News tagged with pressure control
High pressure kills pathogens, maintains green onions' taste and color
Green onions cause about five percent of outbreaks of food poisoning from produce, worldwide. Now a team of researchers from the University of Delaware, Newark, shows that high pressure treatment of green onions can kill ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Asia's biggest tech fair opens in Japan
Smartphones detecting bad breath and radiation, twistable remote controls and a super-thin tablet computer were just some of the gadgets on show at Asia's biggest tech fair in Japan Tuesday.
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Oct 04, 2011 |
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Rice U. parlays sun's saving grace into autoclave (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University senior engineering students are using the sun to power an autoclave that sterilizes medical instruments and help solve a long-standing health issue for developing countries.
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May 03, 2011 |
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Death rates among those with high blood pressure decreasing, but still high
Death rates have decreased among people with high blood pressure but remain far higher than in those without it, according to research in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Interventional radiology treatment takes blood pressure to new lows -- and results last
Interventional radiologists have completed the first human randomized controlled trial of therapeutic renal denervation or RDN—a procedure that uses a catheter-based probe inserted into the renal artery ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Study: US has much higher obesity rate than Canada
(AP) -- American adults have a significantly higher rate of obesity than their neighbors to the north, a new study says.
Mar 02, 2011 |
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Blood pressure, cholesterol go untreated in US
Many Americans with high cholesterol and high blood pressure are not getting treated, putting them at higher risk for heart attack or stroke, the US government said on Tuesday.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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More Americans uninsured, but rate about the same
(AP) -- The government says the number of uninsured Americans is now nearly 47 million, up about 7 percent from 2006. And a large percentage of people say they have put off health care for conditions like diabetes and high ...
Nov 10, 2010 |
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CDC: High blood pressure awareness, treatment up
(AP) -- More American adults are aware they have high blood pressure, and more are taking medicine to try to control it, according to a new government report released Wednesday.
Oct 27, 2010 |
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Combination treatment for obesity leads to substantial reductions in body weight
Combination treatment for obesity using the drugs naltrexone and bupropion, plus diet and exercise, helps reduce bodyweight by a mean of 5% or more over a year, depending on the dosage used. The findings of the COR-I study ...
Jul 29, 2010 |
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Small fraction of Americans meet salt guidelines
(AP) -- Most U.S. adults should eat less than a teaspoon of salt each day, but a new government report says just 1 in 18 meet that goal.
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Study finds novel pathway may open doors for new blood pressure treatments
Researchers have found that increasing certain proteins in the blood vessels of mice, relaxed the vessels, lowering the animal's blood pressure. The study provides new avenues for research that may lead to new treatments ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 21, 2010 |
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A good CHAP reduces rates of heart disease and stroke in communities
A community-based health promotion program delivered by over 500 peer volunteers significantly reduces heart disease and stroke in seniors, Canadian Stroke Network researcher Dr. Janusz Kaczorowski told the Canadian Stroke ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Strategy may help translate research findings about blood-pressure treatment into clinical practice
a method involving face-to-face education of clinicians by investigators trained to present trial findings and guidelines—may have been associated with a small change in prescribing patterns for patients with high blood pressure, ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 24, 2010 |
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Waiting for birth or inducing found equally effective for women with IUGR
In a study to be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's (SMFM) annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in Chicago, researchers will unveil findings that show that waiting for birth is as effective as ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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