News tagged with cardiovascular collapse

Septic shock: Nitric oxide beneficial after all

Scientists at VIB and Ghent University in Flanders, Belgium have found an unexpected ally for the treatment of septic shock, the major cause of death in intensive care units. By inducing the release of nitric oxide (NO) gas ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Finding of genetic region controlling cardiovascular sensitivity to anesthetic propofol

Researchers at The Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee have identified the genetic region in rats responsible for cardiovascular collapse during anesthesia. While it is well known that people have different cardiovascular ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Star Trek-like technology offers noninvasive monitor for patients and athletes

How long will it take to develop Star Trek-like medical technologies? The gap between science fiction and reality is closing faster than many people may think.

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created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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SDSC's Trestles provides rapid turnaround and enhanced performance for diverse researchers

Trestles, a supercomputer launched earlier this year by the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, is proving itself as a valuable resource for researchers across a wide range of ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some populations of Fraser River salmon more likely to survive climate change: study

Populations of Fraser River sockeye salmon are so fine-tuned to their environment that any further environmental changes caused by climate change could lead to the disappearance of some populations, while others may be less ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Implantable device for sleep apnea studied

For millions of Americans, trying to get a restful night’s sleep is more like a nightmare.

Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Life expectancy rising in UK and Europe despite obesity epidemic

Life expectancy in Europe keeps increasing despite the obesity epidemic, with people in Britain reaching an older age than those living in the US, according to an analysis of trends over the last 40 years.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nanoparticles increase survival after blood loss

In an advance that could improve battlefield and trauma care, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have used tiny particles called nanoparticles to improve survival after life-threatening ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A new order for CPR, spelled C-A-B

The American Heart Association is re-arranging the ABCs of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care, published ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 18, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists use plasmonic nanobubbles in living organisms to detect, eliminate prostate cancer cells (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University physicist Dmitri Lapotko has demonstrated that plasmonic nanobubbles, generated around gold nanoparticles with a laser pulse, can detect and destroy cancer cells in vivo by cre ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New treatment for severe aortic stenosis shown to save lives, researchers say

Implantation of a new bioprosthetic-tissue valve into the hearts of patients who have severe aortic stenosis and are too sick or too old for open-heart surgery has been found to both save lives and improve the quality of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obstructive sleep apnea linked with later risk of heart disease

Severe obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) raised the risk of heart failure for middle-aged and older men — and significantly raised the risk of coronary heart disease in men up to age 70, according to research reported in Circulation: Jo ...

Medicine & Health / Sleep apnea

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene therapy a step closer to mass production

EU project has made great advances in the development of novel non-viral carriers able to introduce genetic material into the target cells. These new agents, derivatives of cationic amphiphilic 1,4-dihydropyridine ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jun 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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