Reuters - It is known that stress exacerbates the symptoms of asthma in children, but the biological reason for this has been unknown. Now, scientists in Canada have discovered that a stressful home life diminishes the expression of certain proteins on the surface of cells that regulate airway responses and inflammation.

KidsHealth.org - Encephalitis literally means an inflammation of the brain, but it usually refers to brain inflammation caused by a virus. It's a rare disease that only occurs in approximately 0.5 per 100,000 individuals - most commonly in children, the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems (i.e., those with HIV/AIDS or cancer).

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Pleurisy is not one of those conditions that's going to go away on its own. This often painful ailment technically is an inflammation of the pleura, or the membrane that lines the lungs, the American Lung Association says.

Reuters - as evidence by a low body mass index (BMI) -- before pregnancy raises the risk of pre-term birth in black and Hispanic women to a greater extent than in white women, new research shows. Being underweight also increases the risk of vaginal inflammation in black women.

Reuters - Measuring blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) -- a marker of inflammation -- may help identifying smokers with abnormal lesions in their airways that are likely to progress, new research suggests.

Reuters - Sticking to a Mediterranean diet, high in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats, lowers levels of inflammation in the elderly, as reflected by lower levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), research shows. This effect should, in turn, lead to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease that has been associated with this type of diet.

Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter Stockholm, Sweden (AHN) - A new study suggests that rheumatoid arthritis treatments are not causing an increased risk of lymphoma. Instead, the Swedish researchers found that chronic inflammation, one of the symptoms of the...

Ayinde O. Chase - All Headline News Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN) - New research is reinforcing the longstanding belief that a connection exists between periodontal disease, or severe gum inflammation, and cardiovascular disease. The nature of the relationship is still unclear and...

Reuters - Gum inflammation and loosening of teeth can start very early in life in children with diabetes, according to a new study, and these periodontal conditions can become more prominent in adolescence.

Reuters - Patients with Crohn's disease -- an inflammation of the digestive tract that affects a half million Americans, many age 15 to 35 years -- face a higher risk of intestinal cancer, according to a new report.

Reuters - Patients with Crohn's disease -- an inflammation of the digestive tract that affects a half million Americans, many age 15 to 35 years -- face a higher risk of intestinal cancer, according to a new report.

Reuters - It's definitely not something to be tried at home, but the poisonous gas carbon monoxide can ease colon inflammation, animal experiments show.