News tagged with autonomic dysfunction

Study evaluates use of corticosteroids and antiviral agents for treatment of Bell Palsy

Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of corticosteroids and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

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Finding ET may require giant robotic leap

(Phys.org) -- Autonomous, self-replicating robots -- exobots -- are the way to explore the universe, find and identify extraterrestrial life and perhaps clean up space debris in the process, according to a Penn State engineer, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Brain basis for crime?

Adrian Raine, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor in the Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry and Psychology, presented a collection of his work on neurocriminology that broadly attempts to connect criminal, psychopathic ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Scientists identify new mechanism regulating daily biological rhythms

Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified for the first time a novel mechanism that regulates circadian rhythm, the master clock that controls the body's natural 24-hour physiological ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spinal muscular atrophy may also affect the heart

Along with skeletal muscles, it may be important to monitor heart function in patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). These are the findings from a study conducted by Nationwide Children's Hospital and published online ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Heart beat may provide clues to kidney health

Individuals with a high resting heart rate and a low beat-to-beat heart rate variability have an increased risk of developing kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American So ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Obesity associated with increased risk of fibromyalgia

Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology have found an association between the level of leisure time physical exercise and a future risk of developing fibromyalgia. The research team also identified ...

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Novel Parkinson's treatment strategy involves cell transplantation

UCSF scientists have used a novel cell-based strategy to treat motor symptoms in rats with a disease designed to mimic Parkinson's disease.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Immune responses to mitochondria help explain body's inflammatory response to injury

Inflammation is at the root of most serious complications occurring after both infection and injury. But while the molecular course of events that leads from microbial infections to the inflammatory condition called sepsis ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study finds reduced brain gray matter concentration in patients with severe obstructive sleep apnea

A study in the Feb. 1 issue of the journal SLEEP found gray matter concentration deficits in multiple brain areas of people with severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The study suggests that the memory impairment, cardio ...

Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Genetically-modified mice reveal another mechanism contributing to heart failure

Scientists at the Robarts Research Institute at The University of Western Ontario, working in collaboration with researchers in Brazil, have used a unique genetically-modified mouse line to reveal a previously unidentified ...

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