others had gene markers indicating low levels of inflammation, which has been linked to the development of cancer and heart disease.
Gina Kolata answers readers’ questions about calcium and inflammation and their link to heart disease.
Contrary to popular belief, suicide rates tend to increase in spring, not winter, and scientists are looking at a possible link to inflammation.
Social isolation can adversely affect health, undermining the ability to self-regulate, raising stress and increasing inflammation, studies show.
Social isolation can adversely affect health, undermining the ability to self-regulate, raising stress and increasing inflammation, studies show.
Danish researchers found that the C-reactive protein, a byproduct of inflammation in the body, was associated with a greater risk of psychological stress and clinical depression.
A dunk in icy water may reduce inflammation and soreness after a heavy workout, but it’s not clear whether ice baths are more effective than other treatments.
Pigging out for even a day causes inflammation in the brains of lab rats, and scientists think this might help explain why it’s so hard for people to lose weight. If eating too much inflames human brains, too, then scientists might be able to come up with new ideas for taming obesity.