Article - by Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.

Inflammation is a HOT topic; an Internet search on the word turns up an overwhelming 37.5 million hits. Journals of inflammation, inflammation research associations, and drug companies are all scrambling to find a drug to treat this scourge. The cover story blazing through flickering flames on a February 2004 issue of TIME magazine notified the public about "The Secret Killer: The Surprising Link between Inflammation and Heart Attacks, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Other Diseases." The lead in to the story was just as dramatic: "The Fires Within - Inflammation is the body's first defense against infection, but when it goes awry, it can lead to heart attacks, colon cancer, Alzheimer's and a host of other diseases."

How can a simple infection lead to heart attacks and cancer?

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