A blood test measuring inflammation is now being used by cardiologists to predict heart problems, alongside traditional cholesterol tests.

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There are two types of inflammation: acute and chronic. Acute inflammation is the kind that lasts a few hours, days, or weeks, and it’s helpful to healing. It’s your immune system’s response when ...

Comparison of mucosal microbiomes from biliary tract among patients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, patients with chronic cholecystitis, and healthy controls. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

A common misconception about body inflammation is that it is always a bad thing. As Wise and Well’s Dr. Stevie DeJuan Springer explains, inflammation is just the body’s natural defense against injury ...

Inflammation as defined by Dictionary.com is the reaction of the body to injury or infection, characterized by swelling, heat, redness and pain. The inflammatory process includes release of ...

Some evidence suggests that the Mediterranean diet and other dietary plans can help reduce inflammation. As such, these diets may help some people with managing back pain. The Mediterranean diet is an ...

You’ve probably heard a lot about inflammation, and why it’s so important that we take steps to reduce the effects of chronic inflammation on our bodies. But we’re also learning that inflammation in ...