Health
Gene study could help heart patients cut craving for salt
Scientists have shed light on why some people crave salty food, even when they know it can seriously damage their health.
Mar 29, 2016
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Cardiology
Thiazide may pose some risk for congestive heart failure patients
Thiazide, a popular diuretic for lowering high blood pressure, may not excrete salt as expected in patients with congestive heart failure and or dehydration and should be taken with caution, say researchers at the University ...
Nov 6, 2015
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Cardiology
Selenide protects heart muscle in the wake of cardiac arrest
Damage to heart muscle from insufficient blood supply during cardiac arrest and reperfusion injury after blood flow is restored can be reduced by nearly 90 percent if selenide, a form of the essential nutrient selenium, is ...
Apr 9, 2015
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Neuroscience
Stem cells may do best with a little help from their friends
Like volunteers handing out cups of energy drinks to marathon runners, specially engineered "helper cells" transplanted along with stem cells can dole out growth factors to increase the stem cells' endurance, at least briefly, ...
Aug 27, 2013
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Medical research
Differences between 'marathon mice' and 'couch potato mice' reveal key to muscle fitness
Researchers discovered that small pieces of genetic material called microRNAs link the two defining characteristics of fit muscles: the ability to burn sugar and fat and the ability to switch between slow- and fast-twitch ...
May 8, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A potential biomarker for pregnancy-associated heart disease?
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a deterioration in cardiac function that occurs in pregnant women during the last month or in the months following their pregnancy. This disorder can occur in women with no prior history ...
Apr 24, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Innovative method to treat Alzheimer's in mice
Researchers from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute report that they successfully used a virus vector to restore the expression of a brain protein and improve cognitive functions, in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Apr 1, 2013
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Carmustine decreases amyloid beta plaques
Long term treatment by carmustine, a chemical relative of mustard gas and already used to treat some types of brain cancer, can decrease the amount of amyloid β and number of amyloid plaques in a mouse model of Alzheimer's ...
Mar 25, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Potential cure for Chagas disease
A Murdoch University international collaborative project has found a potential cure for the deadly Chagas disease.
Oct 25, 2012
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Medical research
New way to weed out problem stem cells, making therapy safer
Mayo Clinic researchers have found a way to detect and eliminate potentially troublemaking stem cells to make stem cell therapy safer. Induced Pluripotent Stem cells, also known as iPS cells, are bioengineered from adult ...
Sep 27, 2012
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