From football fields to military training grounds, head injuries are leaving lasting marks on the brain in ways we're only ...

Foods that interfere with your metabolism can increase inflammation — especially foods high in unhealthy fats and sugar.

Medical University of South Carolina scientists have uncovered a link between the innate immune system and cognitive problems ...

Your immune system is like an incredibly sophisticated security team, constantly patrolling your body for threats and neutralizing them before they can cause harm. When it’s working properly, this ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

In a startling discovery that raises fundamental questions about human behavior, researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined that the immune system directly affects - ...

The dangers posed by a stroke extend beyond the brain. A stroke can harm other organs such as the heart by triggering a systemic inflammatory response. Indeed, according to scientists based at Ludwig ...

As we age, our immune system quietly loses its edge, and scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why. A protein called platelet factor 4 naturally declines over time, allowing blood stem cells ...

Daniel Davis is speaking at New Scientist Live in London this weekend along with many more of the world's biggest thinkers. Book your tickets here. You have probably heard that loading up on vitamin C ...

A single large population of healer cells, called regulatory T cells, is whizzing around our body -- not multiple specialist populations restricted to specific parts of the body as previously thought.