Nonsteroidal antinflamatory drugs (NSAIDs) that block an enzyme called COX-2 relieve pain and inflammation but can cause heart attacks, stroke, heart failure, and even sudden cardiac death. This has prompted a decade-plus ...
Apr 21, 2014
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Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way that fasting helps reduce inflammation, a potentially damaging side-effect of the body's immune system that underlies a number of chronic diseases.
Jan 30, 2024
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A St. Michael's-led study has uncovered a way in which inflammation of the heart can prompt the production of a protein that impairs heart function.
May 2, 2023
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New UCLA-led research in mice suggests that adding a certain type of tomato concentrate to the diet can reduce the intestinal inflammation that is associated with HIV. Left untreated, intestinal inflammation can accelerate ...
Jan 11, 2022
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Diets high in red and processed meat, refined grains and sugary beverages, which have been associated with increased inflammation in the body, can increase subsequent risk of heart disease and stroke compared to diets filled ...
Nov 2, 2020
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Yale researchers have found that liver fibrosis—scarring of the liver tissue that occurs in many chronic liver diseases—is associated with reduce cognitive ability and, in certain regions of the brain, reduced brain volume. ...
Jun 26, 2023
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Researchers have found that anti-inflammatory biologic therapies used to treat moderate to severe psoriasis can significantly reduce coronary inflammation in patients with the chronic skin condition. Scientists said the findings ...
Jul 31, 2019
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Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly called heart attack, remains a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide, raising an urgent need for novel therapies.
Oct 21, 2019
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For decades, researchers have suggested a link between oral health and inflammatory diseases affecting the entire body—in particular, heart attacks and strokes. Inflammation is intimately involved in the pathogenesis of ...
Feb 24, 2020
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Many of the genes regulating the inflammation and immune response of the body are also associated with low HDL-cholesterol levels in the circulation, tells the recent study conducted at the University of Helsinki, Finland. ...
Apr 30, 2013
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