Inflammation is a sign your immune system is doing its job.
Some research studies have found light to moderate drinking to be protective of heart health; others have found long term drinking to be damaging.
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A new study has been found that television viewing increases your risk of dying from an inflammatory-related condition like Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s disease. But it’s more complicated than that.
Evidence for a link between obesity and brain inflammation is getting stronger.
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A new evolutionary perspective on what’s been a medical paradox: Why does the body use inflammation to regulate aspects of pregnancy when inflammation is also a big threat to pregnancy?
Neural stem cells that have been transplanted into a mouse brain, here developing into neurons.
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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.
Aspirin has an extraordinary history that involves many different discoveries around its many different effects.
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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.
The purported medical effects of curcumin have a long history, going back at least to the 18th century.
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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.
One-third of the world’s population is latently infected with the bacteria that cause tuberculosis.
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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.
Maybe I should just go talk to them?
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