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Increase in resting heart rate over 10-year period linked with increased risk of heart disease death

In a study that enrolled nearly 30,000 apparently healthy men and women, those who had an increase in their resting heart rate over a 10-year period had an increased risk of death from all causes and from ischemic heart disease, ...

Medicine & Health / Cardiology

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The mystery of chronic fatigue syndrome

For more than 100 years, medical literature has contained reports of a debilitating illness that causes prolonged fatigue, memory loss, headaches, cognitive problems and issues with digestion and sleep. Teddy Roosevelt, John ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers can predict accurately the outcome of pregnancies threatening to miscarry

Dr Kaltum Adam, an honorary clinical research fellow at St Mary's Hospital in Manchester (UK), told the annual meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology that around 20 percent of all pregnancies ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What's down with the Sun? Major drop in solar activity predicted

(PhysOrg.com) -- A missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles say that our Sun is heading for a rest period even as it is acting up for the first time in years, according to scientists ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (28) | comments 114 | with audio podcast

Bed rest recommendations for moms-to-be not always best

For moms-to-be facing complicated pregnancies, a prescription to get some rest might be just what the doctor ordered—but it might not be the healthiest practice for pregnant women and their babies.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

CWRU nurse researcher finds prescribed bed rest has down side for pregnant women

Despite lack of evidence about bed rest's effectiveness, doctors annually prescribe it for roughly 1 million pregnant women to delay preterm births.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Low Back Pain Is No Reason to Stay in Bed

For much of the 20th century, “rest”— which generally meant a few days to a week in bed — was the standard prescription for acute low-back pain. In recent decades, however, doctors started counseling patients to stay as active ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

UW-Madison Researchers Find New Subtype of Breast Cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- An alteration in a gene not normally associated with breast cancer has been found in up to 20 percent of breast cancer tumors and may help predict which breast cancers are more likely to turn aggressive and ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify protein that enhances long-term memory by controlling rest intervals

As most good students realize, repeated studying produces good memory. Those who study a lot realize, further, that what they learn tends to be preserved longer in memory if they space out learning sessions between rest intervals. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mild exercise while in the ICU reduces bad effects of prolonged bed rest

Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients using any one of a trio of mild physical therapy exercises ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Let me sleep on it: Creative problem solving enhanced by REM sleep

Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?

Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Resting heart rate can predict heart attacks in women

A simple measurement of resting pulse predicts coronary events in women independently of physical activity and common risk factors, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, finds a study published on bmj.com today.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy

Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0