Inflammation in your body is a response to an illness, injury, or a foreign body invasion like germs and chemicals. While it is a normal and important process that allows your body to heal, recurrent ...

A new study looking at deaths from cancer, cardiovascular disease and all causes suggests that an inflammatory marker detected in blood tests in middle-aged adults can better predict the risk of death ...

Common laboratory tests can mislead when interpreted without clinical context, highlighting why appropriate test selection ...

Nearly a year and a half after infection, researchers examined whether long COVID leaves measurable traces of inflammation or neuronal damage in the blood and their findings challenge assumptions ...

Serum calprotectin and complement factor 3 (C3) levels were elevated in treatment-naive patients with early psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and declined with treatment; these markers outperformed C-reactive ...

The 20-to-40 age bracket has become a particular focus because many of the contributing factors now begin much earlier in life than they once did. Research points to several everyday habits and ...

For children with suspected inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic, relapsing condition of the gastrointestinal tract, getting the right diagnosis relies on a combination of clinical evaluation, ...