Patients with autoimmune liver diseases have altered oral microbiota, and the abundance of certain oral bacteria is linked to elevated levels of salivary inflammatory markers.

Inflammation is a natural defense used by the body to protect itself. When we get a cut, infection, or injury, the immune ...

A growing body of research is describing the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory benefits of exercise, according to data presented at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). This disease causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the protective ...

Anti-inflammatory therapies that are highly effective for inflammatory skin diseases might also be relevant to depression because of shared inflammatory pathways.

Obstructive sleep apnea promotes whole-body inflammation and weakens the body's immune system. Read about related pathways and health consequences.

The problem starts with how doctors typically test for heart disease. Traditional lipid panels focus on cholesterol—a waxy substance that can build up in arteries—and triglycerides, a type of fat that ...

Chronic inflammation occurs quietly in the body at first; but, over time, its effects move to organs and metabolism that ...

Genetic selection, refined management, and nutritional innovations allow modern flocks to reach market weight in just weeks. Yet such efficiency comes ...

Joint pain is often dismissed as aging, overuse or a minor injury. But for some people it is the first sign of inflammatory ...

Grace Miller was a 24-year-old law school student when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ...

Hypertension is often described in simple terms: a chronic condition in which blood pressure remains persistently elevated. Yet behind those numbers o.