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(PhysOrg.com) -- With the ACC tourney gearing up and March Madness getting in full swing, basketball fans are topping decibel charts with their verbal support for their favorite college team. http://www.physorg.com/news156101749.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:36:46 EST news156101749 Men with a common genetic variant produce more than twice as much of a hormone known to increase blood pressure and blood sugar when they are angry, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news155572711.html Medicine & Health Fri, 06 Mar 2009 14:39:18 EST news155572711 (PhysOrg.com) -- The combination of stress and obesity may significantly influence the development of type 2 diabetes among African-American women, with stress having a potentially greater role, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news155493632.html Medicine & Health Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:41:25 EST news155493632 An immune system response that is critical to the first stages of fighting off viruses and harmful bacteria comes from an entirely different direction than most scientists had thought, according to a finding by researchers at the Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news155137707.html Medicine & Health Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:48:55 EST news155137707 (PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have for the first time isolated an important antibody in human serum that could potentially play a key role in the design of an AIDS vaccine. The research appears as a highlighted feature online in the Journal of Virology. http://www.physorg.com/news154627006.html Medicine & Health Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:01:14 EST news154627006 A strain of laboratory mice that has "superhealing" powers has been found to resist inflammation after a knee injury, and also to avoid developing arthritis at the injury site in the long term, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Their findings illuminate the mechanisms of post-traumatic arthritis and could point to therapies for this condition, which commonly afflicts younger people who lose productivity during their prime working years. http://www.physorg.com/news154538614.html Medicine & Health Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:24:25 EST news154538614 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) discovered a cause of airway irritation and wheezing after exposure to ozone, a common urban air pollutant. http://www.physorg.com/news152899554.html Chemistry Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:06:28 EST news152899554 The study, involving researchers from Duke University Medical Center and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is one of the largest randomized trials to date to look at the link between the two conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news152455207.html Medicine & Health Thu, 29 Jan 2009 12:40:44 EST news152455207 (PhysOrg.com) -- An investigational drug that stimulates the body to produce more growth hormone improves lean muscle mass and physical function in older adults, potentially helping to combat frailty, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, the University of Washington School of Medicine, and 10 other study centers. http://www.physorg.com/news152295853.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:24:45 EST news152295853 States that dropped regulations overseeing the performance of two common heart procedures showed no increase in death rates, according to researchers at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Rice University and Duke University Medical Center. The findings are available online in the journal Health Services Research. http://www.physorg.com/news152279091.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:45:18 EST news152279091 A genetic variation involving the brain chemical serotonin has been found to shape the social behavior of rhesus macaque monkeys, which could provide researchers with a new model for studying autism, social anxiety and schizophrenia. Humans and macaques are the only members of the primate family to have this particular genetic trait. http://www.physorg.com/news151141265.html Medicine & Health Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:41:05 EST news151141265 A protein that was first identified for playing a key role in regulating normal heart rhythms also appears to be significant in helping muscle cells survive the forces of muscle contraction. The clue was a laboratory mouse that seemed to have a form of muscular dystrophy. http://www.physorg.com/news151072585.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:36:25 EST news151072585 Just seeing someone smoke can trigger smokers to abandon their nascent efforts to kick the habit, according to new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center. http://www.physorg.com/news150397760.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:09:20 EST news150397760 In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood sugar control, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. http://www.physorg.com/news150397364.html Medicine & Health Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:02:44 EST news150397364