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.

They may help reduce your risk of various chronic diseases.

Inflammation plays a key role in the body's defense against pathogens, forming part of a complex series of events that help maintain organ function and systemic balance. While acute inflammation is ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...