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Pregnancy situations have impact on brain development in pre-term infants

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 27, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Brain development in infants who are born very prematurely is still incomplete. Factors that cause premature birth may have an impact on the development of the premature infant's brain both during pregnancy and later on after ...





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Process found to play role in rheumatoid arthritis could lead to new treatment

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created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although the origin of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remains unclear, bioactive proteins known as cytokines, particularly TNFα and IL-6, which are involved in inflammation, play a major role in the disease by contributing ...


Newly discovered mechanism by which blood clots form

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created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Polyphosphate from blood platelets plays a key role in inflammation and the formation of blood clots, scientists from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have shown. The study, which is presented in the prestigious ...


Effects of aspirin and folic acid on inflammation markers for colorectal adenomas

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Unexpectedly, inflammation markers do not appear to be involved with the chemopreventative effect of aspirin on colorectal adenomas, according to a brief communication published online October 12 in the Journal of the Na ...


Oxidized form of a common vitamin may bring relief for ulcerative colitis

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created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Here's another reason why you should take your vitamins. A new research report appearing in the October 2009 print issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology suggests that retinoic acid, the oxidized form of vitamin A, cou ...


Inflammation may cause preterm labor and fetal deaths

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created Aug 08, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Inflammation from bacterial infections is linked to preterm births and deaths, according to researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s School of Dental Medicine and the Case School of Medicine. They found if receptors ...


Study finds increased risk of death for patients with celiac disease-related disorders

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created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research indicates that patients with lesser degrees of celiac disease-related symptoms, such as intestinal inflammation or latent celiac disease, have a modestly increased risk of death, according to a study in the September ...


Study shows how gene action may lead to diabetes prevention, cure

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

A gene commonly studied by cancer researchers has been linked to the metabolic inflammation that leads to diabetes.


Why fish oils help and how they could help even more

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (27) | comments 9

New research from Queen Mary, University of London and Harvard Medical School has revealed precisely why taking fish oils can help with conditions like rheumatoid arthritis.


Manipulating brain inflammation may help clear brain of amyloid plaques

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

In a surprising reversal of long-standing scientific belief, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida have discovered that inflammation in the brain is not the trigger that leads to buildup of amyloid deposits and ...


Mangosteen juice could protect health in the obese

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Mangosteen juice has anti-inflammatory properties which could prove to be valuable in preventing the development of heart disease and diabetes in obese patients. A study, published in BioMed Central's open access Nutrition Jo ...



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