Dear Doctors: You hear a lot about inflammation these days and how it’s bad for your health, but isn’t it also part of how your immune system protects you and keeps you healthy? At this point, I’m not ...

Anyone who’s ever scraped their knee on a dirty playground is familiar with the stinging inflammation that manifests soon after the injury. It’s the immune system’s effort to restrict and neutralize ...

Dear Doctors: You hear a lot about inflammation these days and how it's bad for your health, but isn't it also part of how your immune system protects you and keeps you healthy? At this point, I'm not ...

When the immune system encounters irritants, injuries, infections, or inflammatory foods like refined sugars and processed fats, it launches inflammation as a defense mechanism. This natural response ...

A Stanford professor of rheumatology and immunology has spoken out about the 'best' type of anti-inflammatory diet ...