More muscle means better regulation of blood pressure, study finds
...es the ability to regulate blood pressure; fatness impedes your ability to regulate blood pressure through your ability to regulate sodium," says Dr. Gregory Harshfield, hypertension researcher and second author on the study in the November issue of the American Journal of Hypertension. "When you are under s...Could this be the end for injections?
...producing microcondits. Possibly the blood outflow impedes inflow of the externally-applied lidocaine, or the clotting blood partially obstructs the microconduit." Deeper microconduits that yield spots of blood would be useful for patients with diabetes, though. These patients have to regularly check the glu...National Academies news: Clinical research involving children
...ribe how well federal regulations are working, and impedes efforts to improve policies and practices, the report says. HHS should develop and carry out a plan for collecting and reporting data on pediatric research and its oversight. Plus, local and national professional organizations and research institu...Salk news: Diabetes first steps
...ased from storage into the bloodstream for burning impedes insulin's ability to promote the uptake of glucose by muscles and other body organs, resulting in insulin resistance and, eventually, diabetes. While scientists have known how this chemical relay can, in diabetes, provoke the liver to produce too mu...ACP hosting summit to address the future of internal medicine and patient care
...he health care infrastructure in the United States impedes access to care, accentuates disparities, and threatens the lives of patients. ACP is committed to revitalizing the practice of internal medicine by restructuring a system focusing on quality patient care linked to scientific innovation and discovery....Greater incidence of obesity among adults with disabling conditions
...ity, obesity exacerbates disability and disability impedes a person's ability to exercise." Obesity is a serious problem, putting patients at risk for developing type II diabetes, as well as coronary artery disease, hypertension and related cardiac problems. With the exception of patients with lower mobility...Brain chemicals can thwart desire to smoke cigarettes
... brain than they did when given a second drug that impedes dopamine's effects. When the subjects were given the dopamine-mimicking drug, their desire to smoke dropped, but when the same smokers were given the dopamine-impeding drug, they took longer and more frequent puffs of smoke. "Overall, these results...Regular cycling can improve sexual function in men with heart failure
... This condition can cause blood vessel damage that impedes the flow of blood to the penis and impairs the ability to produce an erection. None of the study subjects had prostate disease, another frequent cause of sexual dysfunction. One group of 30 patients exercised on calibrated and electronically braked ...A growth factor reverses nerve damage in diabetic animals
...s to communicate with each other, and the swelling impedes this process.Schmidt studied the effect of an insulin-like growth factor called IGF-I on diabetic rats. His group examined the animals' sympathetic nervous tissue and determined that the neuropathy mimicked that seen in humans. "The parallels in the ...Better diagnosis of pain in children
... prevents childrenplaying and going to school, and impedes proper development. A moreeffective way of evaluating pain can improve the way young children are caredfor when they are ill. The new method, called APocis, allows doctors and nurses to record seventypes of behaviour which are related to pain. Staff ...'Revolutionary' treatment for birth defect improves survival of newborns
...nd liver -- to migrateinto their chest. The defect impedes lung capacity and development and also candamage the displaced organs. Newborns who don't survive usually die during thefirst days or weeks of life. "Across the country, there are a whole bunch of kids with diaphragmatic herniawho are dying," said Ka...... and become less flexible, and the narrowedopening impedes blood flow. If an artery becomes blocked, a heart attack orstroke can occur. Atherosclerotic buildup is not uniform. By combining the measures fromboth arteries, scientists gained a more complete picture of the patients'conditions than e...