Health
Illustrating how exercise really is medicine
Have you been upping your fitness regime only to find you're not really shifting the dial when it comes to exercise benefits?
Dec 6, 2021
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News tagged with muscle contraction
Medical research
The unexpected journey of the egg and the embryo through the fallopian tube
The journey of the egg and the embryo through the fallopian tube or oviduct toward the uterus is not well understood, mainly because it is inaccessible for direct imaging. Looking to shed new light on the dynamics of the ...
Jul 13, 2021
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Genetics
Researchers find small mutation disrupts protein network, causing heart disease
Each day the average human heart beats 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood. It's a process that is critical to life, and yet it often goes awry for unknown reasons.
Jun 24, 2021
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Cardiology
Obesity weakens heart muscle in patients with a common type of heart failure
For decades, physicians have known that about half of all patients with heart failure appear to have hearts that contract normally—a syndrome now known as heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction (or HFpEF, pronounced ...
Jan 5, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers identify mechanisms of MYH9-related blood disease
Ouch, you've cut your finger! As you fumble to grab a tissue, the paramedics in your blood are already rushing to the scene. These blood cells, called platelets, morph in shape from round to spiny, sticking to each other ...
Mar 9, 2020
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Medical research
Getting to the heart of heartbeats: Cardiac thin filament structure and function revealed
Researchers at Osaka University used electron cryomicroscopy (CryoEM) to image essential cardiac muscle components, known as thin filaments, with unprecedented resolution. They also discovered the mechanism by which these ...
Jan 9, 2020
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Medical research
In fluke experiment, espresso quells rare genetic disease
A lot of people say they cannot live without coffee, but for one 11-year-old boy living in France, that may be literally true.
Jun 11, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Medical marijuana might help MS patients, but uncertainty remains
Medical products derived from marijuana might have a mild benefit in treating symptoms of multiple sclerosis, based on reports from patients.
Oct 13, 2018
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Medical research
Test to save patients from invasive open biopsies
University of Queensland researchers are developing diagnostic tests for a genetic condition which can cause the body to fatally overheat while under a general anaesthetic.
Jul 23, 2018
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Immunology
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells
Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop diarrhea, which can be severe and in some cases life-threatening. Their problems occur when contractions in the smooth muscle lining the ...
Jun 26, 2018
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