A mouse study, published earlier this month in the journal Neuron, zeroes in on a neurological mechanism that may help explain why memory deficits occur in response to long-term high-fat diets.

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central finding of a new study led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

Obesity rates have been steadily rising around the world for many years. Obesity has been linked to a variety of health problems including metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes and ...

Live bacteria from the digestive system can travel directly into the brain when the intestinal barrier is weakened. This ...

A high-fat diet, similar to typical saturated fat–rich junk food, causes certain brain cells in the hippocampus to become overly active after only a few days. This overactivity stems from reduced ...

From fast-food to ultra-processed snacks, a high-fat diet eaten over the long term may trigger biological changes in the liver that could raise the risk of cancer. Researchers from the Massachusetts ...

September 1, 2009 — Diets high in carbohydrates or fat can lead to significantly better cognitive-performance and inflight-testing scores in pilots than diets high in protein, according to results ...

Learn how feeding mice a high-fat diet can weaken their gut barrier, allowing bacteria to enter the brain, which suggests a connection to neurodegenerative disease.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A long-term high-fat diet can trigger liver cells to shift into a survival mode that looks more like early development than ...