http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—New research by Yale University scientists sets the stage for improved management of acute tissue inflammation related to wounds and chronic inflammatory diseases by advancing current understanding of inflammatory processes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-inflammation-white-blood-cell-key.html Inflammatory disorders Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:30:02 EST news283674268 Inflammatory joint disease (arthritis) is affecting more and more, and especially older, people. In a recent survey by Statistik Austria, 39 per cent of people over the age of 60 stated that they have a form of arthritis. One particular form of the condition is osteoarthrosis, which is wear and tear on the joints. A team of researchers at the University Department of Orthopaedics at the MedUni, led by Stefan Tögel, is focusing on glycobiology in orthopaedics and has now discovered a factor that plays an important role in the development of osteoarthrosis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-factor-involved-painful-joint.html Medical research Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:25:52 EST news273921933 Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy and the major cause of death for both mother and child in Europe and the U.S. It affects about one in 20 pregnancies. The main symptoms are high blood pressure and protein in the urine. The cause of preeclampsia is still unclear. Dr. Florian Herse (Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) and the Charité), Dr. Ralf Dechend (ECRC and Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch) and their collaborators have now identified an enzyme that is overexpressed in affected women and thus apparently contributes to development of the condition. In animal experiments, the researchers inhibited this enzyme and were able to ameliorate the disease process. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-factor-high-blood-pressure-pregnancy.html Medical research Mon, 26 Nov 2012 09:37:06 EST news273145012 (Medical Xpress)—Results of new research from the University of Adelaide are a promising step forward in helping to improve the quality of life-saving blood transfusions for preterm babies, by reducing the likelihood of adverse inflammatory responses to the blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-efficacy-blood-transfusions-preterm-babies.html Pediatrics Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:40:03 EST news272795237 When a patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the disease has usually already progressed over several years and damage to areas such as blood vessels and eyes has already taken place. To find a test that indicates who is at risk at an early stage would be valuable, as it would enable preventive treatment to be put in place. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-protein-reveals-diabetes-years-advance.html Diabetes Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:52:49 EST news271504361 (Medical Xpress)—No matter which way you look at it, rejection hurts. Experiencing rejection from a boss, a friend, or a partner is difficult enough for many adults to handle. But adolescents, who are dealing with the one-two punch of biological and social change, may be the most vulnerable to its negative effects. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-immune-response-link-social-health.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 16 Oct 2012 17:28:38 EST news269627269 (Medical Xpress)—Cardiac patients suffering from depression are at greater risk for new cardiac events or cardiac death than patients without depression. It is still unclear which underlying mechanisms play a role in this adverse relationship. Researchers from Tilburg University, the Veterans Affair Hospital in San Francisco, and VU University Medical Center in the Netherlands suggest that inflammatory processes could be involved (Psychoneuroendocrinology, August 2012). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-white-blood-cells-cardiac-patients.html Cardiology Thu, 06 Sep 2012 08:50:32 EST news266140206 An important ongoing debate in the field of psychiatry is whether inflammation in the body is a consequence of or contributor to major depression. A new study in Biological Psychiatry has attempted to resolve the issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-inflammation-depression-chicken-egg.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 05 Jan 2012 09:48:09 EST news244979275 In a study to be published online Nov. 6 in Nature Medicine, investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that the development of osteoarthritis is in great part driven by low-grade inflammatory processes. This is at odds with the prevailing view attributing the condition to a lifetime of wear and tear on long-suffering joints. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-osteoarthritis-results-inflammatory.html Inflammatory disorders Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:54:23 EST news239885650