The definition is tricky, but the effects of poor metabolic health are clear — and can wreak havoc on the body.

Lifestyle and genetics, and a range of other factors within and outside our control, are known to contribute to the development of metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that add up to increased ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Having a larger waistline, high blood pressure and other risk factors that make up metabolic syndrome is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease, according to a study ...