What comes first — inflammation or disease? When the body is in an inflammatory state, it can start to destroy the very things it needs to function, such as our vital organs and blood vessels. Why do ...

When you experience physical trauma like a wound, injury, or infection, your body attempts to heal through the inflammatory process. The red, swollen, tender skin you’ll notice around an abrasion is ...

Saberi Marais works at UCT Research Contracts and Innovation, who receive funding support from the South African National Intellectual Property Management Organisation. This publication was produced ...

Researchers in the United Kingdom have discovered a blood biomarker that signals the presence of myocarditis. It's hoped the discovery will lead to a rapid blood test to catch this deadly and ...

Supplements marketed to fight inflammation are everywhere. Do they actually work? Experts discuss the potential benefits and ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Aalborg University in Copenhagen have shown that changes can be detected in blood tests up to eight years before a diagnosis of Crohn's disease and up to ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A blood test that looks for signs of inflammation in people with high blood pressure does a poor job of predicting who should take statins to lower cholesterol, researchers said on ...

Why do our ankles swell when they’re sprained or does our skin turn red — or inflamed — when it’s scraped? That quick ...