Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Acute HPV comes on quickly and resolves promptly. Chronic HBV is a long-term infection, lasting for at least 6 months. The ...

A global report highlights that nearly 60% of all deaths are now linked to diseases caused by chronic inflammation. This ...

A 'kidney attack,' or acute kidney injury, strikes suddenly, unlike gradual chronic disease. It occurs when kidneys abruptly ...

Anyone who’s ever scraped their knee on a dirty playground is familiar with the stinging inflammation that manifests soon after the injury. It’s the immune system’s effort to restrict and neutralize ...

Sue Gray, 59, has been sick half her life. But it took two decades to confirm why. When Gray was 30 and living with her then-husband in the middle of the woods in upstate New York, she felt a tick on ...

Fibrosis occurs when inflammation activates immune cells and fibroblasts to release collagen and cytokines that remodel and ...

No one suggests that a catchy song can fully eliminate serious pain. But several recent studies, including in the journals ...