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Relaxation response can influence expression of stress-related genes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 02, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by ...





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Relaxation training may improve control of hard-to-treat systolic hypertension

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Adding the relaxation response, a stress-management approach, to other lifestyle interventions may significantly improve treatment of the type of hypertension most common in the elderly. Among participants in a study conducted ...


NPs-NPR-B/pGC-cGMP signal pathway is involved in diabetic gastroparesis

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The natriuretic peptide (NP) receptor type B (NPR-B) gene was expressed in gastric smooth muscles of normal and diabetic rats and the expression was increased in diabetic rats. These results suggest that natriuretic peptide-dependent ...


Male impotence drugs may deserve a second look in women

Male impotence drugs may deserve a second look in women

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New studies indicate the three drugs used to treat male impotence also appear to work in females, albeit a little differently, and should give the scientific community pause to take a second look at their ...


SEMATECH Reports New Approach to Simulate Transistor Noise

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from SEMATECH's Front End Processes (FEP) program have developed a comprehensive transistor noise model capable of extracting defect characteristics from low frequency noise data in advanced gate stack transistors ...


Advance growing animal penile erectile tissue in lab may benefit patients

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created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In an advance that could one day enable surgeons to reconstruct and restore function to damaged or diseased penile tissue in humans, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center's Institute for Regenerative ...


BRIT1 allows DNA repair teams access to damaged sites

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Like a mechanic popping the hood of a car to get at a faulty engine, a tumor-suppressing protein allows cellular repair mechanisms to pounce on damaged DNA by overcoming a barrier to DNA access.


Tai Chi exercises improve type 2 diabetes control

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created Apr 01, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Tai Chi exercises can improve the control of type 2 diabetes, suggests a small study, published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.


Social stress + darkness = increased anxiety

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 23, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Just in time for Halloween, researchers are releasing new data that show darkness increases the impact of social stress, in an article scheduled for publication in the November 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry. As ch ...


Joyful music may promote heart health

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created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 4

Listening to your favorite music may be good for your cardiovascular system. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore have shown for the first time that the emotions aroused by joyful music ...


Walking, talking and memory

Walking, talking and memory

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- How easy is it to walk, talk and remember what was said? Dr Dee Way studied how actors learn a script and whether walking affects their memory performance.



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