What do heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, stroke and cancer have in common? Scientists have linked each of these to a condition known as chronic inflammation, and they are studying how high-fat foods and excess body weight may increase the risk for fatal disorders. Peter Libby, the Mallinckrodt Professor of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Christopher Cannon, HMS professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are quoted.
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