STAT+: New study challenges understanding of how age, chronic diseases and inflammation are linked
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Reducing inflammation has become all the rage lately, with many medical experts pointing to anti-inflammatory diets and other lifestyle changes as ways people can reduce their risk of chronic disease as they age. But a new study suggests that inflammation\u2019s effects on health are more complex than scientists previously understood.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a study published in Nature Aging<\/a> on Monday, researchers found that people living in non-industrialized societies experience less age-related chronic inflammation \u2014 termed inflammaging \u2014 than their counterparts in industrialized societies. Inflammaging is considered a hallmark of aging and has been believed to be a one-size-fits-all predictor of chronic age-related disease such as heart problems and diabetes.<\/p>\n This study \u201cchallenges the notion that inflammaging, at least as we\u2019ve been measuring it, is something that\u2019s universal across humans,\u201d said Alan Cohen, an associate professor of environmental health sciences at Columbia University and the study\u2019s corresponding author.<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n