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Cellular Source of Most Common Type of Abnormal Heart Beat Found

Cellular Source of Most Common Type of Abnormal Heart Beat Found

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- While studying how the heart is formed, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine serendipitously found a novel cellular source of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most ...


Weight training boosts breast cancer survivors' body image and intimate relationship satisfaction

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In addition to building muscle, weightlifting is also a prescription for self-esteem among breast cancer survivors, according to new University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine research. Breast cancer survivors who lift ...


Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical ...


Study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses

Study provides first clear idea of how rare bone disease progresses

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, is taking the first step in developing a treatment for a rare genetic disorder called fibrodysplasia ...


Antioxidant found in vegetables has implications for treating cystic fibrosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the ...


Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve

Nanoparticles for gene therapy improve

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- About five years ago, Professor Janet Sawicki at the Lankenau Institute in Pennsylvania read an article about nanoparticles developed by MIT's Robert Langer for gene therapy, the insertion ...


Postmenopausal women with higher testosterone levels

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Postmenopausal women who have higher testosterone levels may be at greater risk of heart disease, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome compared to women with lower testosterone levels, according to a new study accepted ...


Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine (AP)

Health care dispute: Costs of defensive medicine

Medicine & Health / Health

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

(AP) -- Dr. James Wang says he tries to tell his patients when extra medical procedures aren't necessary. If they insist, though, he will do it - not so much to protect their health as his own practice.


Scientists discover genetic pattern that indicates early-stage lung cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wistar Institute researchers and collaborators from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University have identified immune system markers in the blood which indicate early-stage lung tumors in people at high risk for ...


Study of testosterone in older men

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center announced today that it will participate in a large national study of the effectiveness of testosterone as a treatment for anemia, cardiovascular disease, ...



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