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Postmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less expensive way to identify risk

Targeted postmortem testing to identify genetic mutations associated with sudden unexplained death (SUD) is an effective and less expensive way to determine risk to relatives than comprehensive cardiac testing of first degree ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

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Real smart: Protective clothing with built-in A/C

(Phys.org) -- In order to test the new "smart" protective vest, an experimenter wearing one has jogged several kilometers on the treadmill in a climate-controlled chamber at Empa. During the jog he lost 544 ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Exercise has benefits, even when it's done in space

Astronauts have been taking part in short spaceflight missions since 1961. They have only recently begun to spend significantly longer times in space, with missions extending for months, since the days of the Russian Mir ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Can newly discovered biology 'law' save lives?

What if doctors in the intensive care unit could predict if and when a patient was about to go into cardiac arrest? They could then be ready when it happened.

Biology / Other

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Light dependency underlies beneficial jetlag in racehorses

A new study has shown that racehorses are extremely sensitive to changes in daily light and, contrary to humans, can adapt very quickly to sudden shifts in the 24-hour light-dark cycle, such as those resulting from a transmeridian ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Taking the pulse of marine life in stressed seas

The Earth currently has more than 400 so-called "dead zones"--huge expanses of deep ocean that, because of human activities, become too oxygen-starved during the summer to support most life.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

How early reptiles moved

Jena (Germany) Modern scientists would have loved the sight of early reptiles running across the Bromacker near Tambach-Dietharz (Germany) 300 million years ago. Unfortunately this journey through time is ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Standing desks rising in popularity

Last year, Kerri Campbell made a decision: She would no longer sit at her desk eight hours a day. Today, the retail broker for Daymon Worldwide in Pleasanton, Calif., stands on a couple of black pads, each about an inch think. ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Diet-exercise combo best for obese seniors

For obese seniors, dieting and exercise together are more effective at improving physical performance and reducing frailty than either alone.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Risk of cancer increases with exposure to low-dose radiation

Exposure to low-dose radiation from cardiac imaging and other procedures after a heart attack is associated with an increased risk of cancer, found a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Establish healthy traditions to make winter fun, prevent cold-weather blues

Frigid weather may seem like a good excuse to avoid workouts, stay inside and overindulge in comfort foods. However, health experts from the University of Missouri have found that these tendencies leave most people feeling ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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