Q: You hear a lot about inflammation these days and how it's bad for your health, but isn't it also part of how your immune system protects you and keeps you healthy? At this point, I'm not sure I ...

Rogers recommended gentle movement as a key component of managing chronic joint pain, cautioning against both overexertion ...

Inflammation is a complex biochemical reaction in the body. When short lived, it can be life saving. But, when inflammatory responses become persistent or chronic, it can quietly damage tissues and ...

The more we learn about serious chronic diseases like heart disease and Type 2 diabetes, the more we appreciate the significant role played by inflammation. As a result, inflammation has a bad ...

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 ...

Robert Shmerling, MD, likes to share a specific joke when patients see him about any type of joint pain. It starts with a 90-year-old patient seeing a doctor for pain in her right knee. The doctor ...