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Chronic Exposure to Systemic Inflammation May Increase Risk for Affective Disorders
THURSDAY, July 3, 2025 – For individuals with specific autoimmune conditions, there appears to be an increased risk for affective disorders, according to a study published online June 9 in BMJ...
Statins Appear Effective In Treating Sepsis
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025 — Statins are a gold-standard treatment for lowering cholesterol, but a new study shows the inexpensive drugs could provide another life-saving service. Patients with sepsis a...
How Can A Daily Cup Of Beans Improve Your Health?
TUESDAY, June 3, 2025 — Beans aren’t just the musical fruit, they can be pure magic for your health, a new study says. Eating a daily cup of beans significantly improved the health of a small group of...
FDA Approves Nucala for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
FRIDAY, May 23, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Nucala (mepolizumab) as an add-on maintenance treatment for adult patients with inadequately controlled chronic obstructive...
Residual Inflammation Seen in One-Third of Patients With Psoriasis on Biologics
WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 – For patients with psoriasis receiving biologic therapy, residual inflammation (RI), defined as increased inflammatory markers in blood, characterized by high-sensitivity...
Exposure to Certain HIV Drugs May Significantly Lower Risk for Alzheimer Disease
TUESDAY, May 20, 2025 – Exposure to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), which treat HIV and hepatitis B and inhibit inflammasome activation, is associated with a significantly lower...
CVD Mortality Higher in Women Than Men With Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 – For patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID), cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality decreased from 1999 to 2020, but sex disparities persist, according to...
Women With Autoimmune Disease At Greater Risk For Heart-Related Death
FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 — Women with common autoimmune inflammatory diseases are more likely than men to die from heart disease, a new study says. Women with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus or systemic s...
Conversion Therapy Harms Heart Health
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2025 – Conversion therapy might harm a young person’s long-term heart health, a new study says. Young adults assigned male at birth were nearly three times as likely to be d...
Common Medications Tied to Older Age at Onset of Parkinson Disease
FRIDAY, April 25, 2025 – Multiple common medications are associated with a considerable delay of Parkinson disease (PD) symptom onset, according to a study published online March 6 in the Journal of...
Proinflammatory Diet Tied to Higher Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 – Individuals who eat a proinflammatory diet have a higher likelihood of chronic kidney disease, according to a review published online April 16 in the Journal of Health, ...
Rare Hair Loss Condition Can Be Treated With Low Doses Of Antibiotic Doxycycline
WEDNESDAY, March 19, 2025 – Lower doses of a common antibiotic can curb hair loss caused by a rare skin condition, a new study says. The antibiotic doxycycline is commonly used to treat lymphocytic...
Bladder Wall Thickness Reflects Severity of Bladder Inflammatory Conditions
FRIDAY, March 7, 2025 – For patients with interstitial cystitis/bladder pain syndrome (IC/BPS), bladder wall thickness (BWT) on computed tomography (CT) scans reflects the severity of bladder...
Stressors Affect Systemic Inflammation, Tumor Aggressiveness in Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Feb. 27, 2025 – For women with breast cancer, stressors are associated with deleterious alterations to the systemic and tumor immune environment, according to a study published online Feb....
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Linked to More Rapid Plaque Growth in Lesions
MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 – Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with more rapid progression of coronary artery lesion-based plaque volume, according to a...
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