If you’ve ever experienced a red bug bite, a swollen sprained ankle or a fever, you’re familiar with inflammation. But you could also have low-level inflammation quietly lurking in tissues and ...

Your body might be sending you hints about your health.

Redness, warmth, and swelling: When inflammation occurs in the body, blood flow increases to the affected area, causing redness, warmth, and swelling. This response is part of the body’s defense ...

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 ...

Q: 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 sure ...

Doctors warn that inflammation isn't always about redness and swelling; vague symptoms like brain fog and back pain may be ...

Acute pericarditis is a condition in which inflammation occurs in the pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds the heart. “Acute” means the condition develops quickly or suddenly. The ...