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

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

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

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 ...

Inflammation can feel like a small storm inside your body. It brings heat, swelling, and pain as the immune system rushes to protect you. Most of the time, that storm fades. But for millions of people ...

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