The Secret War Inside Us: How Inflammation Shapes Obesity
We live in a world where food is abundant And choices are endless, But behind every high-fat meal, an invisible battle quietly begins, a battle that doesn’t jus...
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Astrocytes, Leptin, and High-Fat Diets: Unraveling the Neuroinflammatory Circuit in Obesity
Obesity has become a global health concern that is inextricably connected to a variety of chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular dis...
When Cancer Cheats the System: The Sneaky Case of Mesenchymal GBM
We’ve all seen the movie villain who always seems one step ahead—dodging every trap, escaping every jail cell, and outsmarting the hero. That’s kind of w...
Inflamed Minds: The Silent Fire Fueling America’s Obesity Crisis
Abstract by Alisha Debleye: This depicts the connection of the Gut and the inflammation on the brain. Let me take you on a journey that begins not in a fast fo...
Fire in the Brain: Obesity and Metabolic Disease
In their 2017 article, Hypothalamic Inflammation in Obesity and Metabolic Disease, researchers Jais and Brüning looked at how the hypothalamus becomes inflamed ...
Bigger isn’t better: Inflammation Affects on the Brain
Bigger Isn’t Better: Inflammation Affects on The Brain Swelling of the brain might seem like a minor concern when it comes to overall brain health, but in...
Potential Pathways to Escape Brain Cancer
Do you know what types of cancer are more likely to kill you? Do you know how to avoid contracting or how to treat these? Unfortunately, some cancers are more d...
The Silent Saboteur: How Brain Inflammation Could Be Fueling the Obesity Epidemic
For decades, we’ve pointed fingers at willpower and calories in the battle against obesity. Eat less. Move more. Sounds simple, right? But what if we̵...
It’s about time you’ve met your metabolism
The article we have covered in a previous week, “Hypothalmic inflammation in obesity and metabolic disease” by Alexander Jais and Jens C. Brüning was an article...
Rewire Your Metabolism: How Healthy Fats Heal Insulin and Leptin Resistance
Figure 1: Illustrates how brain inflammation contributes to leptin and insulin resistance, with unsaturated fats helping to reduce inflammation and improve meta...