Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

West Nile virus footprint expands in San Diego County

The West Nile virus threat continues to increase in San Diego County, with routine monitoring picking up the presence of the pathogen in San Diego's City Heights and Skyline neighborhoods. The latest detection comes a little ...

Health

Overweight but healthy—what the latest study reveals

Being slightly overweight might not shorten your life, but being very thin might. A large Danish study tracking more than 85,000 adults has found that people with a BMI below 18.5 were nearly three times more likely to die ...

Inflammatory disorders

'Creeping fat' can worsen Crohn's disease, study finds

Fat is more complicated than we thought. Once considered just a bag of calories, scientists now know that our fat—aka adipose tissue—doesn't just squirrel away energy; it also sends and receives hormonal, nervous system ...

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