Genetically engineered hemoglobin brings artificial blood a step closer
...low it to act just like the hemoglobin molecule in regular human blood, Ho said. But like human blood, artificial hemoglobin would have to be replenished frequently. Another approach to making artificial hemoglobin is needed to provide sufficient amounts for use in people. For example, pigs or other animal...Korean Americans at risk for high blood pressure
...such as age, gender, education, family history and regular exercise can influence all populations, the study suggests that English-speaking ability is directly related to high blood pressure control among Korean Americans. "About half of the people in our study rated their English-speaking skill as poor or v...One in three physicians unlikely to get routine medical care
...third said they were unlikely to see a doctor on a regular basis. Of 915 physicians queried by the Hopkins team, 312 (34 percent) said they had no regular source of care. Internists, surgeons and pathologists were significantly less likely to have a regu......pically active at night. If the mice experienced a regular day / night lighting scheme and were offered food around the clock, they ate almost all their meals during the night, indicating that the central clock stimulated by light can regulate feeding behavior. Then the mice were kept at the same lighting sc......hould take this study as another confirmation that regular tub margarine is better for you than butter," Denk...reads, cookies and other products made with either regular tub margarine or butter. Because the study involved families, the researchers also looke...Coffee may protect against bladder cancer
...fewer than two cups of coffee a week compared with regular coffee drinkers. Smokers who drank coffee were three times as likely to develop bladder cancer as non-smoking coffee drinkers. But smokers who didn't drink coffee were seven times as likely to develop the disease as non-smokers. The authors conclude ...Report: auto accidents involving deer still increasing across North Carolina
...n -- or after hitting them -- than they would in a regular accident," Rodgman said. "Since we're now in the period when deer are out foraging and moving around more, we hope drivers will be especially careful driving at night and on secondary roads." N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles' records enable the U...Aspirin use may increase pancreatic cancer risk
PHOENIX The many health benefits of regular aspirin use have been well-documented, and include... Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, extended regular use of aspirin may be associated with a significantly increased risk of pancreatic cancer among wome...Reducing sodium leads to substantial drop in blood pressure, finds NHLBI study
...ersions, if available. This means cutting back on regular commercially prepared frozen dinners, packaged mixes, and canned soups or broths. To gauge the sodium level of processed foods, read nutrition labels for sodium content and the percent daily value. Dr. Obarzanek suggests choosing foods that ar...Eating more fish and n3 fatty acids associated with reduced risk of stroke for women
...he authors summarize. These results suggest that regular intake of fish may be beneficial for the prevention of thrombotic infarction in middle-aged U.S. women, they conclude....Exercise benefits patients being treated for early stage breast cancer
...ent for early stage breast cancer who maintained a regular exercise program of hour-long walking sessions 3-5 times per week for six months had a significant improvement in cardiac conditioning and overall functioning. The randomized study of 123 patients concluded that women who exercised on their own ......." The women most suited are those with reasonably regular menstrual cycles who ovulate normally but who have problems with their fallopian tubes, or those couples where the reason for the infertility is inexplicable. It would not be suitable for women who dont ovulate or who have very erratic menstrual cycl...More help for infertile women with polycystic ovary syndrome
... women suffer from PCOS, a condition that prevents regular ovulation. Many of these women ovulate so infrequently that conception is extremely challenging.Clomiphene citrate is a pill that has been used with relative success about two-thirds of women who take the pill ovulate, and roughly one-third become p...Genetics sheds light on origins of farming
...ondition for domestication to occur in the face of regular outcrossing between wild and domesticated forms of a crop.......ds to break down - sometimes actually becoming too regular - in people with heart failure," says lead author physicist Yosef Ashkenazy, Ph.D. of Boston University. "These measurements can be easily taken from clinical data," adds co-author Plamen Ivanov, Ph.D. also at Boston University. "This suggests th......t and easy to carry. The RDH Bandage will become a regular part of battlefield emergency care. In addition to its major contribution in military medicine, the RDH Bandage is expected to play a critical role in the civilian trauma setting. In the U.S. each year, around 50,000 people bleed to death due to guns...NHLBI unveils new resources to help consumers control their blood pressure
... such as maintaining a healthy weight, engaging in regular physical activity, and abstaining from excessive amounts of alcohol. There are also interactive quizzes and tools, information on medications, real-life examples and recipes to help manage high blood pressure, and a new section on issues specific to ...UNC scientists find U.S. children snack more now than they did two decades ago
...ot good," said Dr. Barry Popkin. "When compared to regular meals, the snacks provided less calcium, more energy and a higher proportion of energy from fat." Since snacking is so pervasive among children, adults should emphasize and buy healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables instead of convenience foo......n artificial nose that can operate without chow or regular walks and won't bark at squirrels. Researchers at Tufts University constructed an electronic nose that has about 20 attributes of living noses and their information processing capabilities. While living noses have about 1,000 different chemical recep...