How babies' environments lead to poor health later

(Northwestern University) New Northwestern University research underscores how environmental conditions early in development can cause inflammation in adulthood -- an important risk factor for a wide range of diseases of aging, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, autoimmune diseases and dementia. Beyond that, the research helped to explain a key unanswered question about the poorly understood mechanisms shaping the development and regulation of inflammation.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news