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Gene identified for Crohn's disease in children
Pediatrics researchers have identified a gene variant that raises a child's risk of Crohn's disease, a chronic and painful condition attributed to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.   view more (2007-07-19)

Brightly-coloured fruit and veg may protect against arthritis
Researchers from The University of Manchester's Medical School have discovered that eating more brightly-coloured fruits and vegetables like oranges, carrots and sweetcorn may help reduce the risk of developing inflammatory disorders like rheumatoid arthritis.   view more (2005-08-18)

New understanding of nervous system gives insight into common gut problem in newborn babies
Medical Research Council (MRC) researchers have unlocked the mysteries of the nervous system responsible for proper formation and function of the gut. This new understanding has implications for treating Hirschsprung's disease, a common disorder in newborns that requires corrective surgery in order for food to pass through the bowel and the colon.... view more... (2003-12-03)

MS patients have higher spinal fluid levels of suspicious immune molecule
A protein that helps keep immune cells quiet is more abundant in the spinal fluid of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), further boosting suspicion that the protein, TREM-2, may be an important contributor to the disease.   view more (2008-09-30)

New cancer drug possible from compound found in common food.
A compound found in many foods and drinks could form the basis for new drugs to defeat cancer and heart disease, scientists at UCL claimed today. Professor Peter Shepherd and his team believe that caffeine and theophylline- compounds commonly found in cola beverages, coffee, tea and chocolate - block the operation of a key enzyme linked to a wide... view more... (2002-08-20)

CV risk management should be mandatory in RA and other types of inflammatory rheumatic disease
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients should undergo compulsory cardiovascular (CV) risk management and existing CV risk calculators should be adapted to the increased CV risk in inflammatory rheumatic disease patients.   view more (2008-06-16)

Cell Migration And Inflammation
Chronic inflammation comprises a vast array of diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. Chronic inflammatory diseases include asthma, arthritis, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune diseases and allergies, to name but a few.   view more (2005-02-23)

Ginseng -- nature's anti-inflammatory?
Laboratory experiments have demonstrated the immunological effects of ginseng. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access Journal of Translational Medicine have shown that the herb, much used in traditional Chinese and other Asian medicine, does have anti-inflammatory effects.   view more (2009-05-14)

Researchers create mouse lacking key inflammation gene
In a paper published yesterday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), researchers from Boston University School of Dental Medicine generated a mouse model exhibiting reduced inflammation.   view more (2006-09-07)

Pine bark reduces inflammatory marker CRP in osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA), a type of arthritis caused by the breakdown and loss of cartilage, affects more than 20 million Americans.   view more (2008-12-10)

Scientists uncork a potential secret of red wine's health benefits
Scientists from Scotland and Singapore have unraveled a mystery that has perplexed scientists since red wine was first discovered to have health benefits: how does resveratrol control inflammation?   view more (2009-07-31)

Biofeedback treats one type of chronic constipation
Chronic constipation affects 15 to 20 percent of the U.S. population. Nearly one-third of affected people have dyssynergic defecation, in which muscles used for bowel movements do not work well, but there's some good news.   view more (2007-04-03)

Report focuses on the role good microbes play in future medicine
Not all bacteria are bad. In fact, beneficial microbes could represent the future of medicine, with the potential to treat a variety of diseases in humans and animals from diarrhea and eczema to gum disease and autoimmune disorders.   view more (2006-06-09)

Why could ethyl pyruvate attenuate severe acute pancreatitis?
Excessive activation of inflammatory mediator cascade during SAP is a major cause of distant organ injury and the high mortality.    view more (2008-10-13)

AN EARLY MARKER FOR ALZHEIMER-TYPE DEMENTIA?
A group of investigators of the University of Cagliari found an interesting association between chemokinines and dementia in Down's syndrome, which may have far reaching implications. People with Down`s syndrome (DS) show early Alzheimer-like dementia. It has been suggested that the pro-inflammatory cytokine class plays a role in Alzheimer`s... view more... (2002-08-05)

Does public information about cancer screening do more harm than good?
Researchers at Imperial Cancer Research Fund have overturned claims that information provided to the public as part of a cancer screening programme increases people's anxiety about the disease and worries them unnecessarily. Their work is published today in the British Medical Journal*.   view more (1999-10-13)

Gut Ecology in Transplant Patients
Small-bowel transplant patients with an ileostomy -- an opening into their small bowel -- have a very different population of bacteria living in their gut than patients whose ileostomy has been closed, researchers from UC Davis and Georgetown University Medical Center have found.   view more (2009-09-16)

Immune system's distress signal tells bacteria when to strike back
The human opportunistic pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, has broken the immune system's code, report researchers from the University of Chicago, enabling the bacteria to recognize when its host is most vulnerable and to launch an attack before the weakened host can muster its defenses.   view more (2005-07-29)

Large dose dexamethasone plays important roles in severe acute pancreatitis
Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) is a fatal systemic disease featuring acute onset, serious conditions, high incidence of complications and 20 - 30% mortality, mainly due to multiple organ failure at its early stage.   view more (2007-11-05)

University of Nottingham to launch £300,000 centre for research into gastrointestinal diseases
A new £305,472 research centre that will bring together cutting-edge expertise in gastrointestinal diseases, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Crohn's disease, the bacteria helicobacter pylori and cancer, is to be launched at The University of Nottingham. The new Wolfson Digestive Diseases Centre, substantially funded with a grant... view more... (2003-06-12)
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