News tagged with pressure difference

High-caffeine-consuming boys get greater rush from caffeine than girls

Among the many differences between girls and boys, add the effects from caffeine -- physiological, behavioral and subjective -- to the list.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Enlarged hearts in women shrink faster than those in men after aortic valve replacement

Heart enlargement caused by narrowed aortic valves regresses faster in elderly women than in men after aortic valve replacement, according to research reported in a surgical supplement of Circulation: Journal of the American He ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sucking Up To Survive

Shrink a human being down to the size of an insect, and you would no longer be able to sip lemonade from a straw. The forces that hold liquid together would simply be too great to overcome at that tiny scale.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Socio-cultural, genetic data work together to reveal health disparities

When it comes to health disparities between different groups, how society sees people in terms of race might play a greater role than genetics, according to a new University of Florida study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High blood pressure linked to memory problems in middle age

High blood pressure is linked to memory problems in people over 45, according to research published in the August 25, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0