News tagged with inflammatory processes


A factor involved in painful joint wear and tear discovered

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. ...

Medical research created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New risk factor identified for high blood pressure during pregnancy

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 ...

Medical research created Nov 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers work to improve efficacy of blood transfusions for preterm babies

(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 ...

Pediatrics created Nov 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Protein reveals diabetes risk many years in advance

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 ...

Diabetes created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Immune response may link social rejection to later health outcomes

(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 ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Research gives new insight into coeliac disease

For the first time, scientists have visualised an interaction between gluten and T-cells of the immune system, providing insight into how coeliac disease, which affects approximately 1 in 133 people, is triggered.

Immunology created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies biological mechanism that plays key role in early-onset dementia

Using animal models, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered how a protein deficiency may be linked to frontotemporal dementia (FTD)—a form of early-onset dementia that is similar to Alzheimer's disease. ...

Neuroscience created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More white blood cells in cardiac patients with depression

(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 ...

Cardiology created Sep 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study gives new insight on inflammation

Scientists' discovery of an important step in the body's process for healing wounds may lead to a new way of treating inflammation.

Inflammatory disorders created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify unforeseen regulation of the anti-bacterial immune response

New research from the laboratory of Dr. Andrea Cooper at the Trudeau Institute, just published in the European Journal of Immunology, holds promise for the improved prevention and treatment of bacterial infect ...

Immunology created Aug 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Targeting inflammation to prevent, treat cancers

Researchers at the Georgia Health Sciences University Cancer Center have identified a gene that disrupts the inflammatory process implicated in liver cancer.

Cancer created Aug 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

FDA clears test for mastocytosis diagnosis

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new test to help physicians diagnose a group of rare cell disorders. The test, or assay, was developed by an expert at Virginia Commonwealth University in the field of mast ...

Medical research created May 22, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research shows some people predisposed for recurrent C. difficile infection

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 seriou ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High prevalence of bone disease in patients referred for pulmonary rehabilitation

There is a very high prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis among male patients with pulmonary disease, according to a new study from researchers in California.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Colitis in test mice responds to treatment with human umbilical cord-derived mensenchymal cells

When laboratory mice were modeled with colitis and treated with human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal cells, the cells homed in on the inflamed colon and effectively ameliorated colitis, reported a study published in a ...

Medical research created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0