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New insights on heart's 'fight or flight' response to stress

Even for those without a heart condition, it's a peculiar feeling when your heart "races" in response to stress. That pacing change happens in part because of how the enzyme calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein ...

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created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Free radicals maybe good for you

Fear of free radicals may be exaggerated, according to scientists from Karolinska Institutet. A new study, published in The Journal of Physiology, shows that free radicals act as signal substances that cause the heart to ...

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created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small details between 'in vivo' and 'in vitro' studies make for big differences

Small details between "in vivo" and "in vitro" studies make for big differences in understanding diabetes and other secretory dysfunctions

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Molecule involved in heart failure now implicated in heart attack damage

A molecule known to be involved in progressive heart failure has now been shown to also lead to permanent damage after a heart attack, according to researchers at Thomas Jefferson University.

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created Sep 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein must exist in specific brain cells to prevent diet-induced obesity

A protein found in cells throughout the body must be present in a specific set of neurons in the brain to prevent weight gain after chronic feeding on high-calorie meals, new findings from UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...

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created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Estrogen may reduce airway constriction in women patients with asthma

Female sex hormones may work with beta-agonists in reducing airway constriction, according to new bench research from the Mayo Clinic.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Team finds promising new drug target for Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified a potential drug target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a receptor that is embedded in the membrane of neurons and other cells.

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created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Research uncovers how antidepressants actually work

(PhysOrg.com) -- Australian researchers at UQ's Queensland Brain Institute have uncovered how antidepressants stimulate the brain to improve a person's mood.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (22) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Research on rarely studied cell-receptor regions opens door to eliminating drugs' side effects

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken an early step toward identifying a new approach to drug discovery that may eventually yield drugs with fewer side effects.

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Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers

In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful, effect on the heart, depending on their molecular activity.

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created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New information about how fat increases blood pressure could help identify those at risk

Some of the first information about how fat causes hypertension have been identified by researchers who say the findings should one day help identify which obese people - and maybe some thin ones too - are ...

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