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New research uncovers a mechanism to stop inflammation in the body.The study suggests a new potential treatment for autoimmune conditions like lupus.Researchers hope to take this to clinical trials next.Inflammation can help and hurt your body. While it jumps into action when you have an infection or injury, inflammation that doesn’t switch off may lead to a host of serious health conditions, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Now, scientists think they’ve discovered a natural “brake” that could halt inflammation in the body. The findings are published in Nature Communications. For the study, researchers recruited 48 healthy volunteers and…

Hormones are responsible for governing many crucial systems and processes. One of the most important is cortisol, which may cause a host of problems if it rises out of its normal range. Some symptoms are well known, but doctors say there are surprising signs of high cortisol worth noting. “Cortisol is a complex molecule manufactured by the adrenal glands, which has many metabolic functions throughout the body,” says David Cutler, M.D., a family medicine physician at Providence Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, CA. “It is essential in controlling our growth, organ development, immune functions, inflammatory response, and many…