Researchers identify altered expression of genes that worsens periodontitis among smokers, and a new target molecule ...

Smoking tobacco is known to worsen symptoms of periodontitis and reduce responsiveness to treatment. Using high-resolution ...

Women’s reproductive health is impacted significantly with their busy lifestyles. A few bad habits can discreetly influence ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why smoking makes Crohn’s disease worse but seems to protect people from ulcerative colitis. Now, researchers at RIKEN have discovered that smoking creates ...

RIKEN scientists uncover how tobacco smoke alters gut bacteria, revealing potential new treatments for some types of ...

Diagram showing the mechanism discovered in the study. Inflammation of the intestines in ulcerative colitis results from an excessive helper Th2 immune response. Smoking leads to aromatic compounds ...

In Crohn's patients, however, inflammation is caused by the Th1 cells themselves, so having more of them activated in the gut made symptoms worse. Of course, the researchers do not advocate smoking as ...

New research is shedding light on surprising ways to reduce chronic inflammation—including suggestions as simple as flossing ...

Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered why smoking tobacco helps people suffering from ulcerative colitis, a chronic ...

Inflammatory bowel disease comes in two main varieties, Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Although both cause chronic abdominal pain, diarrhea, fatigue and weight loss, their causes and the ...