A new study suggests that a common respiratory bacterium may play an unexpected role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Long-term (chronic) inflammation in your body has been linked with several types of cancer, in addition to other serious conditions. One recent study found that 20% of cancer-related deaths were ...

A new human study has uncovered how the body naturally turns off inflammation. Researchers found that fat-derived molecules called epoxy-oxylipins rein in immune cells that can otherwise drive chronic ...

Our immune system is armed with an array of defenses designed to detect and eliminate harmful threats. One of its most powerful defense mechanisms is the complement system—a group of proteins that ...

Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have uncovered how chronic inflammation disrupts the immune ...

“Chronic” inflammation happens when this response is switched on all the time, leaving your body in a constant state of alert. The body continues to send white blood cells on the attack in the absence ...

What comes first — inflammation or disease? When the body is in an inflammatory state, it can start to destroy the very things it needs to function, such as our vital organs and blood vessels. Why do ...

Chronic inflammation is both a driver and suppressor of cancer depending on context. Key players-NF-κB, IL-6, STAT3, TAMs, MDSCs, and Tregs-orchestrate a tumor-permissive microenvironment.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If inflammation were a person, we’d picture her as a confident power woman, AirPods in and belting Mariah ...

Discover how saliva testing detects oral and systemic diseases early. Learn about the mouth-body connection and the power of salivary biomarkers. [ ...

Heidi Lobprise, DVM, DAVDC, explains how chronic, low-level inflammation drives aging and disease in dogs.