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Key: Meeting
Showing releases 376-394 out of 394 releases.
Public Release: 16-Nov-2009
Transcendental Meditation helped heart disease patients lower cardiac disease risks by 50 percent Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique had nearly 50 percent lower rates of heart attack, stroke and death compared to nonmeditating controls, according to the results of a first-ever study presented during the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando, Fla., on Nov.16, 2009. 
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Contact: Toranj Marphetia
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
The GFC is bad for more than just your pocket One in four Australian adults has taken an action that puts their health at risk as a result of the global financial crisis (GFC), according to a new MBF Healthwatch poll. The results show that lack of job security was particularly hard on families, with almost one in five parents turning up to work ill and close to one in 10 parents sending sick children to school. Contact: Rachel McConaghy
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
 Nature MedicineResearchers find potential treatment for Huntington's disease Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, UBC and UCSD have found that normal synaptic activity in nerve cells protects the brain from the misfolded proteins associated with Huntington's disease. They also found that the drug Memantine, which is approved to treat Alzheimer's disease, successfully treated Huntington's disease in a mouse model by preserving normal synaptic electrical activity and suppressing excessive extrasynaptic electrical activity.
National Insitutes of Health
Contact: Josh Baxt
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
Nature GeoscienceWarmer means windier on world's biggest lake Rising water temperatures are kicking up more powerful winds on Lake Superior, with consequences for currents, biological cycles, pollution and more on the world's largest lake and its smaller brethren.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Ankur Desai
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
Nature GeoscienceMIT scientists pinpoint origin of dissolved arsenic in Bangladesh drinking water Researchers in MIT's department of civil and environmental engineering believe they have pinpointed a pathway by which arsenic may be contaminating the drinking water in Bangladesh, a phenomenon that has puzzled scientists, world health agencies and the Bangladeshi government for nearly 30 years. The research suggests that human alteration to the landscape, the construction of villages with ponds, and the adoption of irrigated agriculture are responsible for the current pattern of arsenic concentration underground.
National Science Foundation, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
Contact: Denise Brehm
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009Tiny particles can deliver antioxidant enzyme to injured heart cells Researchers have developed microscopic polymer beads that can deliver an antioxidant enzyme made naturally by the body into the heart. Injecting the enzyme-containing particles into rats' hearts after a simulated heart attack reduced the number of dying cells and resulted in improved heart function days later. Contact: Jennifer Johnson
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
ChemosphereTiny bubbles clean oil from water Small amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water. Oil sheen is hard to remove, even when the water is aerated with ozone or filtered through sand. Now, a University of Utah engineer has developed an inexpensive new method to remove oil sheen by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing ozone gas, creating microscopic bubbles that attack the oil so it can be removed by sand filters.
US Department of Energy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Contact: Lee Siegel
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009Elevated biomarkers lead to diminished quality of life in heart attack patients post-discharge Many heart attack patients have high levels of cardiac biomarkers in the blood for several months after leaving the hospital, with more shortness of breath and chest pain, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Contact: David Olejarz
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009Continuous chest compression-CPR improved cardiac arrest survival in Arizona The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital was found to be twice as high when bystanders performed continuous chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing than when bystanders performed standard CPR. In those receiving standard CPR (alternating between 30 compressions and 2 breaths), survival was 6 percent. In contrast, 11 percent survived if bystanders kept pumping on their chest and did not stop for mouth-to-mouth breaths until emergency medical services arrived. Contact: Daniel Stolte
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
Nature PhysicsNIST demonstrates 'universal' programmable quantum processor Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics—the rules governing the submicroscopic world -- using two quantum bits (qubits) of information. The processor could be a module in a future quantum computer, which theoretically could solve some important problems that are intractable today.
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, National Security Agency, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity
Contact: Laura Ost
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
Nature GeneticsLargest gene study of childhood IBD identifies 5 new genes In the largest, most comprehensive genetic analysis of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease, an international research team has identified five new gene regions, including one involved in a biological pathway that helps drive the painful inflammation of the digestive tract that characterizes the disease. Although much research remains to be done, the study may provide a basis for developing drugs that target a protein on the pathway, for patients with the implicated gene variant.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: John Ascenzi
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009 Circulation: Journal of the American Heart AssociationStudy finds mixed results comparing 2 surgical strategies for infant heart defect Researchers found mixed results in the first head-to-head comparison of two surgeries for infants born with severely underdeveloped hearts -- the most common severe heart birth defect. One surgery worked better initially but was associated with more complications, and by two years of age the survival advantage had disappeared. It remains to be seen which will prove better over the long term.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Contact: Karen Astle
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009 Circulation: Journal of the American Heart AssociationEarly cooling in cardiac arrest may improve survival In a European study, patients were more likely to survive without brain damage after a cardiac arrest if emergency medical technicians lowered their body temperature early during resuscitation. Cooling is recommended for comatose patients after cardiac arrest, and this study demonstrates the potential benefits of beginning cooling even sooner during the arrest in the pre-hospital setting.
BeneChill, Inc.
Contact: News Media Staff Dallas
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009 Circulation: Journal of the American Heart AssociationPostmortem genetic tests after sudden death may provide less expensive way to identify risk Postmortem testing to identify mutations associated with sudden cardiac death is less expensive than comprehensive cardiac tests for surviving relatives. Many insurers cover comprehensive cardiac tests of surviving relatives, but few cover postmortem testing.
American Heart Association
Contact: News Media Staff Dallas
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009Heart and bone damage from low vitamin D tied to declines in sex hormones Researchers at Johns Hopkins are reporting what is believed to be the first conclusive evidence in men that the long-term ill effects of vitamin D deficiency are amplified by lower levels of the key sex hormone estrogen, but not testosterone.
Maryland Cigarette Restitution Fund
Contact: David March
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009Protein changes in heart strengthen link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure A team of US, Canadian and Italian scientists led by researchers at Johns Hopkins report evidence from studies in animals and humans supporting a link between Alzheimer's disease and chronic heart failure, two of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States.
NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Compagnia San Paolo di Torino
Contact: David March
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2009Young athletes need dual screening tests for heart defects, study suggests To best detect early signs of life-threatening heart defects in young athletes, screening programs should include both popular diagnostic tests, not just one of them, according to new research from heart experts at Johns Hopkins. Contact: David March
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
PLoS MedicineClimate variability and dengue incidence Research published this week in PLoS Medicine demonstrates associations between local rainfall and temperature and cases of dengue fever. Contact: Andrew Hyde
Public Release: 15-Nov-2009
Today's children decide their school and career path early Children as young as 12 have a strong sense of their personal futures and can reflect thoughtfully on what life might hold for them, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Professor Paul Croll of Reading University and Professor Gaynor Attwood of the University of the West of England.
Economic and Social Research Council
Contact: Press Office
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