A psychiatrist says one common blood test may reveal whether inflammation is playing a role in depression—and what you can do ...

A protein produced by gut immune cells orchestrates both immune protection against pathogens and immune tolerance of gut ...

Understanding inflammation—and, above all, how to regulate it—is one of the great medical challenges of modern medicine. Its ...

New research has uncovered a hidden pathway that allows COVID-19 to infect the immune system and trigger damaging ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Key Takeaways Inflammation helps your body heal, but if it lasts too long, it can cause ...

A protein produced by gut immune cells orchestrates both immune protection against pathogens and immune tolerance of gut ...

A research group has uncovered a potential mechanism linking maternal inflammation to delayed neurodevelopment in infants. The research suggests the role of CD11c-positive microglia -- immune cells in ...

From babyhood to adulthood, the bacteria and fungi on your skin help train your immune system—but when that balance tips, chronic inflammation can follow. This new review reveals how and why. Study: ...

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation of the GI tract. The two major types of IBD are Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Whereas in UC inflammation ...

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...