Steroid medications tied to vitamin D deficiency
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who use oral steroid medications may be at greater-than-average risk of a serious vitamin D deficiency, a new study suggests. The findings, reported...
View ArticleAspirin could prevent cervical cancer in HIV-infected women
Research suggests that aspirin could inhibit the development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women. Authors of a new report discovered that HIV induces expression of the COX-2/prostaglandin E2...
View ArticleNew class of potential drugs inhibits inflammation in brain
A new group of compounds has been identified by scientists at the Emory University School of Medicine, that may protect brain cells from inflammation linked to seizures and neurodegenerative diseases....
View ArticleNew class of compounds stops disease-fueling inflammation in lab tests
Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have developed a unique compound that blocks inflammation-causing molecules in blood cells known to fuel ailments like cancer and...
View ArticlePsoriasis treatment could also significantly decrease risk of heart attack
A study by the Montreal Heart Institute and Innovaderm Research, Inc., has found that a treatment for psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin and joints, could also decrease the...
View ArticleNew research suggests naturally occurring acid could effectively treat...
A research team at Virginia Tech has uncovered new information on the efficacy of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) in treating Crohn’s disease, an inflammatory bowel disease. CLA is a naturally...
View ArticleIbuprofen decreases likelihood of altitude sickness
"A really nasty hangover" is how Grant Lipman, a clinical assistant professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, describes the feeling of acute mountain sickness, and for good reason:...
View ArticleAn aspirin a day for cancer?
Aspirin may soon have a new role. Scientists from The City College of New York have developed a new aspirin compound that has great promise to be an extremely potent cancer-fighter. The researchers...
View ArticleResearchers have identified link between breast cancer metastases,...
Researchers have identified a link between the chronic inflammatory condition arthritis and breast cancer-associated metastasis, according to the results of a preclinical study presented at the...
View ArticleBoston University researchers identify key regulator of inflammatory response
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine have identified a gene that plays a key role in regulating inflammatory response and homeostasis. This could help lead to the development of...
View ArticlePotential treatment for inflammatory back pain falls short in study
According to the results of a new study led by Johns Hopkins, a new type of injectable, anti-inflammatory pain medicine has proven less effective than the current standard care of steroid injections...
View ArticleTreatment guidelines for newly-discovered form of encephalitis established
A study has shown that a recently discovered, difficult-to-diagnose form of encephalitis -- acute inflammation of the brain -- can be controlled most effectively if treatment is started within one...
View ArticleScientists identify cells that could help unlock the key to...
A research team from the University of Michigan Health system has demonstrated the role of a newly-discovered type of cell in inflaming airways in mice, even when steroids are present. This finding...
View ArticleNew therapeutic target to treat inflammation
Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have identified tiny organelles called primary cilia as a target for anti-inflammation therapy. “Although primary cilia were discovered more than a...
View ArticleNew chemical target for inflammation treatment
Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute recently conducted a study in which they discovered new chemical compounds that inhibit an enzyme called PRMT1 (protein arginine methyltransferase 1)...
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