“If there’s inflammation in the gums, it lets bacteria into the blood stream and carries it away to distant organ sites,” Yvonne Kapila, DDS, vice-chair of periodontology at the Helen Diller Family ...

The roundtable policy discussion with the theme 'Saving the Lives of the World's Current Generation of Women: Forging the Pathway to Elimination of Cervical Cancer’ converged a diverse group of ...

A new study from MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers shows, for the first time, that a receptor called PPAR δ, or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta, is an important player in a ...

When you turn it on, it promotes cancer. It can stimulate cell proliferation and affect inflammatory pathways," DuBois said. "We found that it modifies the ability of the immune system to attack ...

A newly identified gene pathway involving zinc in mice brings us one step closer to using zinc-based supplements to treat people with the rare disorder known as short bowel syndrome (SBS ...

Although substances like tobacco have reputations for being highly carcinogenic, or having the potential to cause cancer, recent studies have shown that alcohol has also been increasingly linked to ...

Their study revealed that, beyond inhibiting tumor growth, metformin uniquely impacted immune pathways, suggesting a new therapeutic role for the drug in cancer treatment. The researchers ...