News tagged with rhythm disorders
New pattern in our biological clock overturns long-held theory
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Michigan mathematicians and their British colleagues say they have identified the signal that the brain sends to the rest of the body to control biological rhythms, a finding that overturns ...
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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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 ...
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Jan 28, 2011 |
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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.
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Jul 05, 2010 |
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Making bees less busy: Social environment changes internal clocks
Honey bees removed from their usual roles in the hive quickly and drastically changed their biological rhythms, according to a study in the Sept. 15 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The changes were e ...
Sep 14, 2010 |
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More than meets the eye to staying awake, alert
Think twice before falling asleep alongside the glare of your computer and TV screens: exposure to dim light from ordinary room lights, computer screens and other electronic devices late at night may be interfering with our ...
May 13, 2010 |
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New Therapy that Prevents Heart Failure (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Patients who had a cardiac resynchronization device combined with a defibrillator (CRT-D) implanted had a 34 percent reduction in their risk of death or heart failure when compared to patients ...
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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Experimental work proves theory that circadian body clock requires delay to function properly
For more than 20 years, theoretical mathematical models have predicted that a delay built into a negative feedback system is at the heart of the molecular mechanism that governs circadian clocks in mammalian ...
Mar 25, 2011 |
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Study suggests possible treatment for neurological disorder Rett syndrome
Using injections of a small derivate of the protein insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), scientists at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have successfully treated ...
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Feb 09, 2009 |
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Mexican-Americans with heart rhythm disorder have increased risk for second stroke
Mexican-American stroke survivors with a heart rhythm disorder have more than twice the risk for another stroke compared to non-Hispanic whites, according to a study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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UK: New guidelines to ease sleepless nights
Insomnia and other sleep disorders are very common, yet are not generally well understood by doctors and other health care professionals. Now the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has released up-to-the-minute ...
Sep 02, 2010 |
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Heart disorder hits national epidemic proportions
A growing epidemic of the world's most common heart rhythm disorder is resulting in an alarming number of hospital admissions in Australia, according to cardiology researchers.
Aug 30, 2010 |
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New technique prevents major cause for heart-related stroke
Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center were the first in the country to perform a non-surgical procedure using sutures to tie off a left atrial appendage (LAA), which is the source of blood clots leading to stroke in ...
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Aug 21, 2009 |
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The Medical Minute: Don't be SAD over winter blues
Sunlight and seasonal changes have a great impact on human behavior. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a form of depression -- sometimes called the winter blues -- that follows a seasonal pattern and occurs at the same ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Study offers less complex, minimally invasive procedure to treat heart valve leak
Cardiac experts at Rush University Medical Center are studying a new, minimally invasive procedure to treat leaky heart valves. Instead of open heart surgery, patients will undergo a less complex catheter-based procedure ...
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Sep 29, 2009 |
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Landmark heart treatment study
Treating a common heart rhythm disorder by burning heart tissue with a catheter works dramatically better than drug treatments, according to a landmark study published in the Jan. 27 issue of the Journal of the American Me ...
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Jan 26, 2010 |
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