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Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Study simulated car crashes involving pregnant women

Medicine & Health / Health

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Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims ...


Fruit Fly

Latest epidemic? High cholesterol, obesity in fruit flies

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created 9 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How do fruit flies get high cholesterol and become obese? The same way as people do - by eating a diet that's too rich in fats.


Why a short run is better than a long walk

Why a short run is better than a long walk

Medicine & Health / Research

created 11 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using the latest technology, researchers are uncovering evidence of exactly how major a role activity plays in the battle to keep obesity at bay. In new report published in the British Me ...


High urea levels in chronic kidney failure might be toxic after all

Medicine & Health / Research

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It is thought that the elevated levels of urea (the byproduct of protein breakdown that is excreted in the urine) in patients with end-stage kidney failure are not particularly toxic.


Dessert on your mind? Your muscles may be getting the message

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Even the anticipation of sweets may cause our muscles to start taking up more blood sugar, say researchers reporting in the December issue of Cell Metabolism. That message is delivered via neurons in the brain's hypothalamus contai ...


Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...


Severe asymptomatic heart disease may accompany narrowing in leg arteries

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Results of a randomized, controlled clinical trial presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) reveal that one in five patients with narrowing or blockage in arteries that supply ...


Investigators identify successful weight control strategies for adolescents

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescent obesity is a major public health problem that impacts one out of every three children, resulting in 4-5 million overweight youth in the United States. In a study published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of ...



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