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

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

A human study reveals how naturally occurring fat-derived molecules help switch off inflammation. Researchers at (UCL) have identified an important biological process that helps the body bring ...

Inflammation has to fight pathogens fast—but it can't get out of control. Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center ...

Inflammation keeps people alive, but when it fails to switch off, it quietly drives pain, disability, and organ damage.

New research is shedding light on surprising ways to reduce chronic inflammation—including suggestions as simple as flossing ...

Inflammation can feel like a small storm inside your body. It brings heat, swelling, and pain as the immune system rushes to ...

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 ...

Doctors explain.

“Simply put, an anti-inflammatory diet focuses on foods to help reduce chronic inflammation in the body,” says registered dietitian Marisa Moore. Moore goes on to note that chronic inflammation is ...

Using a novel approach for imaging the movement of immune cells in living animals, researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID) have ...