It's about time for a new Clean Air Act
It's been 60 years since the Clean Air Act was introduced and it is well over-due an upgrade.
Environment
Sep 7, 2016
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Page 19 - News tagged with heart disease
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heart attack
· high blood pressure
· coronary heart disease
· diabetes
· cardiovascular disease
Studying blood flow dynamics to identify the heart of vessel failure
When plaque, fatty deposits that build up on the inside of arteries, rupture and block blood flow, the results can be deadly. Such hardening of the arteries, also called atherosclerosis, typically leads to heart disease, ...
Soft Matter
Aug 16, 2016
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Research tracks interplay of genes and environment on physical, educational outcomes
Over the course of the 20th century, genes began to play a greater role in the height and body mass index (BMI) of Americans, while their significance decreased in educational attainment and occurrence of heart disease.
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2016
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Protein insights to help find heart disease cure
Research led by The Australian National University (ANU) has uncovered new insights into how the human genome gets through the daily grind with the help of RNA-binding proteins, in a discovery which could ultimately lead ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 26, 2016
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European-wide study to examine the prevalence of heart disease in apes
Wild gorillas and chimpanzees are on the brink of extinction threatened primarily by habitat loss and poaching. At the same time, they are among our closest relatives in the animal kingdom and researchers are exploring whether ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 21, 2016
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Stanford research cites child mortality as major factor in lifespan inequality gap
Around the world people have been living longer, with life expectancy pushing past 70 in many countries. However, people aren't simply living longer on average: Inequality among individuals in the length of life has shrunk ...
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2016
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'Electronic nose' detects disease in expiratory air
According to the World Health Organization, one of the main causes of mortality is cardiovascular disease. Early detection of symptoms is critical for medical intervention. However, traditional methods of examination (X-ray, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2016
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Researchers transform common cell to master heart cell
By genetically reprogramming the most common type of cell in mammalian connective tissue, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have generated master heart cells—primitive progenitors that form the developing ...
Biotechnology
Feb 11, 2016
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True love: How transcription factors interact to create a heart
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have discovered that three transcription factors—proteins that direct gene expression—interact with each other and the genome to influence how a heart forms in an embryo. Without ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 11, 2016
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Obese British pets fed cake and alcohol: charity
Takeaway food, cake and even alcohol is helping make British pets dangerously overweight and develop diabetes and heart disease, an animal charity warned on Wednesday.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2016
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