News tagged with sickness
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.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 05, 2010 |
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Scientists uncover the genetic secrets that allow Tibetans to thrive in thin air
A new study pinpoints the genetic changes that enable Tibetans to thrive at altitudes where others get sick.
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Micro-ear lets scientists eavesdrop on the micro-world
(PhysOrg.com) -- Acting as a microscope for sound, a new device called a micro-ear could make objects on the micro-scale audible. The device could enable scientists to listen to the sounds that cells and bacteria ...
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Researchers identify a protein critical for memory, learning
Researchers from the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids) have made a breakthrough discovery that may eventually change the way physicians approach treatment of learning and memory defects ...
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Even healthy cats act sick when their routine is disrupted
A cat regularly vomiting hairballs or refusing to eat probably isn't being finicky or otherwise "cat-like," despite what conventional wisdom might say. There is a good chance that the cat is acting sick because of the stress ...
Jan 03, 2011 |
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A severe vomiting sickness with chronic cannabis abuse
Marijuana, a commonly abused drug among high school and college students is linked to a severe form of vomiting syndrome and compulsive bathing behavior. This form of severe vomiting sickness is increasingly recognized with ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Parasite breaks its own DNA to avoid detection
The parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which causes African sleeping sickness, is like a thief donning a disguise. Every time the host's immune cells get close to destroying the parasite, it escapes detection by rearranging its DN ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists hope to end sleeping sickness by making parasite that causes it self-destruct
After many years of study, a team of researchers is releasing data today that it hopes will lead to new drug therapies that will kill the family of parasites that causes a deadly trio of insect-borne diseases and has afflicted ...
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Peru says 5,000 birds, nearly 900 dolphins dead
The Peruvian government said Wednesday that 5,000 birds, mostly pelicans, and nearly 900 dolphins have died off the country's northern coast, possibly due to rising temperatures in Pacific waters.
May 09, 2012 |
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Study examines how diving marine mammals manage decompression
Any diver returning from ocean depths knows about the hazard of decompression sickness (DCS) or "the bends." As the diver ascends and the ocean pressure decreases, gases that were absorbed by the body during ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Report describes the physics of the 'bends'
As you go about your day-to-day activities, tiny bubbles of nitrogen come and go inside your tissues. This is not a problem unless you happen to experience large changes in ambient pressure, such as those encountered by scuba ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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Stem cells show early promise for treating type 2 diabetes
Human trials under way at the University of Miami and other hospitals in Europe, Asia and Latin America using immature adult stem cells are showing promise for people with type 2 diabetes.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 29, 2009 |
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New study shows how to eliminate motion sickness on tilting trains
An international team of researchers led by scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that motion sickness on tilting trains can be essentially eliminated by adjusting the timing of when the cars tilt as they ...
Aug 04, 2011 |
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Lactating tsetse flies models for lactating mammals?
An unprecedented study of intra-uterine lactation in the tsetse fly, published 18 April 2012 in Biology of Reproduction's Papers-in-Press, reveals that an enzyme found in the fly's milk functions similarly in ...
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Poor leadership poses a health risk at work
Perceived poor managerial leadership increases not only the amount of sick leave taken at a workplace, but also the risk of sickness amongst employees later on in life. The longer a person has had a "poorer" manager, the ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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