Pigeons provide clue to solving common problem in heart patients
Through studying pigeons with genetic heart disease, researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have discovered a clue about why some patients' heart vessels are prone to close back up after angioplasty. "We identified a regulator of genes that controls the growth of artery smooth muscle cells," said William Wagner, Ph.D., senior researcher. "Learning to modulate the uncont...Clot-dissolving agent may be beneficial in treatment of severe frostbite
Frostbite treatment has remained essentially the same for the past 25 years, a...Watching Violent, Churning Movie Scenes Affect Problem-Solving Ability
Watching graphically violent or emotional scenes in a movie may induce enough stress to interfere with your problem solving ability, says a study. David Beversdorf, a neurologist at the State University Medical Center, studied six men and six women and asked them...Stress Levels Determine Problem-Solving Abilities Of An Individual
Did you know that your problem solving abilities could be affected by something as simple as watching graphically violent or emotional scenes in a movie?// True say Ohio State University Medical Center researchers, who claim that it can induce sufficient stress problem-solving abilities. The study is the first of its kind to deal with movie watching and problem solving abilities. Two...Gynecologist Solving SuDoKu, While Waiting For Next Patient
David Penman, a gynecologist at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent has blasted the NHS authorities by saying that he is left to "twiddle his thumbs" since his hospital cannot afford to do more surgery. // "What do you do while you wait for the next person to turn up when there should be three in the gap between two patients? Sit and read the paper, drink coffee - while we're paid, whe...A herbal delight for athletes in solving cramp and pain problems
Herbs are the latest medicine kings in the treatment of many complex problems. According to a new study that finds a place// in the June issue of Angiology if pine bark extract Pycnogenol? (pic-noj-en-all) is taken it helps in pain and cramp of muscles. The reason and scientific basis behind it is the phenomenon that this extract improves blood flow to the muscles which speeds recovery...