Your body might be sending you hints about your health.

There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. Acute inflammation is the kind that lasts a few hours, days, or weeks, and it’s helpful to healing. It’s your immune system’s response when ...

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 ...

The medical community increasingly recognizes chronic inflammation as a fundamental driver behind numerous health conditions, from obvious manifestations like rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory ...

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 ...

Proteins are the building blocks of life, and changes in protein levels can indicate improving health or impending illness, including signs of inflammation. While protein levels can be measured in ...

Crohn’s disease belongs to a group of conditions known as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). This chronic condition causes inflammation in the digestive tract, which can lead to numerous uncomfortable ...

For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart disease, dementia and diabetes. But a new study of Indigenous populations ...

Why do our ankles swell when they’re sprained or does our skin turn red — or inflamed — when it’s scraped? That quick response is caused by inflammation — and it can save your life. At its core, ...