Recognizing early body signals helps distinguish viral from bacterial infections and avoid unnecessary meds or doctor visits.

“One of the ways the immune system is doing that is to use cytokines, secreted factors, to go to the brain as communication ...

Physicians have long observed a mystifying phenomenon: After a bout of infection or an autoimmune disease flare-up, some ...

New insights into the mechanisms that cause more severe cases of schistosomiasis—a disease caused by parasitic worms and ...

These daily habits may be weakening your immune system without you realizing it Learn which ones silently sabotage your defenses.

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of ‘sickness behavior' could open new avenues for treating anxiety and depression.

Cytokines play a crucial role in connecting the immune system with the brain, affecting mood and behavior through ...

Two new papers uncover IL-17 biology and add to growing evidence that cytokines can influence behavior during illness.

Kanazawa University and colleagues have developed a promising new approach to cancer treatment. By using tiny, naturally ...

Aside from getting enough sleep, eating nutrient-dense foods, and using common sense (don’t go skiing in a bikini or dress ...

A team of researchers from the Rice Biotech Launch Pad at Rice University in Houston developed the implantable “cytokine ...

Scientists already knew that cytokines affect emotions and brain ... work indirectly by altering immune chemicals to calm the immune system rather than by acting directly on the brain like ...