News tagged with rhythm
Not just bleach: Hydrogen peroxide may tell time for living cells
If a circadian rhythm is like an orchestra - the united expression of the rhythms of millions of cells - a common chemical may serve as the conductor, or at least as the baton.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 03, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (7) |
2
Researchers develop innovative imaging system to study sudden cardiac arrest
A research team at Vanderbilt University has developed an innovative optical system to simultaneously image electrical activity and metabolic properties in the same region of a heart, to study the complex mechanisms that ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 30, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Concurrent imaging of metabolic and electric signals in the heart
Cardiac rhythm disorders can result from disturbances in cardiac metabolism. These metabolic changes are tightly linked with specific cardiac electrophysiology (CEP) abnormalities, such as depressed excitability, impaired ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 26, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Learning the risks for stroke -- and taking action
The theme of this year's World Stroke Day on 29th October is "What can I do?". As the World Stroke Organization says, everyone can do something: learn to recognise symptoms and take action, learn to recognise the risk factors ...
Oct 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Researchers find new mechanism for circadian rhythm
Molecules that may hold the key to new ways to fight cancer and other diseases have been found to play an important role in regulating circadian rhythm, says Liheng Shi, a researcher in Texas A&M's Department of Veterinary ...
Oct 20, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Hunting for rhythm's DNA: Computational geometry unlocks a musical phylogeny
(PhysOrg.com) -- Does Bo Diddley rule the world? Though he died last year, the iconic singer and guitarist of American blues and rock still rules the rhythms of the world, says computer scientist Godfried ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2009 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
The food-energy cellular connection revealed
Our body's activity levels fall and rise to the beat of our internal drums—the 24-hour cycles that govern fundamental physiological functions, from sleeping and feeding patterns to the energy available to our cells. Whereas ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 15, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (8) |
1
Gene mingling increases sudden death risk
A multi-national research team has discovered that two genetic factors converge to increase the risk of sudden cardiac death.
Oct 12, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 08, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (22) |
4
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 29, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Women with diabetes at increased risk for irregular heart rhythm
Diabetes increases by 26 percent the likelihood that women will develop atrial fibrillation (AF), a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and chronic fatigue. These are the ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 28, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
