Whenever there is a wound or infection, the body produces an inflammatory response. This is the body's first line of defense, ...

A protein long understood to drive inflammation by producing nitric oxide has a second, previously unknown role—it physically ...

Drinking alcohol the night before physical labor or exercising in the heat causes inflammation in the body to rise and may ...

Vitamin D may reduce intestinal inflammation by reshaping immune responses to gut bacteria and improving symptoms in bowel ...

Researchers believe a previously-unknown property of a protein could lead to new medical treatments.

Inflammation can feel like a localized fever, with redness, pain, heat and swelling. It’s how the body works to protect you after an injury, removing damaged tissue or invading bacteria and beginning ...

A small cluster of damaged immune cells can do outsized harm. That is the picture emerging from new research at UCLA, where ...

Chronic inflammation is often called the “silent driver” behind many health problems, from heart disease to type 2 diabetes, ...

Aaron Zamzow urges firefighters to recognize how their job prompts their body's immune system to stay on high alert and cause ...