Most practicing sports medicine clinicians refer to the concept of “inflammation” many times a day when diagnosing and treating acute and overuse injuries. What is meant by this term? Is it a “good” ...

The buzzy term gets blamed for many diseases. But it isn’t all bad. Credit...Pete Gamlen Supported by By Nina Agrawal Illustrations by Pete Gamlen Inflammation has become a bit of a dirty word. We ...

Successful wound healing relies on precisely balanced inflammation, yet how inflammatory signals are coordinated over time remains unclear.

Inflammation can feel like a localized fever, with redness, pain, heat and swelling. It’s how the body works to protect you after an injury, removing damaged tissue or invading bacteria and beginning ...

Prakash Nagarkatti receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Mitzi Nagarkatti receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. When your body ...

It happens to everyone. With age come discomforts: achy joints, wounds that heal more slowly, and a rising risk for cancers, heart disease, dementia, arthritis, and other illnesses. Those changes ...

Lauren Ball works for The University of Queensland and receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Queensland Health and Mater Misericordia. She is a Director of Dietitians ...