News tagged with sympathetic nervous system

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Explaining heart failure as a cause of diabetes

Either heart failure or diabetes alone is bad enough, but oftentimes the two conditions seem to go together. Now, researchers reporting in the January Cell Metabolism appear to have found the culprit that leads from heart ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Snipping key nerves may help life threatening heart rhythms

What do sweaty palms and abnormal heart rhythms have in common? Both can be initiated by the nervous system during adrenaline-driven "flight or fight" stress reaction when the body senses danger.

Cardiology created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers investigate stress and breast cancer

It's a common belief that there's a link between chronic stress and an increased risk of cancer. In new research published online by the International Journal of Cancer, scientists at The University of Western Ontario have t ...

Cancer created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Withdrawal of CPAP therapy results in rapid recurrence of OSA

The benefits of continuous positive airway pressure machines (CPAP) for patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are quickly reversed when the therapy is withdrawn, according to Swiss research.

Sleep apnea created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Yoga boosts stress-busting hormone, reduces pain

A new study by York University researchers finds that practicing yoga reduces the physical and psychological symptoms of chronic pain in women with fibromyalgia.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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