Surely, inflammation is half a billion years old, since even the lowly starfish may experience it. Virtually every human being who ever lived has suffered from it, perhaps dozens or hundreds of times.

Close up detail of a young girl and her grandfather with their faces pressed close together. This article is part of a series on recent advances in the science and medicine of longevity. When we are ...

Inflammation is your body’s natural way of dealing with injury and infection There’s an important distinction to be made between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. Inflammation is your ...

Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We blame it for a number of diseases. We try to eat foods that fight it. We take medication to tamp down the pain it causes. But inflammation, when it ...

The sometimes fatal condition, MIS-C, may be driven in part by a misdirected immune system, a new study finds. By Apoorva Mandavilli When exposed to a virus, the human body marshals the immune system ...

Whether you enjoy a glass of wine with dinner from time to time or regularly spend nights out drinking with friends, you may wonder how alcohol consumption impacts your health. Do you need to cut back ...

Winter season tends to increase health concerns like fatigue, joint and muscle pain, metabolic issues to name a few. Most of ...

Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel condition often missed early. Experts explain its causes, symptoms, diagnosis ...

Inflammation and scarring of the bile ducts—also known as cholangiopathies—can stop the bile from flowing, a vital fluid that helps digest fats. When bile can’t move through these ducts, it backs up ...

The term “inflammation” is thrown around a lot in the wellness world. What does it actually mean? Inflammation is the body’s biological response to harmful stimuli, such as sickness-causing germs or ...

Two Upstate students have died following complications with bacterial meningitis and meningococcemia. One of the students was a 12-year-old named Ansley "Payce" Chappell, a seventh grader who attended ...

Don’t Let Your Christmas Dinner Work Against You. It’s not about self-control. Some holiday foods trigger inflammation. Learn ...