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Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have discovered that a new treatment for the inflammatory condition, Systemic Lupus Erythmstosus (SLE) could potentially benefit Irish patients who suffer from the condition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-irish-lupus-patients-benefit-treatment.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Tue, 07 May 2013 09:07:52 EST news287136465 One in every 20 cases of the serious condition of pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, may be linked to increased levels of the air pollutant ozone during the first three months, suggests a large study published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-cases-pre-eclampsia-linked-air-pollutant.html Health Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:30:02 EST news279388290 Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a set of proteins circulating in blood whose levels accurately flag the presence of lymphedema. The findings, to be reported Dec. 18 in PLoS ONE, spur optimism that this common but relatively neglected condition, which affects an estimated 10 million people in the United States, finally will be amenable to detection (and, eventually, treatment) with 21st-century techniques. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-blood-accurately-lymphedema.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:00:05 EST news275072203 (Medical Xpress)—Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing researchers have discovered that guided imagery significantly decreases stress, fatigue, pain and depression in women with fibromyalgia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-imagery-symptoms-fibromyalgia.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Nov 2012 08:00:03 EST news272532989 For two decades, asthma treatment for millions of people with a milder form of the disease has consisted of daily inhaled steroid medicine to reduce inflammation. Now, a new study has found that asthmatics who take the low-dose medication as a daily routine do no better than those who turn to their inhalers only when they have symptoms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-asthma-big-daily-regimen.html Inflammatory disorders Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:00:01 EST news266596608 Acute inflammatory diseases, such as sepsis, as well as chronic inflammatory diseases like diabetes and arthritis, develop as a result of sustained inflammation of the blood vessel wall. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered that a microRNA (small, non-coding RNA molecule) called miR-181b can reduce the inflammatory response that is responsible for such diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-boost-microrna-sepsis-inflammatory-diseases.html Inflammatory disorders Thu, 24 May 2012 12:01:08 EST news257076641 University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that some patients appear to be more predisposed for recurrent infection from the bacterium Clostridium difficile, or C. diff, and that it may advance to a more serious inflammatory condition in those individuals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-people-predisposed-recurrent-difficile-infection.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:54 EST news256816340 In a study that seems to pivot on a paradox, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have used an immune system stimulant as an immune system suppressor to treat a common, often debilitating side effect of donor stem cell transplantation in cancer patients. The effect, in some cases, was profound. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-approach-graft-versus-host-treatment-results-patients.html Medical research Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:20:01 EST news241898425 New research points to a potential role for UV light exposure and vitamin D levels in chronic digestive conditions; Crohn's disease, a serious inflammatory condition in the small intestine; and ulcerative colitis (UC), which similarly affects the colon. In two separate studies presented at the American College of Gastroenterology's 76th Annual Scientific Meeting, a group of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital probed the connection between geography, UV exposure and incidence of inflammatory bowel disease while another group from Weill Cornell Medical Center looked at different levels of supplementation with Vitamin D to determine impact on severity of Crohn's disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-latitude-variation-incidence-chronic-digestive.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 31 Oct 2011 10:45:17 EST news239276708 Adding another incentive to exercise, scientists at Duke University Medical Center have found that physical activity improves arthritis symptoms even among obese mice that continue to chow down on a high-fat diet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-eases-arthritis-obese-mice-weight.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Tue, 27 Sep 2011 04:22:49 EST news236316153 A new study reveals that the progressive loss of lung function in asthma sufferers could be entirely independent of the effects of inflammation. The findings have significant implications for the long-term treatment of asthma. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-revelation-future-long-term-treatment-asthma.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 May 2011 08:15:07 EST news225616491