News tagged with pre
Evidence that brains re-wire themselves following damage or injury
(Medical Xpress)—Scientists from the United States and Australia have advanced our understanding of brain plasticity by showing that the brain forms complex new circuits after damage, often far from the ...
Neuroscience
May 15, 2013 |
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Cancer suppressor gene links metabolism with cellular aging
The tumor suppressor protein p53 is an attractive target for drug developers. But this path has so far proven difficult, as most p53 regulatory proteins operate via protein-protein interactions, which make for poor drug targets, ...
Cancer
Jan 13, 2013 |
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Girls feel more anger, sadness than boys when friends offend
Girls may be sugar and spice, but "everything nice" takes a back seat when friends let them down.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Higher taxes, smoke-free policies are reducing smoking in moms-to-be
It's estimated that almost 23% of women enter pregnancy as smokers and more than half continue to smoke during pregnancy, leading to excess healthcare costs at delivery and beyond. In one of the first studies to assess smoking ...
Health
Jun 05, 2012 |
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Kids who play interactive video games have better motor skills
(Medical Xpress) -- Deakin University health researchers have found pre-schoolers who play interactive video games, such as Wii, have better motor skills.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 24, 2012 |
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Women's iron intake may help to protect against pre-menstrual syndrome
Women who reported eating a diet rich in iron were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) than women who consumed lower amounts, in a study reported this week by researchers at the University ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Feb 26, 2013 |
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Short bouts of exercise boost self control
Short bouts of moderately intense exercise seem to boost self control, indicates an analysis of the published evidence in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Health
Mar 06, 2013 |
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Reducing salt and increasing potassium will have major global health benefits
Cutting down on salt and, at the same time, increasing levels of potassium in our diet will have major health and cost benefits across the world, according to studies published in BMJ today.
Health
Apr 04, 2013 |
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New Zealand faces wave of diabetes, research suggests
Nearly one fifth of New Zealand's adult population face the very real spectre of living with diabetes, according to new University of Otago research published in the New Zealand Medical Journal today.
Diabetes
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Understanding insulin resistance; Precursor to diabetes can be reversed
Though you may not be living with diabetes, your body could be battling against the hormone insulin. The condition, called insulin resistance, occurs when insulin can't effectively do its job.
Diabetes
Nov 06, 2012 |
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Hypertension study proves treatment with RAAS inhibitors saves lives
Treatment with an ACE inhibitor for lowering high blood pressure showed a significant mortality reduction in patients with a high prevalence of hypertension, according to a report published in the European Heart Journal, the fl ...
Cardiology
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Women with pre-eclampsia are at higher risk of complications following childbirth
Women with pre-eclampsia are at a higher risk of complications following delivery and should continue to be monitored for up to 72 hours, suggests a new review published today in The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (TOG). ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Jan 10, 2013 |
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Re-defining future stroke risk among pre-diabetics
Millions of pre-diabetic Americans may be at increased risk of future stroke, say researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, but the precise ...
Diabetes
Jun 07, 2012 |
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Severe gum disease, impotence may be linked
(HealthDay) -- Men with severe gum disease, known as periodontitis, are at greater risk for impotence, according to a new study that finds young men and the elderly at particular risk.
Dentistry
May 21, 2012 |
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Researchers discover insight into pregnancy-induced hypertension
Researchers have identified an enzyme linked to pregnancy-induced hypertension – also known as pre-eclampsia – a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and swelling due to fluid retention. The ...
Cardiology
Mar 22, 2012 |
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