Systemic inflammation, age, cardiac risk linked

Friday, October 7, 2011 - 08:01 in Health & Medicine

(Medical Xpress) -- Systemic inflammation, the immune system's defense against disease or injury that can contribute to problems like cancer and diabetes over time, increases with age in people with heart-disease symptoms, while inflammation specific to vascular disease does not, a UC Davis study has found.

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