News tagged with stiffness
Smoking gun: just one cigarette has harmful effect on the arteries of young healthy adults
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Even one cigarette has serious adverse effects on young adults, according to research presented by Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the ...
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.
Laser processes promise better artificial joints, arterial stents
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Researchers are developing technologies that use lasers to create arterial stents and longer-lasting medical implants that could be manufactured 10 times faster and also less expensively than is now possible.
From nerve roots to plant roots -- research on hereditary spastic paraplegia yields surprises
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Sprouting. Branching. Pruning. Neuroscientists have borrowed heavily from botanists to describe the way that neurons grow, but analogies between the growth of neurons and plants may be more than superficial. A new study from ...
Scientists closer to making implantable bone material
Jul 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research published today in the journal Nature Materials.
Self-healing concrete for safer, more durable infrastructure (w/Video)
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A concrete material developed at the University of Michigan can heal itself when it cracks. No human intervention is necessary--just water and carbon dioxide.
Facemasks help prevent adverse cardiovascular effects caused by pollution
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Diesel exhaust causes arteries to lose their flexibility. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that exposure to engine pollution resulted in arterial stiffness in a g ...
Even mild sleep apnea increases cardiovascular risk
Oct 24, 2008 |
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People with even minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of impaired endothelial function and increased arterial stiffness, according to a study from ...
