The word inflammation can conjure up visuals of a swollen, red and throbbing knee. Conventional public wisdom frames inflammation as being adverse, painful and harmful – something most people want to ...

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 ...

When a doctor says that a part of your body is inflamed, it’s probably not a compliment on your health. But inflammation isn’t always bad and, often, it starts out as a good thing. So what exactly is ...

Our gut microbiome does more than just help with digest food, it contributes to so many aspects of our health Our gut microbiome, the bustling community of trillions of microbes living deep within our ...

It happens to everyone. With age come discomforts: achy joints, wounds that heal more slowly, and a rising risk for cancers, heart disease, dementia, arthritis, and other illnesses. Those changes ...

It's no secret that carrying excess body fat harms your health in many ways. This includes promoting insulin resistance leading to Type 2 diabetes. It also contributes to high blood pressure, high LDL ...

We've all suffered from inflammation in our bodies – think back to that cold you had a few weeks ago, or the injury you picked up when you overtrained at the gym. None of us are immune to inflammation ...

Joseph Bennington-Castro is a science writer based in Hawaii. He has written well over a thousand articles for the general ...

It happens to everyone. With age come discomforts: achy joints, wounds that heal more slowly, and a rising risk for cancers, heart disease, dementia, arthritis, and other illnesses. Those changes ...