Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure
Even low levels of weekly exercise drive down blood pressure and boost overall fitness, suggests a small study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. To stave off ill health, adults are currently recommended to indulge in 30 minutes of moderately strenuous exercise on at lea...New cause of tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells discovered at Lombardi
...ecause estrogen, a natural female sex hormone, can drive the growth of the tumor. Tamoxifen and other anti-hormonal therapies cut off the tumors access to estrogen, causing the tumor to stabilize and sometimes even shrink. However according to Clarke, many cancers become insensitive to these treatments ove...Scientists train nano-'building blocks' to take on new shapes, as reported in Science
...alent organic counter ions and solvent mixtures to drive the organization of the block copolymers down specific pathways into snake-like, one-dimensional structures. Much of the research was conducted using the high-powered microscopes in the UD College of Engineering's W. M. Keck Electron Microscopy Fac...Shining light on pancreatic cancer
...the successes with colon cancer that we decided to drive the research in a new direction. With colon cancer, you have time, even years, to treat it successfully. Unfortunately, for pancreatic cancer it's not only critical to detect it early, or even before it becomes cacnerous, but in many cases it is real...Where is the most dangerous place to travel over the holiday?
...in time for the most dangerous days of the year to drive July 3 and 4 the national Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS) at the University of Minnesota today released a list of the states where Americans are more likely to die in a traffic crash on a rural road.For most people, riding in a motor v...Old memory traces in brain may trigger chronic pain
...abnormalities in people with chronic pain probably drive this memory abnormality. About 10 percent of the United States population suffers from chronic pain, of which the majority is back pain. One of Apkarians studies with rats tried to separately measure their emotional suffering and their physical ...Study examines characteristics of female high school students who report steroid use
...ourse before age 13 have been pregnant drink and drive or have ridden with a drinking driver carry a weapon have been in a fight on school property in the past year have feelings of sadness or hopelessness almost every day for at least two weeks have attempted suicide More than two-thirds of the ...Female teen steroid use not limited to athletes
...ourse before age 13; have been pregnant; drink and drive or have ridden with a drinking driver; carry a weapon; have been in a fight on school property; have feelings of sadness or hopelessness almost every day for at least two weeks; and have attempted suicide. Those reporting anabolic steroid use were le...AMPAKINE compounds a new potential treatment for respiratory depression
...ertain AMPAKINE compounds enhance the respiratory drive and breathing rhythm at the brain-stem level containing the pre-Botzinger Complex in laboratory rats whose respiration rates were purposely suppressed by administration of central nervous system depressants. Dr. Greer found that respiratory depres...Researchers find deadly prescription drug effects 6 years before FDA
...k down a doctor at home on a Sunday and ask her to drive back to her office to check a chart. Then Bennett and his team fit all the puzzle pieces together to figure out what happened and how to prevent it in the future. The new study also shows, however, that the FDA and drug companies were faster tha...Chronic pain can drive you to distraction
...In other words, chronic pain can, quite literally, drive people to distraction. Participants in the studyall of whom had pain lasting six months or longerwere given computerized tests of working memory and a neuropsychological test of attention on separate "pain" and "less pain" days. On the "less pai...Commercializing university research -- Hopping robots, liquid shoes, electricity from heat
...opping over obstacles. Large wheels serve as both drive wheels (when roving in either horizontal mode or v...criptive words). The annotated database is used to drive both a "musical search engine" and a "musical recommendation system." This technology provides a val...DALYs system for 'measuring' disability
...t a disability. "The fear is that this fact will drive resources away from disabled people, making them even more vulnerable and disadvantaged than they already are in many societies." With the ICF approach, the medical condition does not matter; however functional status does in particular how the in...Chronic fatigue syndrome impairs a person's slow wave activity during sleep
...lenge, suggesting an impairment of the basic sleep drive and homeostatic response. The study, authored by Roseanna Armitage, PhD, and colleagues at the University of Michigan, focused on 13 pairs of identical twins discordant for CFS. Analyses, which were restricted to the first four non-REM periods eac...UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
... a clean energy technology and the entrepreneurial drive of modern India." ...Study reports changing to a low-fat diet can induce stress
...after preferred-diet reduction provides sufficient drive to obtain a more preferred food in the face of aversive conditions, despite availability of alternative calories in the safer environment. Our results may suggest that, similar to the case of an individual who is in withdrawal from a rewarding substa...Consumer nail gun injuries spike
...ealth. Nail guns typically use compressed air to drive nails into wood. First used by construction workers and professional carpenters, the guns now are sold routinely in hardware stores and home improvement centers. The Duke researchers said that many injuries caused by nail guns could be prevented ...Study of US restaurants shows no healthier foods without healthier profits
...nd increasing profits led the list of factors that drive menu selection, although many respondents also expressed interest in providing low-fat, low calorie foods and fresh fruits and vegetables on their menus. The study, reported in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, sought to u...Kennedy Krieger Institute launches first national online autism registry
... online registry, to find answers. Designed to drive autism research forward more quickly and efficiently, IAN will facilitate the exploration of causes, treatments and the search for a possible cure to this puzzling disorder. The Kennedy Krieger project is spearheaded by the husband and wife research...Mayo Clinic study shows drug-eluting stent use in heart patients determined more by insurance type
...ure that clinical, instead of nonclinical, factors drive therapy decisions. All these patients had access to health care, so this is not an access issue, says Dr. Long. Its the fact that once they got access, the type of insurance, as well as the characteristics of the hospital, affected the kind of care t...