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Research model may one day 'inoculate' elderly against slip-related falls
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Training people to avoid falls by repeatedly exposing them to unstable situations in the laboratory helped them to later maintain their balance on a slippery floor, according to new research from the Journal of Neurophysiology.
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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 ...
'Antedrugs': A safer approach to drug therapy
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as asthma and other chronic diseases which has made them among the most widely prescribed drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory drugs offer swift ...
Mental fatigue can affect physical endurance
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested, a new study finds.
Differences among exercisers and nonexercisers during pregnancy
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Apr 17, 2009 |
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No one doubts that mothers - especially pregnant mothers - are among the busiest people on earth. And while the benefits of exercise for these women and their developing fetuses are widely known, many expectant mothers do ...
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.
Inhaling a heart attack: How air pollution can cause heart disease
Mar 23, 2009 |
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We are used to thinking of heart disease as a product of genetic factors or lifestyle choices, such as what we eat and how much we exercise. There is another road to heart disease: breathing.
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 ...
Low lead levels in children can affect cardiovascular responses to stress
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Apr 17, 2009 |
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Even low levels of lead found in the blood during early childhood can adversely affect how the child's cardiovascular system responds to stress and could possibly lead to hypertension later in life, according to a study from ...
The buzz on fruit flies: New role in the search for addiction treatments
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Fruit flies may seem like unlikely heroes in the battle against drug abuse, but new research suggests that these insects — already used to study dozens of human disease — could claim that role. Scientists ...
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.
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