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

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, ...

Ultra-processed foods make up the bulk of U.S. diets, and new research links high intake to inflammation, a predictor of ...

The biggest potential inflammatory issue with dairy is fat and weight gain, Keatley said. Given that obesity is considered an ...

The human body’s inflammatory response serves as a sophisticated defense mechanism designed to protect against injury and infection, yet modern dietary patterns have transformed this protective ...

Research led by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Aging in Cologne reports that misincorporation of ribonucleotides ...

According to a new study, a high-salt diet may trigger brain inflammation that leads to increased blood pressure. This study, led by Masha Prager-Khoutorsky, a scientist at McGill University, ...

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A new study shows that protein sequences associated with microbial communities in the human gut have uniquely low stoichiometric water content and undergo counterintuitive chemical shifts toward ...