Stanford cooling tool may improve performance of athletes, soldiers
...ive edge," Grahn notes. "We've seen that the rapid increases in strength people get when using the device persist after they stop using it. So, whatever physiological benefit you get, you keep. That's the beauty of it." ...Good news: As you age, leg blood vessels adapt so you can still exercise without fainting
...one of the best-known physiological responses. It increases our ability to respond to stressful situations. One way to look at exercise physiologically -- is as a non-life-threatening example of a stressful situation. Think about it: When we exercise, our heart and breathing rates rise rapidly and blood ves...New biosensor rapidly detects deadly foodborne pathogen
...nt to multiply. The enrichment process increases the concentration of cells present, making it possible for today's sensors to detect their presence, but it can take as long as seven days to complete a test using conventional methods, Geng said. Other tests rely on DNA markers, but thes...Brain circuit may permit scientists to eavesdrop on memory formation
...portance of the neocortex as a memory storage site increases with the lifetime of the memory. In addition, there is a clear need for the hippocampus and cortex to talk to one another." One candidate for the communication conduit is the temporoammonic (TA) projection, "a pathway that we have been chipping away ...New genetic tools provide clues to the effects of exercise and diet on obesity, diabetes
...ts. "We propose that training coordinately increases the levels of aspartate aminotransferase 1, lactate dehydrogenase B and pyruvate dehydrogenase alpha 1 subunit, increasing glucose metabolism in muscle by liberating pyruvate for oxidative metabolism and therefore limiting lactate efflux," Hittel sai...Researchers find chemosignal that encourages women's sexual desire
...g women and their infants produce a substance that increases sexual desire among other women, according to rese...ort in humans of a natural social chemosignal that increases sexual motivation," said Martha McClintock, the David Lee Shillinglaw Distinguished Service Professo...Obese women with early-stage breast cancer more likely to die than women of normal weight
...he obese group. "Because the prevalence of obesity increases with age, as does the risk of breast cancer, interventions that enhance weight control may have a substantial effect on breast cancer outcome," Anderson said....Experts present new research on hot topics in aging at GSA's annual meeting in Washington, DC
... This pressure is substantially a result of steady increases in the cost of long-term care (LTC) services for older people, mainly for nursing home care. November 21 at 3:30 p.m . Race and Socioeconomic Status : There is a dearth of data on health and function among older African-Americans. The Hea...VitalSense(R) - Wireless vital signs monitoring
...ct the onset of sepsis. Early detection of sepsis increases the likelihood of successful treatment, and VitalSense will enable the medical staff to pick up critical changes in those parameters earlier than they would with normal, manual monitoring. In addition, Mini Mitter is exploring telemedicine options fo...FSU scientist links iron imbalance to Parkinson's disease
...ering a chain of cellular events in the brain that increases the odds of developing Parkinson's disease, a degenerative condition affecting movement and balance in more than 1 million Americans each year. But excessive iron levels are worse -- much worse. The findings from a study by Florida State Universit...Estrogen protects male rats from aortic aneurysms
...hat there also is something inherent in males that increases MMP-9 and may lead to greater AAA formation." "Estrogen affects production of MMP-9 by white blood cells called macrophages," Upchurch adds. "MMPs degrade collagen and elastin, two major proteins in the aortic wall. Typically production of MMP's are ...Channel protein converts vibrations to electrical signal
...the amplification of sound signals, a process that increases sensitivity and improves the ability to distinguish between different frequencies. In mammals, hair cells not only respond to sound, but also amplify the vibrations for quiet sounds as much as 100-fold. One hypothesis for how they do this, first prop...Multi-species herbivore outbreak follows El Nio drought in Panama
...lantic coast were advised to be on the lookout for increases in butterfly and moth larvae populations. However, lepidopteran numbers remained stable there. Whatever it was that caused the the Pacific Coast outbreak did not occur or have the same effect where rainfall levels were more constant. "This outbreak ...Delay in cutting the cord helps premature babies
... than doing it immediately also reduces anemia and increases blood pressure and blood volume, helping preterm infants off to a healthier start in life, says lead study author Heike Rabe, M.D., Ph.D. of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals in Brighton, England. "If the cord is left unclamped for a short tim...UCLA scientists discover new way to fix defective gene
...s of children with A-T." Because the ATM gene also increases cancer risk, Gatti is hopeful that his laboratory findings may hold implications for cancer diagnosis and treatment. "If we are able to restore A-T cell function, we may be able to halt the spread of the tumor," said Gatti. "By correcting the muta...Hormone therapy's effect on breast density is not the same for all women, Group Health study finds
..., specifically estrogen plus progesterone therapy, increases breast density, a change that makes it harder to detect breast cancer on mammograms. But it hasn't been clear whether this increase happens for all women, or whether it differs based on various breast-cancer risk factors, the type of HT a woman uses,...Dr. Harris receives NIH Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
...LTP, dendritic spines undergoing protein synthesis increases from 10 percent to 40 percent. "This also is a new area of understanding in the brain. You don't have to go down to the nucleus to initiate new protein synthesis," Dr. Harris says. "We are finding that it can be induced and it can be targeted very sp...Clues to improving TB treatment
...acteria produce too much of the EthA enzyme, which increases their vulnerability to ETH's antimicrobial attack. With this in mind, Baulard and colleagues decided to closely examine the molecular structure of EthR to see if it might hold the key to improving the effectiveness of drugs like ETH. Using an X-r...Researchers discover gene mutations for Parkinson's disease
...ot usually inherited, but incidence of the disease increases with age, with an average onset at about 60 years....Pesticides may promote Parkinson's disease and exercise may offer protection
... investigating whether the intensity of cell death increases in mice that possess an excess of COX-2 protein. "Understanding how this protein interferes with these mechanisms may lead us to discover drugs that would allow us to control this protein in Parkinson's disease patients, possibly leading to a reduced...