News articles tagged with 'blood'
Increased obesity hindering success at reducing heart disease risk
— 18 Nov 2009 13:10 | HealthThe dramatic increase in overweight and obesity in adult Americans over the past 20 years has undermined public health success at reducing risk for heart disease, according to research... — full story
Researchers discover heart disease in 3,500-year-old mummies
— 18 Nov 2009 13:05 | HealthHardening of the arteries has been detected in 3,500-year-old mummies, so we may have to look beyond modern risk factors to fully understand heart disease, according to research presented... — full story
Solving the 50-year-old puzzle of thalidomide
— 18 Nov 2009 12:45 | HealthResearch into the controversial drug thalidomide reveals that the mechanism through which the drug causes limb defects is the same process which causes it to damage internal organs... — full story
Night beat, overtime and a disrupted sleep pattern can harm officers' health
— 18 Nov 2009 10:40 | HealthA police officer who works the night shift, typically from 8 PM to 4 AM, already is at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a good 'night's' sleep... — full story
Study finds link between preeclampsia and reduced thyroid function
— 18 Nov 2009 10:15 | HealthWomen who experience preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid functioning later in life, report a team of researchers from the... — full story
UTMB researchers find inflammation critical in aortic dissection
— 17 Nov 2009 15:54 | HealthThe aorta, the body's largest artery, stretches from the chest to below the kidneys, expanding and contracting with the pressure of blood driven directly into it by the heart. Although... — full story
Skin colour gives clues to health
— 17 Nov 2009 14:34 | HealthResearchers from the universities of Bristol and St. Andrews in the UK have found that the colour of a person's skin affects how healthy and therefore attractive they appear, and have... — full story
Wistar researchers show targeting 'normal' cells in tumours slows growth
— 17 Nov 2009 14:29 | HealthTargeting the normal cells that surround cancer cells within and around a tumour is a strategy that could greatly increase the effectiveness of traditional anti-cancer treatments, say... — full story
Early end to key study on benefits of niacin, a B vitamin, in keeping arteries open was premature
— 17 Nov 2009 13:49 | HealthHeart experts at Johns Hopkins are calling premature the early halt of a study by researchers at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre and Washington Hospital Centre on the benefits of combining... — full story
Migraine raises risk of most common form of stroke
— 17 Nov 2009 13:44 | HealthPooling results from 21 studies, involving 622,381 men and women, researchers at Johns Hopkins have affirmed that migraine headaches are associated with more than twofold higher chances... — full story