FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE BLOG
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Silicone breast implants and risk of lymphoma
Patients with an inflammatory response against silicone implants should be monitored carefully.
Hyperexcitable brain syndrome and gluten
Hyperexcitable brain, with potentially severe consequences, is recognized as among the gluten-related autoiimmune neurological disorders... Practitioners should not underestimate the potential severity of gluten-associated neuroinflammation.
Lymphoma and autoimmunity
Lymphoma and other hematologic malignancies ('blood cancers') have been shown be previous investigators to be linked to autoimmunity. The authors of a paper just published in the Journal of Autoimmunity illustrate how epigenetic mechanisms can imbalance immune function in a way that contributes to both autoimmunity and hematologic malignancies such has lymphoma, leukemia, etc.
Chronic immune stimulation of autoimmunity can trigger leukemia
Chronic immune stimulation of autoimmunity can trigger leukemia
Sjögren's syndrome: calming the B cell attack
Sjögren's syndrome: calming the B cell attack
Helicobacter pylori infection and autoimmune diseases
Helicobacter pylori infection and autoimmune diseases
Inflammation caused by allergy promotes weight gain and obesity
Inflammation caused by allergy promotes weight gain and obesity