News tagged with inflammatory

Drug halts organ damage in inflammatory genetic disorder

A new study shows that Kineret (anakinra), a medication approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is effective in stopping the progression of organ damage in people with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

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Metastatic breast cancer hitches a free ride from the immune system

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of breast cancer . It spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis which can lead to multi-organ failure. New research published in BioMed ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Treatment for tuberculosis can be guided by patients' genetics

A gene that influences the inflammatory response to infection may also predict the effectiveness of drug treatment for a deadly form of tuberculosis.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ovarian cancer risk related to inherited inflammation genes

In a study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues from 11 other institutions in the Unites States and the United Kingdom, genes that are known to be involved in inflammation were found to be related ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health

Injectable progesterone contraceptives may be associated with poor periodontal health, according to research in the Journal of Periodontology. The study found that women who are currently taking depotmedroxyprogesterone acetat ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant

(AP) -- A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

'Goldilocks' gene could determine best treatment for tuberculosis patients

Tuberculosis patients may receive treatments in the future according to what version they have of a single 'Goldilocks' gene, says an international research team from Oxford University, King's College London, Vietnam and ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows massage reduces inflammation following strenuous exercise

Most athletes can testify to the pain-relieving, recovery-promoting effects of massage. Now there's a scientific basis that supports booking a session with a massage therapist: On the cellular level massage reduces inflammation ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

ESC cardiologists 'intrigued' by novel approach to heart failure

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes an "intriguing" study, published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, featuring a completely novel approach for improving endothelial function in hea ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study: Lungs infected with plague bacteria also become playgrounds for other microbes

Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method to manage stress responses for more successful tumor removal

The week before and two weeks after surgery are a critical period for the long-term survival rate of cancer patients. Physiological and psychological stresses caused by the surgery itself can inhibit the body's immune responses, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Steroids prevent protein changes seen in the joints of people with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease where the body begins to attack the joints and organs of the body. Proteins within inflamed joints are often modified by citrullination, a process that converts ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gatekeeper signal controls skin inflammation

A new study unravels key signals that regulate protective and sometimes pathological inflammation of the skin. The research, published online on January 26th in the journal Immunity by Cell Press, identifies a "gatekeeper" that, ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Abbott cuts 700 jobs from device and testing unit

(AP) -- Medical device and drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it will lay off 700 employees as part of ongoing restructuring efforts.

Technology / Business

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBD travelers are not at higher risk of contracting intestinal infections

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) travelers have an increased risk of illness during trips to industrialized countries, but not to developing or tropical regions, according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and He ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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