Acute systemic inflammation has long been suspected to trigger harmful processes within the brain, contributing to neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. A new study ...

Chronic inflammation occurs when the immune system is stuck in attack-mode, sending cell after cell to defend and repair the body for months or even years. Diseases associated with chronic ...

Anyone who’s ever scraped their knee on a dirty playground is familiar with the stinging inflammation that manifests soon after the injury. It’s the immune system’s effort to restrict and neutralize ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Dear Doctors: You hear a lot about inflammation these days and how it’s bad for your health, but isn’t it also part of how your immune system protects you and keeps you healthy? At this point, I’m not ...

According to the Harvard Health Online Service, you are also likely to develop inflammation if you are overweight and regularly eat processed meats, drink sweet fizzy drinks and commercially produced ...