The American Journal of Gastroenterology 110, 444-454 (March 2015) | doi:10.1038/ajg.2015.6 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE In this meta-analysis, researchers evaluated the diagnostic potential of biomarkers for irritable bowel disease (IBD) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), finding that biomarkers did not differentiate patients with IBS from controls. The risk for IBD was ≤1% with C-reactive protein ≤0.5 and […]
By Salynn Boyles Reviewed by Vrunda Bhavsar Desai, MD, FACOG, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Article Source Take Note Inflammatory burden may be an important biological risk factor for osteoporosis and hip fracture in older women. At least 10 observational studies have examined the […]
Associations Between Glucosamine and Chondroitin Supplement Use and Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation To cite this article: KantorElizabeth D., LampeJohanna W., NavarroSandi L., SongXiaoling, MilneGinger L., and WhiteEmily. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. June 2014, 20(6): 479-485. doi:10.1089/acm.2013.0323. Published in Volume: 20 Issue 6: June 10, 2014 Journal Reference ABSTRACT Objectives: Glucosamine and chondroitin […]
Published: May 10, 2014 By Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Disease activity appears to correlate and contribute longitudinally to radiographic progression in the spine in ankylosing spondylitis. The effect was higher in males versus females and in patients with less years of symptom duration. High disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis […]
Weight Loss, Inflammation, and Iron Status in Overweight and Obese Children J Pediatr 2014 Feb 08;[EPub Ahead of Print], L Gong, F Yuan, J Teng, X Li, S Zheng, L Lin, H Deng, G Ma, C Sun, Y Li Research · February 25, 2014 Full Story Journal Reference TAKE-HOME MESSAGE Results of this study looking at iron […]
by Mark Hyman, MD YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM may be making you fat. It’s hard to believe—but very true. I want to explain the bugs in your digestive tract, why they upset your gut’s immune system, and how they just might be behind those extra pounds. I have observed this phenomenon in hundreds of patients. Recently, […]
Am J Cardiol 2014 Jan 15;113(2)287-291, H Ning, L Van Horn, CM Shay, DM Lloyd-Jones Research · January 20, 2014 TAKE-HOME MESSAGE The study suggests that dietary fiber has an independent association with lifetime CV risk. In this review of the diets of over 11,000 individuals, a higher dietary fiber intake was associated with a low […]
Published: Dec 19, 2013 | Updated: Dec 19, 2013 By Elizabeth DeVita Raeburn, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Overweight and obese women who lost a modest amount of weight and kept it off for 2 years saw improvement in almost every measure of cardiometabolic health. Note that waist-to-height ratio, an adiposity index that may […]
Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Jun;73(6):1186-9. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203854. Epub 2013 Nov 25. Degree of bone marrow oedema in sacroiliac joints of patients with axial spondyloarthritis is linked to gut inflammation and male sex: results from the GIANT cohort. Van Praet L1, Jans L, Carron P, Jacques P, Glorieus E, Colman R, Cypers H, Mielants H, De […]
Published: Nov 8, 2013 | Updated: Nov 8, 2013 By Ed Susman , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Full Story: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/WCIR/42804 Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. There is a […]
A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis E.A. Dowlatshahi The British Journal of Dermatology. 2013;169(2):266-282. Abstract Studies investigating systemic inflammation in psoriasis use different serum markers and report discrepant results. We set out to determine whether systemic inflammation is elevated in patients with psoriasis compared with healthy controls, and to measure the extent of this elevation, by […]
Ronald Grisanti D.C., D.A.B.C.O., D.A.C.B.N., M.S. Is it possible that a species of bacteria that commonly causes colds, sinus infections, bronchitis, asthma or pneumonia can also be a silent cause of atherosclerosis? Atherosclerosis (also known as arteriosclerotic vascular disease or ASVD) is a specific form of arteriosclerosis in which an artery wall thickens. Many people […]
8/9/13 by Nancy Walsh Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points Children and adolescents with coexisting asthma and depression tended to have high levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP). Point out that the reason for the elevated inflammation among asthma patients with depression is not known. Children and adolescents with coexisting asthma and depression […]
J Nutr. 2009 Dec; 139(12): 2365–2372. doi: 10.3945/jn.109.114025 PMCID: PMC2777480 Philip P. Cavicchia Abstract Inflammation is associated with a number of chronic conditions, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. Reducing inflammation may help prevent or treat these conditions. Diet has consistently been shown to modulate inflammation. To facilitate research into the inflammatory effect of diet […]
It causes chest pain, heart attack and stroke, leading to more deaths every year than cancer. The long-held conception of how the disease develops turns out to be wrong November 10, 2008 |By Peter Libby Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published in our May 2002 issue. We are posting it because of news from the […]