Inflammation linked to a range of diseases.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: August 2, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Karen Uhlenhuth

Inflammation is getting a nasty reputation.

It has always had a mean streak, of course. Inflammation run amok is the culprit behind such increasingly diagnosed conditions as arthritis, asthma and Crohn's disease.

Over the past year, however, inflammation _ the pain, swelling and redness that occur after an injury or infection _ has been implicated in some of the nation's leading killers, diseases that haven't been considered primarily inflammatory in nature. Try heart disease and Alzheimer's, and diabetes and possibly even cancer.

"There's ...

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