News tagged with resting
What's down with the Sun? Major drop in solar activity predicted
(PhysOrg.com) -- A missing jet stream, fading spots, and slower activity near the poles say that our Sun is heading for a rest period even as it is acting up for the first time in years, according to scientists ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 14, 2011 |
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UW-Madison Researchers Find New Subtype of Breast Cancer
(PhysOrg.com) -- An alteration in a gene not normally associated with breast cancer has been found in up to 20 percent of breast cancer tumors and may help predict which breast cancers are more likely to turn aggressive and ...
Jun 11, 2010 |
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Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?
Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Let me sleep on it: Creative problem solving enhanced by REM sleep
Research led by a leading expert on the positive benefits of napping at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine suggests that Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep enhances creative problem-solving. The findings ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 08, 2009 |
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Bed rest recommendations for moms-to-be not always best
For moms-to-be facing complicated pregnancies, a prescription to get some rest might be just what the doctor ordered—but it might not be the healthiest practice for pregnant women and their babies.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Low Back Pain Is No Reason to Stay in Bed
For much of the 20th century, “rest”— which generally meant a few days to a week in bed — was the standard prescription for acute low-back pain. In recent decades, however, doctors started counseling patients to stay as active ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Scientists identify protein that enhances long-term memory by controlling rest intervals
As most good students realize, repeated studying produces good memory. Those who study a lot realize, further, that what they learn tends to be preserved longer in memory if they space out learning sessions between rest intervals. ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 01, 2009 |
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CWRU nurse researcher finds prescribed bed rest has down side for pregnant women
Despite lack of evidence about bed rest's effectiveness, doctors annually prescribe it for roughly 1 million pregnant women to delay preterm births.
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Study yields clues about the evolution of epilepsy
Two children have a seizure. One child never has another seizure. Twenty years later, the other child has a series of seizures and is diagnosed with epilepsy. A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Mild exercise while in the ICU reduces bad effects of prolonged bed rest
Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients using any one of a trio of mild physical therapy exercises ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Resting heart rate can predict heart attacks in women
A simple measurement of resting pulse predicts coronary events in women independently of physical activity and common risk factors, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2009 |
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