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
Sep 01, 2009 |
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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
Apr 18, 2012 |
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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
Feb 28, 2011 |
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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 ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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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 ...
Aug 11, 2010 |
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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 ...
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Jul 08, 2010 |
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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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Apr 29, 2010 |
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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
Mar 25, 2010 |
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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
Mar 03, 2010 |
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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
Feb 01, 2010 |
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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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Feb 01, 2010 |
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