http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Scientists have just identified a new reason why some curry dishes, made with spices humans have used for thousands of years, might be good for you. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-curry-biological-role-compound-ancient.html Medical research Fri, 25 May 2012 01:00:01 EST news257094412 Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are molecules produced in the skin to fend off infection-causing microbes. Vitamin D has been credited with a role in their production and in the body's overall immune response, but scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say a hormone previously associated only with maintaining calcium homeostasis and bone health is also critical, boosting AMP expression when dietary vitamin D levels are inadequate. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-hormone-role-skin-infections.html Medical research Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:16 EST news256995631 (HealthDay) -- Vitamin D3 analogs modulate immunity in human psoriasis, inducing thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and cathelicidin, according to a study published online March 2 in the British Journal of Dermatology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-vitamin-d-analogs-modulate-immunity.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:50:03 EST news250517960