Discovery shows statins could fight cancer
September 14th, 2012 - 5:03 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) A new discovery linking cholesterol with cancer shows how cholesterol busting drugs, or statins, can prevent cancer or supplement its existing treatments.The discovery was made by ... Read more...
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Experts wary of Lancet’s study on good cholesterol
June 14th, 2012 - 7:30 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Reacting to a study report that 'good cholesterol' - known to check harmful cholesterol from blood - does not lower risk of heart diseases, international ... Read more...
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Limb transplant patient dies in Turkey
February 28th, 2012 - 8:36 am ICT by IANS
Ankara, Feb 28 (IANS) The patient who received the world's first quadruple limb transplant in a university hospital in Ankara died Monday.Sevket Cavdar died "despite all precautions and intensive care ... Read more...
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Researchers clarify link between salt, hypertension
January 12th, 2012 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) Excessive salt intake might not cause high blood pressure (BP) or hypertension by exerting pressure on the arteries, reveals a study.
"The erroneous concept has prevailed ... Read more...
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How salt causes hypertension
April 15th, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): A new study tends to comprehend the mechanism behind salt-induced hypertension.A research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Kent State University has explained the causes ... Read more...
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Obesity ‘likely to upset key gene clock in cardiovascular system’
April 12th, 2011 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 12 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at the Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta have found that that obesity might shut down a key gene clock that regulates the ... Read more...
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‘On-off’ switch for key ‘factor’ in heart disease, cancer identified
April 7th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 07 (ANI): A cellular 'on-off' switch that may have implications for treating cardiovascular disease and cancer has been identified by scientists at the University of Hull.The team has found the ... Read more...
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UK tourist ‘dies after receiving silicone bottom jabs’
February 9th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 09 (ANI): A British tourist who received silicone injections in her butt at a Philadelphia motel, has suddenly died, it has emerged.A preliminary medical examination revealed that the silicone went ... Read more...
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Study links adrenal gland hormone to brain hypertension
November 10th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): A new research has discovered that a hormone already responsible for increasing blood pressure by prompting the kidneys to retain salt appears to moonlight as a major stimulator ... Read more...
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Heavy smoking doubles Alzheimer’s risk
October 27th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 27 (IANS) Middle-aged smokers who puff 40 cigarettes a day more than double their risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, a study shows.The study also found that heavy smoking greatly increased ... Read more...
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Study: Smoking doubles the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia
October 27th, 2010 - 3:30 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Oct 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A new study has revealed that smoking heavily during midlife increases the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by more than 150%.The new study that was published ... Read more...
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Experts shed light on negative effects of cancer treatment on heart
September 22nd, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 22 (ANI): An international group of experts takes an in-depth look at the ways in which cancer treatment profoundly impacts patients' cardiovascular function and can become a major detriment of ... Read more...
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Key to get estrogen’s benefits without cancer risk found
June 24th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 24 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered the key to gain cardiovascular benefits of estrogen without increasing cancer risk.Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have pinpointed a set of biological mechanisms through ... Read more...
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Advance made towards development of transplantable replacement livers
June 14th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 14 (ANI): A team led by researchers from the Center for Engineering in Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has developed functional, transplantable rat liver grafts.The technique may someday allow ... Read more...
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Futuristic CT scanners to image organ in less than a second
June 3rd, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 3 (IANS) Futuristic CT scanners will image an entire organ in less than a second or track blood flow through the brain or to a tumour - with less radiation ... Read more...
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Bone marrow nerve damage linked to blindness-causing diabetic complication
January 7th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Bone marrow nerve damage has been found to play a crucial role in blindness-causing complications in diabetics, say researchers.According to Julia Busik, an associate professor in MSU's Department ... Read more...
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Wireless pacemakers can keep heart patients in touch with docs
September 11th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 11 (ANI): American doctors have implanted one of the first wireless pacemakers in the country, and the first in the Triad.Dr. Rick Henderson, an electrophysiologist at Wake Forest University ... Read more...
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Vascular Cancer- Colby moved Up to heaven
June 20th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by GD
Would we ever find an answer to the existence of vascular cancer? Lets see if we are able to throw some light on vascular cancer. The smooth muscle cells are cancerous, ... Read more...
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New technique to make bacteria glow under light may help fight against breast cancer
March 8th, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by ANI
Washington, March 8 (ANI): Michigan Technological University scientists have come up with a way to make a strain of E. coli glow under fluorescent light, a technique that may one day ... Read more...
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Obstructive sleep apnea may lead to eye disorders
November 11th, 2008 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
OSA is a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep and it occurs when throat muscles relax and block the airway.
A large number of ... Read more...
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Leptin behind obesity-related cardiovascular disease
November 11th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 11 (ANI): A new study by researchers at Ohio University has revealed that obesity raises levels of the hormone leptin, which can be a big threat to the cardiovascular ... Read more...
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First synthetic tree may facilitate heat transfer, soil technologies
September 11th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 11 (IANS) The world's first 'synthetic tree,' created by Abraham Stroock's lab, mimics the process of transpiration that helps move moisture to the highest branches.The researchers' work bolsters the long-standing ... Read more...
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Scientists unveil microRNA that controls blood vessel development
August 12th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 12 (ANI): An Indian-origin researcher in the U.S. has announced the identification of a key regulatory factor that controls development of the human vascular systemthe extensive network of arteries, ... Read more...
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How menopause increases heart disease, stroke risk
June 17th, 2008 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 17 (ANI): A new study from University of Missouri has revealed that postmenopausal women are likely to face complex changes in the brains vascular system, something that make explain ... Read more...
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Health goes up in secondhand smoke!
May 6th, 2008 - 4:53 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A mere 30 minutes of exposure to second hand smoke, wafting from another table in a bar, is enough to injure blood vessels even in healthy teetotallers. Compounding ... Read more...
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Leaky blood vessels may play key role in Lou Gehrig’s progression
April 8th, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by admin
London, Apr 8 (ANI): A new study from University of Rochester Medical Centre has found that leaky blood vessels that are unable to protect the spinal cord from toxins may play ... Read more...
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Microvascular system that nourishes engineered tissues developed
November 14th, 2007 - 1:52 am ICT by admin
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