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Add-on Probiotics for Inflammatory Depression: Insights from a Double-Blind Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

By MedXY 09/17/2025

This study evaluated the antidepressant effects of a Lactobacillus probiotic in overweight depressed patients with systemic low-grade inflammation, revealing no overall benefit but highlighting fecal formic acid as a potential biomarker for treatment response.

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Timing Matters: Impact of Morning vs Afternoon High-Intensity Exercise on Inflammation and Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes

By MedXY 09/16/2025

Afternoon high-intensity interval exercise improves post-exercise blood glucose and reduces inflammation more effectively than morning sessions in type 2 diabetes, highlighting circadian influences on exercise metabolism and benefits of meal timing.

Dentistry Family Medicine & Nutrition Specialties

The Hidden Threat in Your Mouth: How Oral Bacteria Can Trigger Heart Attacks

By MedXY 09/14/2025

New research reveals that common oral bacteria, particularly Viridans streptococci, can infiltrate arterial plaques, increasing the risk of heart attacks by triggering inflammation and plaque rupture.

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Inflammatory Exposure Amplifies Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults with Insomnia: Insights from a Randomized Clinical Trial

By MedXY 09/11/2025

A randomized clinical trial reveals older adults with insomnia have heightened depressive responses to inflammatory challenge, underscoring the need for targeted depression monitoring and prevention strategies in this vulnerable population.

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Iron Supplementation and Accelerated Aging: The Inflammatory Link and Dietary Mitigation

By MedXY 09/07/2025

Excessive iron supplementation accelerates phenotypic aging via inflammation, but anti-inflammatory and antioxidant diets may mitigate this risk, highlighting the importance of balanced iron intake and dietary patterns in aging health.

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Unlocking the Body’s Natural ‘Fire Extinguisher’: How Vitamin B3 Enhances a Novel Anti-Inflammatory Molecule

By MedXY 08/31/2025

A groundbreaking discovery reveals a natural anti-inflammatory molecule in the body, homocysitaconate, whose levels can be boosted by vitamin B3 supplementation, offering new hope for managing severe inflammatory diseases.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Gastroenterology Psychiatry Public Health Specialties

Unraveling Chronic Stress: The Role of Gut Dysbiosis and Vitamin B6 Metabolism in Stress-Related Brain Disorders Independent of Cortisol

By MedXY 08/30/2025

Recent evidence reveals gut dysbiosis-induced vitamin B6 metabolic disturbances as a novel, cortisol-independent mechanism driving chronic stress-related abnormal behaviors and inflammation, highlighting probiotic and vitamin B6 supplementation as potential therapeutic strategies.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Public Health Specialties

The younger you smoke, the earlier you age

By MedXY 08/22/2025

Early-life tobacco exposure, including in utero and childhood smoking initiation, significantly accelerates biological aging and is partially mediated by inflammation markers, highlighting critical windows for prevention.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Gastroenterology news Oncology Specialties

Anti-Inflammatory Dietary Education Reduces Frailty in Colorectal Cancer Patients: Insights from a 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial

By MedXY 08/18/2025

A 12-week anti-inflammatory dietary education significantly improved frailty, nutritional status, inflammatory biomarkers, and quality of life in frail colorectal cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.

Clinical Updates Orthopedics Specialties

Ginger Supplementation: Natural Relief for Mild to Moderate Joint Pain and Inflammation

By MedXY 08/18/2025

Ginger extract supplementation at 125 mg/day significantly reduces pain perception, improves functional capacity, and lowers inflammatory markers in individuals with mild to moderate joint pain, offering a promising natural alternative to traditional analgesics.

Diabetes & Endocrinology news Specialties

Synergistic Effects of Metformin and Moderate FODMAP Diet in Improving Postprandial Glycemia and Gut Health in Prediabetes

By MedXY 08/17/2025

Combining metformin with a moderate FODMAP diet improves postprandial glucose control, enhances GLP-1 secretion, increases butyrate-producing gut bacteria, and reduces inflammation without worsening gastrointestinal side effects in prediabetic patients.

Cardiology news Specialties

Microplastics, Nanoplastics and the Heart: Emerging Human Data Link Environmental Particles to Cardiovascular Risk

By MedXY 08/09/2025

Three prospective human studies report micro‑ and nanoplastic (MNP) detection in coronary blood, cardiopulmonary bypass–exposed blood, and carotid atheroma; associations with inflammation and adverse cardiovascular events raise biologic plausibility but do not yet prove causation.

Clinical Updates Family Medicine & Nutrition Internal Medicine news Specialties

Urolithin A Supplementation Enhances Muscle Endurance and Reduces Inflammation in Resistance-Trained Male Athletes: Insights from an 8-Week Randomized Controlled Trial

By MedXY 08/09/2025

Urolithin A supplementation improved muscle endurance and reduced inflammatory and oxidative stress markers in resistance-trained male athletes over eight weeks, without significant adverse effects.

Family Medicine & Nutrition Neurology news Specialties

Exercising for 20 Minutes Can Counteract the Harm of Sleep Deprivation

By MedXY 08/08/2025

Moderate exercise for 20 minutes daily can reduce inflammation caused by lack of sleep and improve cardiovascular health, immunity, weight control, and mental well-being.

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Understanding Gynecological Inflammations: Symptoms, Prevention, and Care

By MedXY 08/07/2025

Explore the common types of gynecological inflammations, their symptoms, prevention strategies, and treatment approaches to safeguard women's health effectively.

Clinical Updates news Orthopedics Specialties

Curcumin’s Impact on Serum Inflammatory Biomarkers in Knee Osteoarthritis: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 08/06/2025

A systematic review and meta-analysis found that curcumin supplementation significantly reduces serum CRP and TNF-alpha in patients with knee osteoarthritis, but not other inflammatory biomarkers.

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Vitamin C, the Gut Microbiome, and Mental Vitality: A New Triad for Cognitive Health in Young Adults

By MedXY 08/06/2025

A randomized controlled trial demonstrates that vitamin C supplementation enhances mental vitality in young adults with low vitamin C status, mediated by specific changes in gut microbiota and reduced inflammation.

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Psychedelics Target Neuroimmune Interactions to Limit Fear

By MedXY 08/05/2025

Research reveals how psychedelics modulate immune-to-brain communication to reduce fear, offering new therapeutic avenues for stress-related psychiatric disorders.

Clinical Updates Diabetes & Endocrinology Internal Medicine news Psychiatry Specialties

Dissecting Depression in Diabetes: Distinct Links of Somatic and Cognitive Symptoms with Inflammation and Insulin Resistance

By MedXY 08/03/2025

New GRADE sub-study reveals that somatic symptoms of depression, not cognitive-affective symptoms, are chiefly associated with inflammation and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes, highlighting a pathophysiological bridge for targeted interventions.