News tagged with interference

iPads could affect implanted heart devices, early study finds

(HealthDay)—Sprawled out on the couch, reading the news on your iPad, you'd never think you could be putting yourself at risk. But you might be, if you happen to have an implanted heart device.

Cardiology created May 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Swimming pools may pose hazard for people with heart devices

(HealthDay)—With summer approaching, researchers caution that swimming pools may pose a risk to patients with irregular heartbeats who've received implantable defibrillators.

Cardiology created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Targeting mental defeat among pain patients could prevent anxiety and depression

(Medical Xpress)—A new study of Hong Kong chronic pain patients suggests that targeting feelings of mental defeat could prevent severe depression, anxiety and interference with daily activities.

Health created Apr 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Novel intercellular transportation system may have potential for delivering RNAi and other gene-based therapeutics

(Medical Xpress)—Important new research from UMass Medical School demonstrates how exosomes shuttle proteins from neurons to muscle cells where they take part in critical signaling mechanisms, an exciting ...

Neuroscience created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

What predicts distress after episodes of sleep paralysis?

(Medical Xpress)—Ever find yourself briefly paralyzed as you're falling asleep or just waking up? It's a phenomenon is called sleep paralysis, and it's often accompanied by vivid sensory or perceptual experiences, which ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Zeroing in on heart disease: Innovative strategy pinpoints genes underlying cardiovascular disease risk

Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Researchers ...

Genetics created Feb 28, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Synthetic circuit allows dialing gene expression up or down in human cells

Scientists who built a synthetic gene circuit that allowed for the precise tuning of a gene's expression in yeast have now refined this new research tool to work in human cells, according to research published online in Nature Co ...

Genetics created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers find gene that turns up effect of chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer patients. However, many patients suffer from serious side-effects and a large proportion does not respond to the treatment. Researchers from the Biotech Research ...

Cancer created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals alternative pathway through which beta-catenin drives colon cancer

Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in the United States. Risk factors for the disease are varied and include factors such as advanced age and diet, but most cases share something ...

Cancer created Dec 14, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Clinicians and parents: Working together during invasive procedures

(Medical Xpress)—New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing reports that parents present during a child's more invasive procedures reported higher levels of comfort, more procedural understanding ...

Health created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genome-scale study identifies hundreds of potential drug targets for Huntington's disease

Scientists searching for ways to develop treatments for Huntington's disease (HD) just got a roadmap that could dramatically speed their discovery process. Researchers at the Buck Institute have used RNA interference (RNAi) ...

Genetics created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Alzheimer's sufferers may function better with less visual clutter

Psychologists at the University of Toronto and the Georgia Institute of Technology – commonly known as Georgia Tech – have shown that an individual's inability to recognize once-familiar faces and objects ...

Alzheimer's disease & dementia created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

RNA-based therapy brings new hope for an incurable blood cancer

Three thousand new cases of Mantle Cell Lymphoma (MCL), a form of blood cancer, appear in the United States each year. With a median survival span of only five to seven years, according to the Leukemia and ...

Cancer created Oct 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Notch control of cell architecture: Potential implications for future cancer therapy

Dissecting the mechanisms implicated in cell architecture should provide new insights for understanding development and tissue morphogenesis in general. An European study focused on the role of the Notch ...

Cancer created Oct 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Eliminating visual clutter helps people with mild cognitive impairment

(Medical Xpress)—A new study from Georgia Tech and the University of Toronto suggests that memory impairments for people diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's disease may be due, in part, to problems in ...

Neuroscience created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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