News tagged with vascular system
Study clarifies link between salt and hypertension
A review article by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) debunks the widely-believed concept that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the result of excess salt causing an increased blood volume, ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Football could contribute to strokes in adolescents
Young football players may be at higher risk for stroke, according to a new study released in Journal of Child Neurology (JCN).
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Fast new method for mapping blood vessels may aid cancer research
Like normal tissue, tumors thrive on nutrients carried to them by the blood stream. The rapid growth of new blood vessels is a hallmark of cancer, and studies have shown that preventing blood vessel growth ...
Oct 31, 2011 |
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Blood vessel mapping reveals four new 'ZIP codes'
A research team led by scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered four new "ZIP codes" in their quest to map the vast blood vessel network of the human body.
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Could hypertension drugs help people with Alzheimer's?
Within the next 20 years it is expected the number of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) will double from its current figure of half a million to one million. A new study has looked at whether certain types of drugs used ...
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Promising new approach to treating debilitating nervous system disease
A groundbreaking study in the journal Nature Medicine suggests what could become the first effective treatment for a debilitating and fatal disease of the central nervous system called SCA1.
Oct 16, 2011 |
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Systemic inflammation, age, cardiac risk linked
(Medical Xpress) -- Systemic inflammation, the immune system's defense against disease or injury that can contribute to problems like cancer and diabetes over time, increases with age in people with heart-disease symptoms, ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Oct 07, 2011 |
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Pressurized vascular systems for self-healing materials
Artificial microvascular systems for self-repair of materials damage, such as cracks in a coating applied to a building or bridge, have relied on capillary force for transport of the healing agents. Now, researchers at the ...
Sep 29, 2011 |
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Engineers use short ultrasound pulses to reach neurons through blood-brain barrier
Columbia Engineering researchers have developed a new technique to reach neurons through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and deliver drugs safely and noninvasively. Up until now, scientists have thought that long ultrasound ...
Sep 19, 2011 |
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Blood vessels from your printer
Researchers have been working at growing tissue and organs in the laboratory for a long time. These days, tissue engineering enables us to build up artificial tissue, although science still hasn't been successful ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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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.
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Research reveals clues to the formation of hearts, intestines and other key organs
How do the intestines in tiny birds or large mammals form intricate looping patterns? How do hearts and vascular systems form? Why do some large dog breeds succumb to gastric torsion while others don't? Newly released research ...
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Tumor cells go against the flow
Cancer's uncontrolled spread throughout the body is what makes the disease so deadly. To shed some light on the spreading process, mechanical engineers at MIT have developed a microfluidic model to better ...
Jul 22, 2011 |
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ASU bioengineers will expand work to solve cardiovascular health challenges
Biomedical research at Arizona State University will be boosted with support from the American Heart Association for the work of three bioengineers.
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Jun 28, 2011 |
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University of Louisville surgeons perform first prosthetic bypass graft with patient's stem cells at point-of-care
The first three patients to undergo an investigational surgical procedure for peripheral vascular disease that involves the patient's own stem cells continue to do well, reports the University of Louisville surgeon who is ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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