Many people die of heart disease who don’t fit into the traditional risk factors. We’re learning the immune system can be to blame.
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Upping your intake of vegetables and fruits can do more than just reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer – it could also help you breathe easier.
What makes aspirin different to other NSAIDs, used to relieve pain, is its ability to thin the blood. It is used to prevent blood clotting in those at risk of heart disease and stroke.
There is converging evidence from both human population and animal studies that curcumin may help prevent age-related cognitive decline.
And the good news is that the treatments may already exist.
Study investigates whether a decrease in serious childhood disease could be extending human lifespan.
The bacteria in your gut aren’t always friendly. Luckily, there are a number of ways to beat the bugs associated with bowel cancer.
Saturated fats are linked to metabolic disorders and heart disease. That may be because thes fats make some cells lose track of time, causing inflammation.
Scientists have found proteins in the body that promote lung inflammation which helps the bacteria that causes TB to spread throughout the lung.
While antibiotics can kill the bacteria associated with acne, it’s their anti-inflammatory effects, not their antimicrobial effects, that yield the biggest skin-clearing benefits.
Being too clean isn’t what’s making us sick. It’s the loss of biodiversity in the bacteria and organisms that live in our bodies and work with the immune system.
A drug to treat loneliness may be on the cards. But would we want it?
While there may be a connection between inflammation and depression, one doesn’t necessarily lead to the other.
Have you ever wondered what those food additive numbers included in the ingredients list on your food packing were really doing to your body?
New research identifies the molecular pathway that causes the enigmatic food allergy eosinophillic esophagitis (EoE), opening…
“Arthritis is for old people, right?” This is an outdated view of a spectrum of diseases that affect people of all ages in the population. In the past decade, there has been a revolution in the understanding…
Eating whole grain foods, such as oats and grainy breads, is better for health than refined grain foods such as white bread or pizza. But whole grains are also thought to have a role in inflammation. Whole…
Have you ever had the flu, and along with the physical symptoms a temporary feeling of being low and fed up? Though most of us would shrug these feelings off as a result of not being able to go out with…
A new immunity cell has been discovered in abundance in the skin. It is part of a family of cell-type called group 2 innate…
A mechanism in the body’s healing process, which shuts down the signal triggering the body’s initial response to injury…
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Accredited Practising Dietitian and Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Community Health and Wellbeing, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Immunology, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer, Biochemistry & Immunology, Swansea University
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Michigan State University
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Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor: Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Dermatology, George Washington University
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Professor of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Texas A&M University