Gene controlling circadian rhythms linked to drug addiction
The gene that regulates the body's main biological clocks also may play a pivotal role in drug addiction, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. The Clock gene not only controls the body's circadian rhythms, including sleep and wakefulness, body temperature, hormone levels, blood pressure and heart activity, it may also be a key regulator of the brain's reward system.</...Research finds that circadian rhythms dominate all life functions
New research from Colorado State University shows that the function of all genes in mammals is based on circadian -- or daily -- rhythms. The study, publishing in PLoS Computational Biology on June 15, refutes the current theory that only 10 percent to 15 percent of all genes were affected by nature's clock. While scientists have long known that circadian rhythms regulate the behavior of the l...People with abnormal heart rhythms must avoid fish oil
Fish oil supplements may be harmful for people with abnormal heartbeats, says the new research// on the subject. Fish oil is noted for omega 3 fatty acids that are essential to the body in terms of regulating blood pressure and blood clotting and must be taken in as supplements. These fatty acids are known to have preventive properties for disease like Alzheimer’s, arthritis, breast ca...Fish Oil does not Appear to Protect Against Abnormal Heart Rhythms
CHICAGO - Patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator did not have a significantly lower risk of serious abnormal heart rhythms// or death by consuming fish oil supplements, which had been thought to have a protective effect, according to a study in the June 14 issue of JAMA. Sudden cardiac death is responsible for approximately 50 percent of all death from cardiovascular di...Heart Rhythms Swing Precariously to Emotion, especially Anger
Heart rhythms can swing perilously when we are angry, even igniting life and death situations, to reveal scientists after studying nearly 1000 cardiac patients//. With the help of special instruments, called implantable cardioverter defibrillators, inserted near the heart, doctors studied the connection between emotions and heart rhythms in a group suffering heart disease. ICD’s are e...Life Functions Governed by Circadian Rhythms-new Research
In a new study conducted by Colorado State University shows that circadian rhythms dominate all life function. The functions of all the genes in the mammals are according to this daily rhythm. It disproves the prior theory that only 10 to 15% of genes were affected by the natures clock. It was earlier believed that some special function of the genes was the basic property of the organism. But the...