Health
Study: Prolonged sitting jeopardizes older women's health
(Medical Xpress)—A human body at rest will remain at rest – and that means health woes for older women.
Jan 13, 2014
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News tagged with cardiovascular effects
Medical research
Hormone may help fight obesity and reduce cholesterol
Research has shown that giving obese rodents a recently identified circulating protein called fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) helps improve their metabolism. Now investigators reporting in the Cell Press journal Cell ...
Sep 3, 2013
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Health
Understanding the health benefits of flavanols
It is no secret that if you eat right you feel better and last longer. Nutrition - our daily diet - is a major lifestyle factor, greatly influencing human health and disease. For example, medical evidence has long shown that ...
Aug 15, 2013
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Health
Fish oil may help the heart beat mental stress
Why is fish oil good for the heart? A new study suggests that this omega 3 fatty acid-rich nutrient could blunt some cardiovascular effects of mental stress.
May 22, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Epoxide hydrolase inhibition and Thiazolidinediones: A therapy for cardiometabolic syndrome
Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of California at Davis, led by Dr. John Imig and Dr. Bruce Hammock have determined the synergistic actions of inhibiting soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) with ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Neuroscience
Study shines light on how stress circuits learn
Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute have discovered that stress circuits in the brain undergo profound learning early in life. Using a number of cutting edge approaches, including optogenetics, ...
Apr 7, 2013
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Cardiology
All water pills not equally effective against heart failure
Loop diuretics, more commonly known as water pills, are the most widely prescribed heart failure medications, but few studies had extensively compared their effectiveness until Yale School of Medicine researchers examined ...
Apr 1, 2013
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Cardiology
Major risks of dual and triple antithrombotic therapy in patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation
According to Dr. Samy Suissa, Director of Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, and Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University in Montreal, Canada, "treating physicians need to consider the clinical effectiveness ...
Mar 5, 2013
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Health
Reducing sodium in US may save hundreds of thousands of lives over 10 years
Less sodium in the U.S. diet could save 280,000 to 500,000 lives over 10 years, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.
Feb 11, 2013
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Health
Reduction in air pollution from wood stoves associated with significantly reduced risk of death
Male deaths from all-causes, but particularly cardiovascular and respiratory disease, could be significantly reduced with a decrease in biomass smoke (smoke produced by domestic cooking and heating and woodland fires), a ...
Jan 8, 2013
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