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Gallstone Gene Discovered by Research Team

...the gene results in the pump working enduringly at high speed. The occurrence of gallstone is quite common...internal medicine. Gallstones tend to be found at high levels within certain families. In particular, studies of twins provide evidence of a genetic compon...

New Data Reinforces Correlation Between Carbohydrate Quality and Loss of Vision

...n which we determined that consuming a diet with a high glycemic index, but not one with a high total amount of carbohydrate, increased the risk of developing early AMD," says first author Chung-J...

Bashful Men 50% More Likely to Die of Heart Attack or Stroke

... commonly linked to heart disease such as smoking, high levels of cholesterol, and obesity, the researchers still found that the shyest men were 50 per cent more likely to have died of a heart attack or stroke. And while the researchers have no idea why this happens, they believe that one of the factors...

High Blood Pressure Linked to Decreased Pain Perception in Heart Patients

... researcher has unearthed the relationship between high blood pressure and decreased pain perception in a ...evious studies had indicated a correlation between high blood pressure and silent ischemia. But the current study provides further validation, says lead aut...

Researchers Develop First Mouse Model of Lung Transplantation

...e performed each year in the United States. The high failure rate of lung transplants is a huge problem, says lung transplant surgeon Daniel Kreisel, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor of surgery and a lead investigator of the research. Unlike other organs, lungs are constantly exposed to bacteria ...

Drinking More Milk may Lessen Type 2 Diabetes Risk

...istently low levels of vitamin D were linked to as high as 46 percent greater risk of type 2 diabetes. However, increasing vitamin D only would likely have little effect in healthy adults. As an alternative, the researchers suggested that a combination of vitamin D and calcium, like that found in milk, wo...

Insulin Sensitizer- Energy Conserving Signal to Brain

...reted exclusively by WAT, is present at relatively high concentrations in the circulation and has been shown to increase the bodys response to insulin. Studies have also suggested that decreased circulating levels of adiponectin in obesity and type 2 diabetes may contribute to the insulin resistance tha...

Cell Toxin Inhibits Survival Protein in Cancer Cells

... antimycin is selective in killing cells that have high levels of Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL proteins. The over ex...des a therapeutic window between cancer cells with high expression of the proteins versus cells with normal expression, said Hockenbery, who is also a profe...

Envisat Captured Breath of Volcano

...leasing smoke and ash on Saturday and spewed it as high as 4000m on Monday. Mount Gamkonora is the highest peak on Halmahera Island. Indonesia is located within the Pacific Ring of Fire, a continuous line (40 000 km long) of volcanoes and fault lines circling the edges of the Pacific Ocean, and has more...

Walking is Vital to Keep Yourself Fit

...igh-intensity interval walking may protect against high blood pressure and decreased muscle strength among older people.Over five months, the Japanese researchers studied 246 adults who engaged in either no walking or moderate to high-intensity walking. The group who engaged in high-intensity walking expe...

Targeted Food Tax to Improve Health

... Caerphilly Prospective Study. Two or more out of high blood glucose, insulin, blood fats, body fat, and blood pressure defined the presence of the metabolic syndrome in the men studied. The mens health was tracked over 20 years, during which time data from food questionnaires and weekly food diaries we...

A New Monoclonal Antibody Kills Cancer Cells

...for this disease, he added. Furthermore, because high expression of PDGFR alpha has been detected in a variety of tumors, such as skin cancer, brain tumors, gastrointestinal tumors, prostate tumors, ovarian cancer and leukemia, Dr. Monga believes these findings could have much broader applications....

Organic Farming can Feed the World, U-M Study Shows

...armers use in developed countries to produce those high yields, she said. After comparing yields of organic and non-organic farms, the researchers looked at nitrogen availability. To do so, they multiplied the current farm land area by the average amount of nitrogen available for production crops if so-...

Normal People can Only Remember Four Things at a Time

...k only about four items at a time, but people with high IQ levels can remember more articles. Professor...said Professor Awh. "So even though people with high IQs can think about more things at once, there are not guarantees about how good those memories migh...

Kenyan Capital Bans Smoking in Public

...uru and the port city of Mombasa. Last year, the high court blocked the implementation of a nationwide ban introduced by the government, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by Kenya's tobacco growers. Smoking provides the Kenyan government with around five billion shillings (74.6 million dollars, 5...

Cancer Cures for Canines

...f human tumour metabolism. He said: We are using high throughput screening techniques to identify new biomarkers of prognostic significance in cancer. The approach involves using clinical samples from a tissue bank to carry out hypothesis driven immunohistochemical studies to look at tumour metabolism. ...

Extrovert People Drink More Alcohol

...ndly young people in particular, people who score high on the personality dimension friendliness, are sen...a small effect on the amount drunk. For example, a high level of parental support is generally associated with less antisocial behaviour and is correlated w...

Bed Side Robot Gets You Home Back Faster

...rom previous studies that patient satisfaction was high with robotic telerounding but we wanted to learn if it also could deliver cost savings, and there's no question it does," said Alex Gandsas, MD, FACS, lead author. Following robotic rounds, 77 percent of patients were discharged on the first postop...

Walking Really is the Best Way to Keep Healthy

...igh-intensity interval walking may protect against high blood pressure and decreased muscle strength among older people. As a part of that study, the Japanese researchers studied 246 adults over a period of five months who engaged in either no walking or moderate to high-intensity walking. The group who...

Too Much White Rice, Pasta and Bread may Increase Chances of AMD

A study has revealed that high consumption of foods like white rice, pasta and br...n which we determined that consuming a diet with a high glycemic index, but not one with a high total amount of carbohydrate, increased the risk of developi...

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