News tagged with heart disorders

Scientists reveal the mystery of sudden cardiac death

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at The University of Manchester have solved a mystery connected with why people die from sudden cardiac arrest during sleep - potentially saving thousands of lives.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Scientists unlock the 'gates' on sudden cardiac death (w/ Video)

Australian researchers have come one step closer to understanding how the rhythm of the heartbeat is controlled and why many common drugs, including some antibiotics, antihistamines and anti-psychotics, can cause a potentially ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Nanofiber breakthrough holds promise for medicine and microprocessors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for creating nanofibers made of proteins, developed by researchers at Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly), promises to greatly improve drug delivery methods ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

High-fat diet affects physical and memory abilities of rats after 9 days

Rats fed a high-fat diet show a stark reduction in their physical endurance and a decline in their cognitive ability after just nine days, a study by Oxford University researchers has shown.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

Natural Oils Can Be Hydrogenated Without Making Unhealthy Trans Fats

(PhysOrg.com) -- To prolong the shelf life of foods, manufacturers often add hydrogen to natural oils, a process called hydrogenation. But hydrogenation also results in the production of trans fats, which have adverse health ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Research says older people need more sun

Spending more time in the sunshine could help older people to reduce their risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Heating heart with catheter better than drugs for common heart rhythm disorder

Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, a major international study has found.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Stem cells for first time used to create abnormal heart cells for study of cardiomyopathy

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time differentiated human stem cells to become heart cells with cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the heart muscle cells are abnormal. The discovery will ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Missed diagnosis: 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

(PhysOrg.com) -- An article published in the June issue of the journal Nature Reviews: Neuroscience provides one of the first comprehensive overviews of the genetic, neural and cognitive bases of a frequently undiagnosed congen ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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

Panic disorder and depression can be treated over the Internet

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) via the internet is just as effective in treating panic disorder (recurring panic attacks) as traditional group-based CBT. It is also efficacious in the treatment of mild ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Simple new way to analyze sleep disorders

Sleep is such an essential part of human existence that we spend about a third of our lives doing it -- some more successfully than others. Sleep disorders afflict some 50-70 million people in the United States and are a ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Heart disease effects perceived as more acute by people with PTSD

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study of 1,022 men and women with heart disease, those with post-traumatic stress disorder perceived the effects of their disease as more burdensome and disabling than did those without PTSD, even when ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The cost of medicalizing human conditions

Menopause. Normal pregnancy. Infertility. ADHD. Erectile dysfunction. Over the last several decades, these conditions have come to be defined and treated as medical problems. They've been "medicalized." In the first study ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Optimal modulation of ion channels rescues neurons associated with epilepsy

New research successfully reverses epilepsy-associated pathology by using a sophisticated single-cell modeling paradigm to examine abnormal cell behavior and identify the optimal modulation of channel activity. The study, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

To predict the severity of mental disease, consider the family

We've all been asked at routine visits to the doctor to record our family's history with medical problems like cancer, diabetes or heart disease. But when it comes to mental disorders, usually mum's the word.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0