A new preclinical study suggests that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables may protect the brain from the damaging effects of ...

An innovative new study from researchers at the Center for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney, reveals that something as simple as a mouse's dinner could be distorting critical preclinical ...

Among the trillions of microbes that live in the gut, one obscure bacterium has suddenly become a star of obesity research.

Researchers announced earlier this month that they had found a link between a western diet and cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in a study using mice. Published in the Cell Press journal ...

A diet high in fats and sugars is known for its unhealthy effects on the heart. Scientists now have found that a high-fat, high-sugar diet in mouse mothers before and during pregnancy causes problems ...

New Yale University-led research has unexpectedly found the ketogenic diet can protect from influenza infection in mice. Whilst experts are calling the study intriguing and significant, many are also ...

A high-salt diet may impair blood flow in the brain and cause dementia, according to a study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience that examined the effect of salt consumption on mice. (CN) - A ...

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 ...

Tooth loss doesn't just make eating harder, it may also make thinking more challenging. A new study from Hiroshima University shows that aging mice missing their molars experience measurable cognitive ...

Antibiotics change the kinds of bacteria in the mouse gut as well as the bacteria's metabolism -- but diet can exacerbate the changes, a new study showed. Antibiotics save countless lives each year ...

The vast community of microbes in the human gastrointestinal tract–the gut microbiome, has many close links to human health..