http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Pain is not one-dimensional but a combination of inflammatory reactions as well as of processes in the central nervous system and memory cells. This is the result of a current study by pain researchers at the MedUni Vienna led by Burkhard Gustorff, head of the university course in interdisciplinary pain medicine (ismed). The study has now been published in the leading journal Pain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-pain-one-dimensional.html Medical research Wed, 01 May 2013 09:40:04 EST news286619998 (Medical Xpress)—Atherosclerosis, an inflammatory reaction, is at the root of the most common forms of cardiovascular disease. Researchers at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich have now identified a microRNA that plays a prominent role in the process, and offers a promising target for new therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-atherosclerosis-specific-micrornas-inflammation.html Cancer Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:40:01 EST news283175646 Scientists from the University of Southampton have identified the molecular system that contributes to the harmful inflammatory reaction in the brain during neurodegenerative diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scientists-molecular-potential-treatments-neurodegenerative.html Neuroscience Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:42:01 EST news280658504 Investigators at the University of Granada have patented a melatonin gel that is 100% effective against this inflammatory reaction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-scientists-technique-effectively-mucositis.html Cancer Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:38:19 EST news280064259 Study in the American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology addresses critical component of problem affecting infants with necrotizing enterocolitis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-probiotic-derived-treatment-premature-babies.html Medical research Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:40:06 EST news279994337 An international team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, the University of Bonn and the Center for Advanced European Studies and Research in Germany have shown that a well-known immune and inflammatory process plays an important role in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. This process, which results in the mature production of the pro-inflammatory cytokine called interleukin-1 beta (IL-1B) and is involved in the body's defense against infection, has also been established as a clinical target for rheumatoid arthritis. The finding, published in Nature, points to the possibility that drugs that disrupt the production of IL-1B, such as those for rheumatoid arthritis, may also prove beneficial for patients with Alzheimer's. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-alzheimer-disease-inflammation-therapeutic-approach.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:00:01 EST news275139892 A Simon Fraser University technology MBA graduate has developed a new procedure for bone tissue engineering and plans to use his newfound business acumen to take the research to the next level. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-procedure-bone-tissue.html Surgery Tue, 30 Oct 2012 11:20:02 EST news270814329 Melanoma is so dangerous because it tends to metastasize early on. New treatment approaches utilize, among other things, the ability of the immune defense to search out and destroy malignant cells. Yet this strategy is often only temporarily effective. A research team under the direction of Bonn University has discovered why this is the case: In the inflammatory reaction caused by the treatment, the tumor cells temporarily alter their external characteristics and thus become invisible to defense cells. This knowledge forms an important foundation for the improvement of combination therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-melanoma-cells-circumvent-immune.html Cancer Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:00:06 EST news269091890 A pioneering surgical blood salvage technology developed at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, is set to transform the way major surgery is carried out by reducing blood loss in patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-technology-blood.html Other Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:30:04 EST news264766191 Common variants of the ApoE gene are strongly associated with the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, but the gene's role in the disease has been unclear. Now, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that in mice, having the most risky variant of ApoE damages the blood vessels that feed the brain. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-apoe4-alzheimer-gene-brain-blood.html Alzheimer's disease & dementia Wed, 16 May 2012 13:00:01 EST news256391662 (AP) -- Italy's health ministry on Thursday asked hospitals to track down women who received silicone breast implants made by a suspect French company due to concerns the implants may be unsafe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-italy-women-french-breast-implants.html Other Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:26:24 EST news243800775 A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to improved gene therapies for conditions such as heart disease and cancer as well as more effective vaccines for tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-gene-therapy-heart-disease-cancer.html Cardiology Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:54:50 EST news237642880 In Western societies, atherosclerosis of the arteries is one of the leading causes of death. Chronic, localized inflammation of the blood vessel wall facilitates the growth of fibrous plaques, which leads to narrowing or occlusion of the vessel, and thereby promotes heart attacks and stroke. The persistence of the inflammatory reaction is due to a loss of control over the activity of the immune system. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-fast-track-vascular-disease.html Medical research Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:59:16 EST news226317515