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A simple way for older adults to assess arterial stiffness: reach for the toes
Oct 06, 2009 |
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How far you can reach beyond your toes from a sitting position - normally used to define the flexibility of a person's body - may be an indicator of how stiff your arteries are.
Adult bone marrow stem cells injected into skeletal muscle can repair heart tissue
May 28, 2009 |
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University at Buffalo researchers have demonstrated for the first time that injecting adult bone marrow stem cells into skeletal muscle can repair cardiac tissue, reversing heart failure.
Inflammation may be common thread behind nervous and heart rhythm problems in cirrhosis
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Liver cirrhosis is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, taking 25,000 lives per year. It is often the result of alcohol over-consumption or exposure to hepatitis C, either of which can damage the liver ...
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Group: Stop using pigs in medical schools
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Jan 29, 2008 |
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An animal rights group has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture calling on U.S. colleges to stop killing pigs for educational purposes.
Beetroot juice boosts stamina, new study shows
Aug 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking beetroot juice boosts your stamina and could help you exercise for up to 16% longer. A University of Exeter led-study, published today, shows for the first time how the nitrate contained ...
Norwegian scientists study hypothermia
Jul 18, 2006 |
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Norwegian scientists may have ruled out insufficient oxygen supply to the heart as a critical variable in whether a mammal's heart survives hypothermia.
Brief, intense exercise benefits the heart
Jun 04, 2008 |
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Short bursts of high intensity sprints -- known to benefit muscle and improve exercise performance—can improve the function and structure of blood vessels, in particular arteries that deliver blood to our muscles and heart, ...
Study shows why women cope better than men
Feb 27, 2006 |
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University of Chicago scientists say female rats handle stress better than males, which suggests why women better survive social isolation than men.
Exercise minimizes weight regain by reducing appetite and burning fat first, carbs later
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Exercise helps prevent weight regain after dieting by reducing appetite and by burning fat before burning carbohydrates, according to a new study with rats. Burning fat first and storing carbohydrates for use later in the ...
Controlling a sea of information
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Mar 17, 2008 |
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Curators at one of the world’s most widely used biological databases, The Arabidopsis Information Resource, or TAIR, have joined forces with the journal Plant Physiology, to solve the “flood of information” dilemma. It is ...
Psych stress can worsen skin disorders
Dec 11, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists have found inhibiting glucocorticoid, a type of steroid, can prevent skin abnormalities induced by psychological stress.
Probiotic found to be effective treatment for colitis in mice
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The probiotic, Bacillus polyfermenticus, can help mice recover from colitis, a new study has found. Mice treated with B. polyfermenticus during the non-inflammatory period of the disease had reduced rectal bleeding, their tissues ...
Hypertension develops early, silently, in African-American men
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Young and healthy African-American men have higher central blood pressure and their blood vessels are stiffer compared to their white counterparts, signs that the African American men are developing hypertension early and ...
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