News tagged with catecholamines

New generation asthma drug could improve metabolism

Formoterol, a new generation asthma medication, shows great promise for improving fat and protein metabolism, say Australian researchers, who have tested this effect in a small sample of men.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Simple drug treatment may prevent nicotine-induced SIDS

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has identified a specific class of pharmaceutical drugs that could be effective in treating babies vulnerable to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), because their mothers smoked ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1




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New method to manage stress responses for more successful tumor removal

The week before and two weeks after surgery are a critical period for the long-term survival rate of cancer patients. Physiological and psychological stresses caused by the surgery itself can inhibit the body's immune responses, ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immunity against the cold: Ability of brown fat to burn calories linked to immune cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Throughout the interior spaces of humans and other warm-blooded creatures is a special type of tissue known as brown fat, which may hold the secret to diets and weight-loss programs of the future.

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created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers to publish paper in Molecular Cancer journal

(Medical Xpress) -- Erxi Wu, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, and Fengfei Wang, research associate in pharmaceutical sciences, co-wrote the article, "β2-adrenoceptor blockage induces G1/S phase arrest ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Neurons grown from skin cells may hold clues to autism

Potential clues to how autism miswires the brain are emerging from a study of a rare, purely genetic form of the disorders that affects fewer than 20 people worldwide. Using cutting-edge "disease-in a-dish" ...

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created Nov 27, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Blood pressure drugs may lengthen lives of melanoma patients

Beta-blocker drugs, commonly used to treat high blood pressure, may also play a major role in slowing the progression of certain serious cancers, based on a new study.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Withdrawal of CPAP therapy results in rapid recurrence of OSA

The benefits of continuous positive airway pressure machines (CPAP) for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are quickly reversed when the therapy is withdrawn, according to Swiss research.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ESC calls for renaming of term cardiac hypertrophy

Sophia Antipolis, France: 27 June 2011: The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Working Group on Myocardial Function is calling for a redefinition of the term cardiac hypertrophy which is currently used to describe changes ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ghrelin likely involved in why we choose 'comfort foods' when stressed

We are one step closer to deciphering why some stressed people indulge in chocolate, mashed potatoes, ice cream and other high-calorie, high-fat comfort foods.

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created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Neurons play role in controlling innate immunity in presence of pathogens

There is finally definitive proof in a preclinical study published in Science on April 7 about which sensory neurons control innate (inborn and immediate) immunity in a pathogen’s presence.

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created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Reducing recurrent cardiac events by reducing stress

Following the results of a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine showing that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) produces a 41% reduction in fatal and non-fatal first recurrent CVD events, the European Societ ...

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