Inflammation

People who eat high ultra-processed diets have a specific elevated health marker that's a telltale sign of chronic inflammation – even without any symptoms. This inflammation is a slow burn, contributing to diseases likes heart conditions and diabetes.

A squishy cartilage-like material has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge. It can be loaded up with either long-term or short-term pain killers that are released when the material senses chemical stress from arthritis.

A new study has presented what is called the Adipokine Hypothesis, suggesting one of the most common forms of heart failure may stem from biological changes in internal fat; sending out chemical signals that stir up inflammation.

Tucked away in the immune systems of a few people across the globe was something extraordinary, a genetic shield against every virus nature could throw at them. Now researchers are trying to turn this discovery into a universal antiviral treatment.

A new generation of nanoparticles can detect, shrink and clear plaques in the arteries, lowering inflammation and drawing out harmful cholesterol to be cycled via the liver. They offer a new way of diagnosing and fighting heart disease without drugs.

The first-ever neuroimmune modulation implant has been approved for people with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. It's a potentially life-changing technology that zaps chronic pain with daily one-minute electrical pulses to the vagus nerve.

A new study has added strong evidence that red meat consumption is a trigger for inflammatory bowel disease, and inflammation, demonstrating just how it alters gut bacteria and immune activity, resulting in widespread tissue damage in the colon.

A newly discovered compound from a bright orange fungus found lodged on trees only in the mountains of Taiwan has been found to not only effectively block inflammation signals, but it can also press pause on the proliferation of cancer cells.

Inflammation may predict how well people with diabetes respond to depression treatment, and the effects differ dramatically between type 1 and type 2 diabetes, according to a new study that offers a path towards personalized mental health care.

New research found that drinking camel milk can reduce the severity of asthma caused by house dust mites, a major trigger. While the research is still in the early stages, it opens the door to using camel milk in combination with existing therapies.

By age 50, you have a 50/50 chance of your gut being primed for developing diverticulitis, a painful condition that sends 200,000 Americans to hospital each year. But the good news is, you can reduce your risk with even just one lifestyle tweak.

For the first time, scientists have unraveled how high levels of fructose flip a genetic switch that primes your immune system to overreact to things it would normally ignore. In this "trigger happy" state, the immune system becomes the enemy within.