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People receiving emergency gallbladder surgery are more likely to experience complications

If you have severe pain just below the right side of your rib cage, you may have a gallbladder problem. And it is typically better to seek medical attention sooner than later.

28 Jun 2013

Hospira receives positive opinion from EMA's CHMP for EC approval of Inflectra

Hospira, the world's leading provider of injectable drugs and infusion technologies, today received a positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, recommending the European Commission approval of Inflectra (infliximab) for rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and plaque psoriasis.

28 Jun 2013

Researchers use mobile application to improve asthma outcomes among minority adolescents

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL and The University of Illinois at Chicago are using the Internet and motivational multimedia coupled with positive reinforcement via a smartphone application to try to improve asthma outcomes among low-income, minority adolescents with asthma.

27 Jun 2013

Low-molecular-weight PAHs promote conditions for cancer growth

Tobacco smoke, diesel exhaust and oil combustion carry polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - PAHs that are known to cause cancer. But of these PAHs, the obviously dangerous high-molecular-weight PAHs like benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) have received the vast majority of research attention.

26 Jun 2013

Report alerts clinicians, public about catastrophic dangers of contaminated epidural injections

Investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe pathologic findings from 40 case reports of fungal infection in patients who had been given contaminated epidural, paraspinal, or intra-articular (into joints) steroid injections and correlate these findings with clinical and laboratory data.

26 Jun 2013

Karo Bio extends research collaboration with Pfizer on RORgamma modulators

Karo Bio AB announced today the extension of its existing research collaboration with Pfizer Inc. on RORgamma modulators to the end of 2014. Pfizer will continue to provide full funding for the research costs.

26 Jun 2013

A paradigm shift for treatment of muscular dystrophy

Researchers at Boston University College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College have identified a combinatorial therapeutic approach that has proven effective in treating muscular dystrophy in a mouse model.

26 Jun 2013

Study shows absence of gene leads to early onset of more serious disease in MS animal model

Scientists led by a UCSF neurology researcher are reporting that they have identified the likely genetic mechanism that causes some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to quickly progress to a debilitating stage of the disease while other patients progress much more slowly.

25 Jun 2013

Scientist discovers key mutations that sparked hormonal revolution 500 million years ago

Evolution, it seems, sometimes jumps instead of crawls. A research team led by a University of Chicago scientist has discovered two key mutations that sparked a hormonal revolution 500 million years ago.

25 Jun 2013

Th17 lymphocyte: The master coordinator of cellular inflammation in vessel wall

Every year, more than 16,000 Americans die as a result of what's known as an "aortic dissection" - a catastrophic rupture of the aorta, the body's largest artery. Once thought to be a simple structural failure, aortic dissection is now understood to be caused by an inflammatory process that weakens the artery's walls.

21 Jun 2013

Scientists find way to attack dangerous bacteria that cause eye infections

Much as predators attack their prey in the animal world, there are bacteria that consume and kill other bacteria. Scientists are reporting new progress in putting the predator microbes to work - to attack dangerous bacteria that cause eye infections that lead to blindness and have grown resistant to antibiotics.

21 Jun 2013

MIT study shows that SIRT1 gene plays key role in controlling circadian rhythms

Human sleeping and waking patterns are largely governed by an internal circadian clock that corresponds closely with the 24-hour cycle of light and darkness. This circadian clock also controls other body functions, such as metabolism and temperature regulation.

21 Jun 2013

Trees are effective tool in reducing air pollution and creating healthier urban environments

In the first effort to estimate the overall impact of a city's urban forest on concentrations of fine particulate pollution (particulate matter less than 2.5 microns, or PM2.5), a U.S. Forest Service and Davey Institute study found that urban trees and forests are saving an average of one life every year per city. In New York City, trees save an average of eight lives every year.

20 Jun 2013

New device that measures movement of immune cells may reduce risk of septic complications

Advances in emergency medicine and trauma surgery have had a significant impact on survival of patients in the days immediately after major injuries, including burns. Patients who survive the immediate aftermath of their injuries now are at greatest risk from infections - particularly the overwhelming, life-threatening immune reaction known as sepsis - or from inflammation-induced multiorgan failure.

20 Jun 2013

Treating bacteria with silver compounds boosts efficacy of old antibiotics

Slipping bacteria some silver could give old antibiotics new life, scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University reported June 19 in Science Translational Medicine.

20 Jun 2013

Research: Fetal exposure to BPA causes inflammation in fat tissues after birth

New research suggests that fetal exposure to the common environmental chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, causes increased inflammation in fat tissues after birth, which can lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome. Results of the animal study were presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

19 Jun 2013

Endosonographic aspiration procedures result in greater diagnostic yield in treating pulmonary sarcoidosis

Among patients with suspected stage I/II pulmonary sarcoidosis who were undergoing confirmation of the condition via tissue sampling, the use of the procedure known as endosonographic nodal aspiration compared with bronchoscopic biopsy, the current diagnostic standard, resulted in greater diagnostic yield, according to a study in the June 19 issue of JAMA.

19 Jun 2013

Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia, a painful condition affecting approximately 10 million people in the U.S., is not imaginary after all, as some doctors have believed. A discovery, published this month in PAIN MEDICINE (the journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine), clearly now demonstrates that fibromyalgia may have a rational biological basis located in the skin.

19 Jun 2013

Aspirin slows accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells, points UCSF scientist

Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition.

19 Jun 2013

Blocking B1R receptor activity in brains of Alzheimer's mice recovers memory and cerebrovascular function

A new study shows that memory pathology in older mice with Alzheimer's disease can be reversed with treatment. The study by researchers from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - The Neuro, at McGill University and at Universit- de Montr-al found that blocking the activity of a specific receptor in the brain of mice with advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD) recovers memory and cerebrovascular function.

18 Jun 2013

Inflammation News and Research

People receiving emergency gallbladder surgery are more likely to experience complications

Hospira receives positive opinion from EMA's CHMP for EC approval of Inflectra

Researchers use mobile application to improve asthma outcomes among minority adolescents

Low-molecular-weight PAHs promote conditions for cancer growth

Report alerts clinicians, public about catastrophic dangers of contaminated epidural injections

Karo Bio extends research collaboration with Pfizer on RORgamma modulators

A paradigm shift for treatment of muscular dystrophy

Study shows absence of gene leads to early onset of more serious disease in MS animal model

Scientist discovers key mutations that sparked hormonal revolution 500 million years ago

Th17 lymphocyte: The master coordinator of cellular inflammation in vessel wall

Scientists find way to attack dangerous bacteria that cause eye infections

MIT study shows that SIRT1 gene plays key role in controlling circadian rhythms

Trees are effective tool in reducing air pollution and creating healthier urban environments

New device that measures movement of immune cells may reduce risk of septic complications

Treating bacteria with silver compounds boosts efficacy of old antibiotics

Research: Fetal exposure to BPA causes inflammation in fat tissues after birth

Endosonographic aspiration procedures result in greater diagnostic yield in treating pulmonary sarcoidosis

Researchers discover a rational source of pain in skin of patients with fibromyalgia

Aspirin slows accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells, points UCSF scientist

Blocking B1R receptor activity in brains of Alzheimer's mice recovers memory and cerebrovascular function

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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