Trauma, infection, and other pathological conditions trigger inflammation as a first line of defense. Immune cells rush to the site of injury or acute illness to make repairs and stem further damage.

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 ...

February was heart month, and this is the last column in a series about the major risk factors for heart attacks. Heart attacks are not all about cholesterol—inflammation plays a large role. There are ...

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