News articles tagged with 'rhythm'
Brain rhythm predicts real-time sleep stability, may lead to more precise sleep medications
— 4 Mar 2011 13:41 | HealthA new study finds that a brain rhythm considered the hallmark of wakefulness not only persists inconspicuously during sleep but also signifies an individual's vulnerability to disturbance…
Researchers pinpoint patients who receive greatest benefit from heart failure treatment
— 2 Mar 2011 12:28 | HealthMild heart failure patients with a particular condition that results in disorganised electrical activity throughout the heart benefit substantially from cardiac resynchronisation therapy…
Waking up is hard to do
— 17 Feb 2011 18:54 | HealthNorthwestern University scientists have discovered a new mechanism in the core gears of the circadian clock. They found the loss of a certain gene, dubbed 'twenty-four,' messes up the…
Victor Chang scientists unlock the 'gates' on sudden cardiac death
— 28 Jan 2011 17:21 | HealthAustralian researchers have come one step closer to understanding how the rhythm of the heartbeat is controlled and why many common drugs, including some antibiotics, antihistamines…
New responsive click-track software lets drummers set their own pace
— 12 Jan 2011 17:16 | TechnologyNew software has been developed that gives drummers the freedom to speed up or slow down the pace of the music with any pre-programmed material following their lead…
Jet-lagged and forgetful? It's no coincidence
— 25 Nov 2010 18:12 | HealthChronic jet lag alters the brain in ways that cause memory and learning problems long after one's return to a regular 24-hour schedule, according to research by University of California,…
New sleep cycle discovery explains why fatty diets during pregnancy make kids obese
— 23 Nov 2010 17:44 | HealthThe link between sleeping and obesity is drawn tighter as a new research published online in the FASEB Journal study shows that what your mother ate when she was pregnant may make you…
Scientists clock on to how sunlight shapes daily rhythms
— 23 Nov 2010 17:11 | BiologyFresh insight into how biological clocks adjust to having less sunlight in the winter could help us better understand the impact of jet lag and shift work…
Use of AEDs in hospitals for cardiac arrest not linked with improved survival
— 15 Nov 2010 17:21 | HealthWhile automated external defibrillators improve survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, an analysis of data indicates their use for cardiac arrest in a hospital does not result…
UCLA uses new hybrid, precision heart procedures to help stop deadly arrhythmias
— 9 Nov 2010 11:52 | HealthNew techniques now being used at UCLA allow doctors to more precisely target certain areas of the heart to stop ventricular arrhythmias - serious abnormal rhythms in the heart's lower…