In A Silent Fire, gastroenterologist @shilpa.ravella investigates hidden inflammation’s emerging role as a common root of modern disease—and how we can control it. Happy publication day Shilpa!! 👏🙌🥂 “Inflammation is a double-edged sword that heals and destroys; it has already saved your life, but most likely will contribute to ending it...Shilpa Ravella takes us on a grand tour of the medical science and the personal cases that have advanced our understanding of the whys and ways of this fundamental process.” -Martin J. Blaser, MD, author of Missing Microbes @microbeman3 A riveting investigation of inflammation—the hidden force at the heart of modern disease—and how we can prevent, treat, or even reverse it. Inflammation is the body’s ancestral response to its greatest threats, the first line of defense it deploys against injury and foreign pathogens. But as the threats we face have evolved, new science is uncovering how inflammation may also turn against us, simmering underneath the surface of leading killers from heart disease and cancer to depression, aging, and mysterious autoimmune conditions. A @nextbigideaclub nominee this month, a @wsj extract was published on Saturday. cc @wwnorton @ali.tate @quynh.do @authorsunbound