Exercise training in ordinary people affects the activity of 500 genes
A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm shows that hundreds of genes in the thigh muscle are activated in regular cycle training. The study also reveals that great differences in training response may be due to the ability in some people to activate their genes much more forcefully. The study is published May 2 in FASEB Journal. It is common knowledge that it is very dangerous...Extraordinary life found around deep-sea gas seeps
An international team led by scientists from the United States and New Zealand have observed, for the first time, the bizarre deep-sea communities living around methane seeps off New Zealand's east coast. 'This is the first time cold seeps have been viewed and sampled in the southwest Pacific, and will greatly contribute to our knowledge of these intriguing ecosystems,' says Dr Amy Baco-T...Ordinary drugs can interfere with death from cardiac problems
Researchers from Netherlands have found out that certain ordinary drugs like//anti-psychotic and gastro-intestinal drugs can cause deaths from cardiac arrest. The new study, which was published in the European Heart Journal, said that the non-cardiac drugs interfere with the electrical activity controlling heartbeats that can increase the risk of sudden cardiac death. These...Ordinary Heparin as Effective as Expensive Blood Thinner
Top selling expensive blood thinners are only as effective as injections of the blood thinner heparin to treat blood clots, according to researchers on Tuesday.// Deep vein thrombosis that appears most often as blood clots in the legs, is treated with injections of low-molecular weight heparin like Sanofi-Aventis’ blockbuster Lovenox and Pfizer’s Fragmin. These are often seen as more c...