Inflammation

...loss in developed countries, and mainly affects people of over 50 years of age. As far as keratitis is concerned, this condition causes inflammation of the cornea and can cause blindness, due to the severe alterations that the corneal...

In this article: Keratitis, Macular degeneration, Medical advice, Surgery, Refractive surgery, Cataract surgery, and University of Granada

...small intestine led to a 50-fold increase in tumours. The rise in adenomas - pre-cancerous growths - appeared to be linked to increased inflammation of the bowel, the study in the journal PNAS reported. The GSTP gene has previously been...

In this article: Cancer, Adenoma, University of Dundee, Polyp, Cancer Research UK, Hnpcc, and Familial adenomatous polyposis

On the skin's surface, bacteria are abundant, diverse and constant, but inflammation is undesirable. Research at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now shows that the normal bacteria living on the skin surface...

In this article: TLR3, Nature Medicine, Skin disease, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Lipoteichoic acid, and Allergy

...that bacteria living on the skin's surface, including staphylococcal types that typically induce inflammation below the skin, actually prevent excessive inflammation after injury to the skin. "It provides a molecular basis to understand the...

In this article: TLR3, Skin disease, Lipoteichoic acid, Antibiotic, Allergy, Eczema, and University of California, San Diego

...Geddes Being caked in germs sounds unpleasant, but "friendly" bacteria living on our skin may have the vital role of keeping in check inflammation triggered by injury and unwanted bacteria. The discovery extends the list of bacteria that...

In this article: Skin disease, Lipoteichoic acid, Psoriasis, University of California, San Diego, and UK

...of Technische Universitat Munchen have discovered a new type of immune cells - the Th22 cells - which can protect the body against inflammation and aid in tissue repair. In the current online issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation,...

In this article: Psoriasis, Respiratory disease, Skin disease, Imperial College London, Asthma, Eczema, and Technische Universitat Munchen

A research team from University of California, San Diego, have discovered that bacteria living on the skin surface prevent excessive inflammation after injury. "These germs are actually good for us," Dr Richard L. Gallo, professor of...

In this article: University of California, San Diego, Lipoteichoic acid, Allergy, Eczema, and London

...when the body is infected by viruses or bacteria. At the same time they help the body to tolerate own tissue and to prevent or curb inflammation. The researchers of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and the Center of Allergy and Environment...

In this article: Respiratory disease, Psoriasis, Eczema, Medical advice, Skin disease, Imperial College London, Contact dermatitis, COPD, and Asthma

...cells that help to activate other immune cells when the body is infected by a pathogen, such as a virus or bacterium. They also control inflammation in the body to help fight off infection. According to the new study, Th22 cells play a...

In this article: Psoriasis, Imperial College London, Eczema, Medical advice, Contact dermatitis, and Asthma

...diseases such as cancer and heart disease, and even the very fact of aging. Some foods, it turns out, promote inflammation. Others damp it down. Shara Yurkiewicz, our 2009 summer intern, wrote a fairly extensive Health section article on the...

In this article: Carbohydrate, Sugar, Saturated fat, Magnesium, University of Massachusetts, Curcumin, Cancer, University of South Carolina, and Los Angeles Times