Inflammation has become somewhat of a wellness buzzword in recent years. It's often used as a scapegoat for a myriad of vague health problems: fatigue, bloating, acne, weight gain, brain fog. The list ...

The buzzy term gets blamed for many diseases. But it isn’t all bad. Credit...Pete Gamlen Supported by By Nina Agrawal Illustrations by Pete Gamlen Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We ...

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 ...

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

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.

Silent inflammation, in particular, is often subtle, vague, and can be easily attributed to other causes, making it difficult to detect until more severe symptoms arise.

A new scientific study has uncovered an important link between low levels of vitamin B12 and chronic inflammation in the body. The discovery may help scientists better understand how nutrition affects ...