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 ...

Differentiate between acute and chronic, recognize symptoms, and offer evidence-based dietary interventions to address root ...

“As we age, just naturally through a combination of genetics and the sum total of our environmental exposures, our immune systems develop a natural propensity for wanting to engage in chronic ...

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, ...

This story is one of many exploring recent advances in the science of longevity and aging. Topics include musculoskeletal health, cognitive health, genetic predisposition to disease, inflammation, and ...

Q: Can you explain why I might have chronic inflammation? My doctor took a blood test that told us that. He says I have to cool it down, so how do I start? -- Carl P., Philadelphia A: Inflammation is ...

Cancer cells such as these are being targeted -- and hopefully eradicated -- by researchers studying the impact of 'inflammaging," which looks at the relationship between cancer, inflammation and ...

Chronic inflammation can lead to health conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. Researchers developed the Dietary Inflammatory Index to track which diets cause the most inflammation. The ...

We often think of inflammation as something visible — like the swelling after an ankle sprain or the redness around a cut. But there’s another, quieter form of inflammation that may be the true ...

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 ...