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Healing touch, music, relaxation a plus for heart surgery patients

According to a newly released study people who learned about relaxed breathing and received soothing touch and music before heart surgery were more likely to be alive 6 months after the procedure.

19 Jul 2005

Smokers believe light or herbal cigarettes are less harmful

Nearly one-fourth of cigarette smokers believe that so-called reduced-exposure tobacco products - such as "light," herbal or reduced nicotine cigarettes - are less harmful to their health than conventional cigarettes, a new study finds. However, such beliefs are not backed up by existing evidence, according to the study's authors.

19 Jul 2005

Researchers have identified a protein that is crucially involved in how our memories are stored and processed

University of Queensland researchers have identified a protein that is crucially involved in how our memories are stored and processed, paving the way for new strategies to treat conditions certain mental disorders.

18 Jul 2005

Startling discovery about the properties of human bone

The scientists describe their results - finding a sort of "glue" in human bone - in the cover story of the August issue of the international scientific journal, Nature Materials. The article was published on-line on July 17. It describes how healthy bone resists fracture and how unhealthy bone fractures at the molecular level.

18 Jul 2005

New treatment option for bad breath

More than 90 million Americans can sigh comfortably because of new relief for their bad breath. Dental experts today revealed research highlighting a new treatment option that can eliminate halitosis or chronic bad breath at the Academy of General Dentistry's (AGD) 53rd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

18 Jul 2005

Nebivolol may help control high blood pressure

According to research presented at ISHIB2005, nebivolol was shown to be statistically significantly better than placebo in reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African-American hypertensive patients in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

18 Jul 2005

Females showed less of an increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) than their male counterparts after exercise

Young girls (aged 16-8 years) may have a secret to healthy hearts according to a new study presented at ISHIB2005. Before and after participating in stress-producing activities, male and female teenagers were measured for blood pressure levels. Females showed less of an increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) than their male counterparts.

18 Jul 2005

Chemical sealant - poloxamer 188 can repair damage to cardiac muscle cell membrane

A common chemical used in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries can repair damage to cardiac muscle cell membranes and prevent heart failure in mice with the genetic mutation that causes Duchenne muscular dystrophy, according to scientists at the University of Michigan Medical School.

18 Jul 2005

New molecular insights may one day lead to opportunities to stave off old age

Delving deep into the molecular subtleties of a strain of mice engineered to age rapidly, scientists have found that an accumulation of genetic mutations prompts a cascade of programmed cell death that seems to underpin the aging process.

18 Jul 2005

X-ray crystallography images show how a protein called alpha-actinin performs molecular ballet

As a cell moves forward, physical stress on its skeleton triggers molecular fingers and arms to grasp each other in reinforcing links that stabilize the skeleton, according to images produced by investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

12 Jul 2005

Obese men may not process carbohydrates as efficiently as obese women

Obese men may not process carbohydrates as efficiently as obese women, a condition that can, ultimately, lead to a decrease in fitness level and the development of metabolic disorders.

12 Jul 2005

Size of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) in the brain may be associated with the ability to recover emotionally from traumatic events

A new study by researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) finds that an area called the ventromedial prefrontal cortex is thicker in volunteers who appear better able to modify their anxious response to memories of discomfort. The report will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

11 Jul 2005

Obese men may not process carbohydrates as efficiently as obese women

A new study published in the July issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), showed that severely obese men were more carbohydrate intolerant and had less physical endurance than severely obese women, leading researchers to believe that gender plays a strong role in physical fitness and a person's ability to metabolize carbohydrates.

11 Jul 2005

New approach to preventing or reversing heart failure

Duke University Medical Center researchers have identified a new protein that plays a critical role in enabling the heart to respond to such external stimuli as exercise or stress, as well as in the progressive loss of heart function that is heart failure, the researchers said.

11 Jul 2005

Stress on arthritic knees significantly eased by small weight loss

A new study says that overweight people suffering from arthritis in the knees, could diminish the stress the knees take with every step, by just losing one pound.

11 Jul 2005

Antidepressants will cheer you up and stop a repeat heart attack

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, depression and heart disease have long been associated, and one can often lead to the other.

6 Jul 2005

Substantial public health impacts of 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) made public the findings of Phase I of their investigation of the public health impacts on Kuwaiti Nationals of Iraq's 1990 invasion and seven-month occupation of Kuwait.

6 Jul 2005

Study is the first to show that there are mechanisms in place for the immune system to identify cancer cells

A study undertaken by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that damage to a cell's DNA sets off a chain reaction that leads to the increased expression of a marker recognized by the body's immune system.

6 Jul 2005

Cancer cells may be able to avoid destruction by anti-vascular and anti-angiogenesis agents

Cancer cells may be able to avoid destruction by anti-vascular and anti-angiogenesis agents through a cellular stress response that activates a pro-survival protein called GRP78, according to researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.

6 Jul 2005

Disruption of a single gene, Nrf2, plays a critical role in determining the susceptibility to asthma

A research team led by Shyam Biswal , PhD, at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found the absence of Nrf2 exacerbated allergen-mediated asthma in mice models.

5 Jul 2005

Stress News and Research

Healing touch, music, relaxation a plus for heart surgery patients

Smokers believe light or herbal cigarettes are less harmful

Researchers have identified a protein that is crucially involved in how our memories are stored and processed

Startling discovery about the properties of human bone

New treatment option for bad breath

Nebivolol may help control high blood pressure

Females showed less of an increase in systolic blood pressure (SBP) than their male counterparts after exercise

Chemical sealant - poloxamer 188 can repair damage to cardiac muscle cell membrane

New molecular insights may one day lead to opportunities to stave off old age

X-ray crystallography images show how a protein called alpha-actinin performs molecular ballet

Obese men may not process carbohydrates as efficiently as obese women

Size of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) in the brain may be associated with the ability to recover emotionally from traumatic events

Obese men may not process carbohydrates as efficiently as obese women

New approach to preventing or reversing heart failure

Stress on arthritic knees significantly eased by small weight loss

Antidepressants will cheer you up and stop a repeat heart attack

Substantial public health impacts of 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait

Study is the first to show that there are mechanisms in place for the immune system to identify cancer cells

Cancer cells may be able to avoid destruction by anti-vascular and anti-angiogenesis agents

Disruption of a single gene, Nrf2, plays a critical role in determining the susceptibility to asthma

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