Skin repair reduces ‘inflamm-aging’ factors linked to chronic disease

Saturday, March 30, 2019 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

Skin is the body’s largest organ, and scientists at UCSF and the San Francisco Veterans Administration (VA) Health Care System think it may be to blame for body-wide inflammation linked to numerous chronic diseases of aging. The good news is that properly caring for the skin with a moisturizing cream may lower inflammation levels and potentially reduce […]

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