Inflammation can feel like a localized fever, with redness, pain, heat and swelling. It’s how the body works to protect you ...

When our body fights an infection, the immune system must quickly activate defenses and trigger a beneficial inflammatory ...

Researchers in Japan are exploring a future where the body itself becomes a health monitor, no screens or batteries required.

The buzzy term gets blamed for many diseases. But it isn’t all bad. Credit...Pete Gamlen Supported by By Nina Agrawal Illustrations by Pete Gamlen Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We ...

Study findings map out a new way in which antiviral signals engage with cellular metabolism to balance defense and repair.

Inflammation hasto fight pathogens fast—but it can't get out of control. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now deciphered in more detail how the organism masters this ...

The class of anti-inflammatory drugs known as TNF-inhibitors has brought relief to many sufferers of rheumatoid arthritis, ...

Plus, anti-inflammation strategies to know.

For the first time, scientists have unraveled just how high levels of fructose affect the body, flipping a genetic switch as it's broken down – one that primes your immune system to overreact to ...

Systemic inflammation has been elevated to a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor requiring assessment, monitoring, and modification, based on consensus recommendations.

Disparities in life expectancy between Black and White populations in the United States remain a persistent public health ...

Severe alopecia areata may be driven by broader immune activation than previously recognized, according to new research ...