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Ask the doctors: Acute vs. chronic inflammation

Dear Doctors: 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 ...
Your body might be sending you hints about your health.
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 ...
In A Nutshell Researchers discovered that chemical brake signals in the blood control when certain immune cells stop ...