Inflammation has become one of the biggest health concerns of our time, yet many of us unknowingly fuel this fire every single day through our food choices. Recent research reveals that nearly six in ...

“Inflammation” is the word on everybody’s lips. It’s associated with cancer, COVID, diabetes and dementia, so naturally, you’d think it’s a bad thing, right? Not always. Inflammation is a necessary ...

My patient’s lungs were filled with blood, and he lay intubated in an ICU bed. His kidneys were failing, too. The cause of his illness was not a mystery: He had been previously diagnosed with an ...

Having a robust enough immune system to live a longer life may come at the cost of chronic inflammation. Some immune cells undergo an inflammatory form of death that evolved to protect us from ...

Lauren O’Connor, MS, RDN, is a health and lifestyle writer and five-time cookbook author based in Los Angeles. She is a registered dietitian with over 15 years of experience in the field, specializing ...

Everyone’s talking about the anti-inflammatory diet. In part, that's because inflammation is often used as an umbrella term to explain a myriad of health woes. It’s said to be the culprit of ...