Chiropr Man Therap. 2021 Jan 8;29(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s12998-020-00357-y. Julita A Teodorczyk-Injeyan Abstract Background: The inflammatory profiles of patients with acute and chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP) patients are distinct. Spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) has been shown to modulate the production of nociceptive chemokines differently in these patient cohorts. The present study further investigates the […]
Spine: November 15, 2019 – Volume 44 – Issue 22 – p E1290-E1297 doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000003136 Tang, Xinyan PhD Study Design. This is an in vitro study of bovine disc cells exposed to pulsed electromagnetic fields. Objective. The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) effects on the expression of […]
Phytother Res. 2019 Feb;33(2):253-262. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6226. Epub 2018 Nov 7. Tabrizi R1, Vakili S2, Akbari M1, Mirhosseini N3, Lankarani KB1, Rahimi M4, Mobini M5, Jafarnejad S6, Vahedpoor Z7, Asemi Z6. Abstract Besides other benefits, curcumin is getting more recognized for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, highlighting the importance of curcumin application for chronic disease prevention. […]
Mediators Inflamm. 2018; 2018: 1094352. Published online 2018 Apr 2. doi: 10.1155/2018/1094352 PMCID: PMC5901481 PMID: 29805310 Tábata Cristina do Carmo Almeida,corresponding author 1 Francisco Winter dos Santos Figueiredo, 1 Valter Cordeiro Barbosa Filho, 2 Luiz Carlos de Abreu, 3 Fernando Luiz Affonso Fonseca, 4 and Fernando Adami 1 Abstract The mechanism of pain reduction involves […]
Clin Nutr. 2018 Mar 13. pii: S0261-5614(18)30118-3. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2018.03.006. [Epub ahead of print] López-Chillón MT Abstract BACKGROUND & AIMS: Broccoli sprouts represent an interesting choice of healthy food product as they are rich in glucosinolates and their cognate bioactive metabolites, isothiocyanates able to counteract the negative effects of diverse pathologies. As obesity is linked to […]
Sarah Knapton 24 JANUARY 2017 Mindfulness meditation, the practice of paying more attention to the present moment, helps lower stress hormones and decreases inflammation in the body, scientists have proven for the first time. The training has been growing in popularity in recent years, with the NHS recommending mindfulness as a way to reduce stress and […]
Journal of Internal Medicine, 11/03/2015 Muldoon MF, et al. The n–3 polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) may prevent a range of chronic conditions through anti–inflammatory actions. However, as clinical trials using these fatty acids for primary prevention are yet unavailable, their putative role in disease prevention rests, in part, on […]
August 5, 2015 Scientists have cracked the secret of why some people live a healthy and physically independent life over the age of 100. For the first time, a team of experts from Newcastle University’s Institute for Ageing and Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, explored which biological and pathological processes may be the most […]
Journal of the Royal Society Interface Maria Molinos, Catarina R. Almeida, Joana Caldeira, Carla Cunha, Raquel M. Gonçalves and Mário A. Barbosa Published:06 March 2015 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.1191 Abstract Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is one of the major causes of low back pain, a problem with a heavy economic burden, which has been increasing in prevalence as […]
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 […]
Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Sep;73(9):1683-8. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-203143. Epub 2013 Jul 9. Evers AW Abstract OBJECTIVES: Both stressors and stress vulnerability factors together with immune and hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis activity components have been considered to contribute to disease fluctuations of chronic inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of the present study was to […]
Published: Aug 13, 2014 By Nancy Walsh, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Action Points There is some evidence that particulate air pollution may influence risk for and expression of autoimmune disease. A particular role for nanoparticles in human disease has not been established. Recently, I wrote an article about some interesting research being done by Jean Pfau, […]
Published: Jun 2, 2014 By Ed Susman , Contributing Writer, MedPage Today CHICAGO — A structured physical exercise program appears to reduce cytokine production related to depression and inflammatory processes that may impact prostate cancer progression, researchers said here. Patients receiving usual care experienced a 0.08 log10 increase in pro-inflammatory interleukin-6 production, while patients treated […]
Marlene Busko February 27, 2014 COLERAINE, UK — Older, healthy individuals who were deficient in 25-hydroxy vitamin D (vitamin D) tended to have higher levels of biomarkers linked with CVD and inflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis, in an observational study[1]. More specifically, individuals who had a vitamin-D deficiency had significantly higher […]