Your immune system is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that fight off infection. Your immune system can be affected by sleep, diet, and stress.

In a recent review in Food Science & Nutrition, researchers summarize current medical knowledge regarding the role of fruits, vegetables, spices, animal products, and other foods in strengthening the ...

The evolutionarily ancient part of the brain that controls breathing and heart rate also regulates the immune system — a discovery about the brain-body axis made by experts on taste. Last month, ...

A special group of immune cells known as regulatory T cells, or Tregs for short, became an overnight sensation when a trio of ...

Endurance exercise may train the immune system as much as the muscles. Older adults with decades of running or cycling had ...

Zinc is an essential mineral required for a wide range of cellular metabolic activities. It plays vital roles in regulating the catabolic activities of several enzymes and increasing immune functions, ...

Researching the immune system in space could have payoffs for human aging on earth. Scientists have revealed how the lack of gravity affects the cells of the immune system at single cell resolution.

That’s right, you might be more prone to getting a case of the sniffles—or at least feeling sick—during your flow. “Hormones take on a roller coaster ride during the menstrual cycle, and these ...