It’s the body’s normal response to infection or injury — but chronic inflammation can lead to health issues. Here’s where inflammation can go wrong and tips for preventing it.

Inflammation as defined by Dictionary.com is the reaction of the body to injury or infection, characterized by swelling, heat, redness and pain. The inflammatory process includes release of ...

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 ...

Infections that do not go away or abnormal immune responses may cause chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation can lead to diseases like asthma, heart disease, and rheumatoid arthritis. Avoiding ...

Chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes are driven by systemic inflammation, a natural biological response to harmful stimuli, injuries, or infections. C-reactive protein ...

Systemic inflammation, long recognized to be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) events, has now been labelled “actionable” by the American College of Cardiology (ACC). This ...

Using a combination of newly developed methods, researchers led by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich immunologist Veit Hornung have defined a previously unknown pathway that triggers ...

Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute was awarded a five-year $12 million grant by the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to define how cytokines - proteins ...