Penn Researchers Initiate Ground-Breaking New Trials To Treat
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... "People end up with that 'apple' body shape that researchers haveshown over and over again predisposes us to he...onment has an enormous impact on healthstatus that researchers are only just beginning to understand. The research was funded by the John D. and Catherine T. Mac...Researchers Finding May Boost Effectiveness Of Anti-HIV Drugs
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...in but have not found such positive results. "The researchers in thestudy were able to develop the right dosage so that the benefits outweighed therisk, " says Fuster, director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount SinaiMedical Center, New York City. "The use of anticoagulation treatment is abalancing act; ...Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Enhances Short-Term Brain Plasticity
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A team of researchers at Simon Fraser University is shedding new light o... Engineering scientist Andrew Rawicz and two researchers from theUniversity of Kiev are testing the illuminating qualities of an herbal extractcalled hyperic...Study Finds Incidence Of Stroke Over 40 Percent Higher Than Previously Stated Figures
...nt. At the time this study was conducted, researchers compared theirfindings against the Framingham Hear...hites in the Rochesterpopulation is not known, the researchers estimated that the ratio of first-everto recurrent stroke for whites in Rochester is similar to that...Heart Attack Survivors Can Lower Stroke Risk By Taking Cholesterol-Lowering Drug, Study Says
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...d rain. The firstmile of road will be available to researchers this summer. Once the UV technologies have...technology in realtraffic conditions will help the researchers evaluate the safety benefits of thesystem. The research team will address questions related...Diuretic Drugs May Have Clot-Busting Effects
...er a heart attack or stroke. In the study, researchers tested blood samples of people to identify the"co-factors" necessary for platelet clumping. They found that one factor is thehormone adrenaline (called epinephrine), which helps stimulate the heart andconstricts the blood vessels -- actions that can...MIT Solution To Math Problem Could Lead To Better Dental Implants, More Resistance To Missiles
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...nosis," Koch explains. In the future, Penn researchers hope to adapt the EF5 technique for use with the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging, which will allow for a non-invasive procedure of identifying the oxygen content within the patient's tumor. "Applications of this drug are far-reaching," say..."Powerful New Tool" For AIDS Is Reported In Science
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... signals released by molecules in there. The researchers demonstrated the accuracy of their math by comparing normalanimalbrain activity to abnormal activity caused by decreased oxygen in the blood. Theteam loweredthe amount of oxygen in animals for about 45 minutes, then recorded changes inMRI signals due...... depression, University ofCalifornia San Francisco researchers report. The evidence that drugs can act on the br...ct on distinct nerve pathways in thebrain." Other researchers in previous studies found that, in psychiatric patients, lowlevels of a signaling molecule, the neur...