There’s a reason miners used to bring a canary underground with them. It wasn’t sentimental. It was practical. The bird’s small body reacted faster to toxic air, giving a warning before the danger reached the grown men swinging pickaxes. Lately, I keep thinking about that image when I look at…
For a long time, I thought inflammation was something that showed up after something went wrong. A reaction. A flare. A symptom that meant my body was responding to stress, illness, or injury. That’s how most of us are taught to think about it — like inflammation is a switch…
