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·October 2, 2017·5 min read

Preventing Autoimmune Disease After Viral Infections

A study in Nature Immunology reports on the mechanism that helps to prevent autoimmune diseases from developing following infection. Researchers report a population of immune cells develop during late stages of the immune response to influenza infection.

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·September 11, 2017·6 min read

Potential New Therapy Relieves Chronic Itch

People suffering from chronic itching as a result of a condition called chronic idiopathic pruritus found some symptom relief after taking a drug designed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, researchers report.

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·February 25, 2017·5 min read

Clues to Relationship Between Schizophrenia and Rheumatoid Arthritis

Researchers discover 8 genes that could explain the inverse relationship between RA and schizophrenia.

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·June 16, 2016·5 min read

Little Evidence for the Benefits of Vitamin D Supplementation For Health Problems

Researchers examine the scientific evidence for the 10 most common beliefs about vitamin D.

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·May 12, 2016·4 min read

Study Reveals Why Chronic Pain May Persist

A new study may provide clues as to why chronic pain can persist, even though the injury that caused it has healed.

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·May 11, 2016·6 min read

Genetic Variants Could Place Some Soldiers at Greater Risk of PTSD

Following a massive analysis of DNA samples from military personnel, researchers have identified two statistically significant genetic variants that could be associated with an increased risk for developing PTSD.

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·September 21, 2015·4 min read

Old Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Offers New Hope for Alzheimer’s Disease

According to a new study, a drug previously prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis have been found to successfully reverse tau related symptoms in animal models of dementia.

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·February 4, 2013·5 min read

Scientists Find a Key Element of Lupus: Suggesting Better Drug Targets

Researchers have identified specific cellular events that appear key to the debilitating autoimmune disease, lupus. The findings suggest that blocking this pathway in lupus-triggering cells could be a potent weapon against the disease.