News tagged with poor blood flow
Researchers identify stroke predictors in black patients
Predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) might offer physicians a better way to prevent stroke in blacks, according to a new study done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Solution proposed to suffering caused by horse nosebands
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nosebands on horse bridles are being tightened so much in some equestrian competitions that horses are suffering stress, reduced blood flow in the area and ultimately even deformed nasal bones, ...
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Tiny, implantable medical device can propel itself through bloodstream
Someday, your doctor may turn to you and say, "Take two surgeons and call me in the morning." If that day arrives, you may just have Ada Poon to thank.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Engineers develop more effective MRI contrast agent for cancer detection
Many imaging technologies and their contrast agents — chemicals used during scans to help detect tumors and other problems — involve exposure to radiation or heavy metals, which present potential health risks to ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Team designs a bandage that spurs, guides blood vessel growth
Researchers have developed a bandage that stimulates and directs blood vessel growth on the surface of a wound. The bandage, called a "microvascular stamp," contains living cells that deliver growth factors ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Sydney river an 'open sewer'
One of Sydney’s major urban waterways – the Cooks River – is at times an "open sewer" carrying effluent containing pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, researchers have found, sparking calls ...
Oct 24, 2011 |
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Did bad water contribute to the Starving Time?
Geologists at William & Mary are analyzing a possible contributing cause of the deaths at Jamestown Island during the Starving Time of 1609 and 1610—bad drinking water.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Most ancient supernovas discovered
Supernovas -- stars in the process of exploding -- open a window onto the history of the elements of Earth's periodic table as well as the history of the universe. All of those heavier than oxygen were formed ...
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Got flow cytometry? All you need is five bucks and a cell phone
(PhysOrg.com) -- Flow cytometry, a technique for counting and examining cells, bacteria and other microscopic particles, is used routinely in diagnosing disorders, infections and cancers and evaluating the ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 26, 2011 |
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It's no sweat for salt marsh sparrows to beat the heat if they have a larger bill
Birds use their bills largely to forage and eat, and these behaviors strongly influence the shape and size of a bird's bill. But the bill can play an important role in regulating the bird's body temperature ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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PARTNER shows similar 1-year survival for catheter-based AVR and open AVR in high-risk patients
Less invasive catheter-based aortic valve replacement and open valve-replacement surgery have a similar one-year survival for patients at high risk for surgery.
Jun 05, 2011 |
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