A new study has found that chronic sleep deprivation increased the production of immune cells linked to inflammation.

Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS) have heightened innate immune responses to bacteria, viruses and fungi. While these responses are essential to fight infection ...

CSU is a skin condition that causes hives and swelling lasting six weeks or more. The cause of the condition is often unknown, but in the majority of cases it's linked to an overactive immune system.

I am lying under a blanket, feeling rough, staring at a bowl of oranges. Every fibre of my being is urging me to devour the lot. I can hear my mum – and medical friends at university – insisting that ...

Psoriasis is well known for causing too many skin cells on elbows, knees and across the body, but people living with psoriasis may also be at an increased risk of heart disease. Effects of overactive ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Around 64 million people worldwide suffer from heart failure, and nearly half die within the first five years of diagnosis due to a lack of effective treatments to stop the disease ...

Exercise may be one of the simplest and most effective ways of allowing your body to heal from long-term COVID-19 symptoms. A team of researchers from the United Kingdom has shown that a supervised ...

Although these conditions appear clinically distinct, they share a common feature: an overactive immune response to otherwise ...