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Broken heart syndrome arms against epinephrine high

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, or “broken heart syndrome,” may actually protect the heart from very high levels of epinephrine, suggest results from an animal study.

10 Jul 2012

Alcohol has toxic effect on critical care services

Alcohol may account for more than one in 10 emergency department admissions, a study from the UK suggests.

10 Jul 2012

Shear forces cause vessel identity crisis

Lymphatic vessels exposed to fast-flowing blood take on characteristics associated with blood vessels, report researchers.

10 Jul 2012

Bankers Life and Casualty introduces new life and health insurance product

Bankers Life and Casualty Company today announced a new addition to its portfolio of life and health insurance products, Critical Benefit.

10 Jul 2012

Researchers investigate whether PTSD is a brain disorder

Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) are investigating whether post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a brain disorder that can affect multiple parts of the body and cause lifelong illnesses.

10 Jul 2012

Overproduction of hepcidin appears to impair maternal-fetal iron transfer

A growing number of studies imply that children born to obese mothers face health problems stemming from the womb.

10 Jul 2012

Protein interactions outside breast cancer cells can permanently stop proliferation

Protein interactions outside breast cancer cells can send signals to the cancer cells to permanently stop proliferating, a new study showed in the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio.

10 Jul 2012

Scientists can identify distinctive patterns of chemicals in the urine of children with autism

On her laptop computer one recent afternoon, University at Buffalo researcher Charmion Cruickshank calls up a mass spectrometry readout showing the breakdown of chemicals in the urine of a child with autism.

10 Jul 2012

Adiponectin reduces depression-like symptoms in mice

A hormone with anti-diabetic properties also reduces depression-like symptoms in mice, researchers from the School of Medicine at the UT Health Science Center San Antonio reported today.

10 Jul 2012

Whooping cough alert sounded again

GPs have again been urged to report cases of whooping cough to the Health Protection Agency and step up vaccination efforts, as the number of confirmed cases continues to rise.

9 Jul 2012

Critical care needs high in childhood stroke

Children with stroke frequently require admission to the intensive care unit, show findings from a population-based study.

9 Jul 2012

Positive data from Tonix's sublingual TNX-102 PK study for fibromyalgia

Tonix Pharmaceuticals Holding Corp., a specialty pharmaceutical company developing non-addictive treatments for chronic pain syndromes, including fibromyalgia, reported positive data from an animal pharmacokinetic study of its novel sublingual formulation of TNX-102, the Company's very low dose cyclobenzaprine.

9 Jul 2012

Acusphere completes MAA dossier for Imagify to detect CAD

Acusphere, Inc. today announced that it had completed the Marketing Authorisation Application dossier for its lead product candidate, Imagify (Perflubutane Polymer Microspheres) for Injectable Suspension, and is now starting the process of filing the MAA dossier with the European Medicines Agency to support the regulatory review of Imagify in the European Union.

9 Jul 2012

KannaLife enters exclusive license with NIH-OTT for patent regarding cannabinoids

KannaLife Sciences, Inc. Signs Exclusive License Agreement With National Institutes of Health – Office of Technology Transfer for the Commercialization of U.S. Patent 6,630,507, "Cannabinoids as Antioxidants and Neuroprotectants".

9 Jul 2012

Conference highlights utility of zebrafish for human disorder studies

Zebrafish, popular as aquarium fish, now have an important place in research labs as a model organism for studying human diseases.

8 Jul 2012

Comparative study on meditation

New to meditation and already thinking about quitting? You may have simply chosen the wrong method. A new study published online July 7 in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing highlights the importance of ensuring that new meditators select methods with which they are most comfortable, rather than those that are most popular.

8 Jul 2012

Dynorphin plays an important role in weakening anxiety

Feelings of anxiety very effectively prevent people from getting into situations that are too dangerous. Those who have had a terrible experience initially tend to avoid the place of tragedy out of fear. If no other oppressive situation arises, normally the symptoms of fear gradually subside.

7 Jul 2012

SAGE sponsors symposium on cardiovascular disease prevention

European experts in cardiovascular medicine will today gather at a two day symposium to address the national agenda on cardiovascular disease prevention, held at Imperial College London and sponsored by leading independent academic and professional publisher SAGE.

7 Jul 2012

Study reveals connection among sugar, cancer, and dependence on breathing machines

A new research report published online in the FASEB Journal reveals a connection among sugar, cancer, and dependence on breathing machines--microRNA-320a.

7 Jul 2012

DTU develops new computer model for AAA rupture risk evaluation

A new computer model is expected to assist the medical doctors in saving patients with this potential life threatening condition. Assistant Professor Marie Sand Enevoldsen at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has developed a prototype computer model for AAA rupture risk evaluation.

6 Jul 2012