(Mar. 2, 2011) — HOBOKEN, NJ — The American Heart Association estimates 35 percent of adults in the U.S. suffer from metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors characterized by obesity and the simultaneous presence of heart disease risk factors…
DALLAS — March 1, 2011 — Will Marshall saw a physician about his blood pressure at his barber’s urging.
Yes, his barber.
“The barber and beauty shops for men and women are kind of their own private escapes,” Mr. Marshall said. “Every conver…
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Freshmen on the eve of finals and graduate students staring down a thesis committee may not feel this way, but the privilege of obtaining an advanced education correlates with decades of lower blood pressure,…
It is known that education decreases the incidence of cardiovascular disease. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Public Health demonstrates that education is also correlated with lower blood pressure and a decrease in…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Among the many differences between girls and boys, add the effects from caffeine — physiological, behavioral and subjective — to the list.
Results of a double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-response study of the response of yout…
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Rising carbon dioxide levels associated with global warming may affect interactions between plants and the insects that eat them, altering the course of plant evolution, research at the University of Michigan suggests.
The …
Washington, D.C. — Chemical compounds called manganites have been studied for many years since the discovery of colossal magnetoresistance, a property that promises important applications in the fields of magnetic sensors, magnetic random access me…
No tipping point for Arctic Ocean ice, study says
Using microearthquakes to evaluate potential carbon sequestration sites
Observing flares from Jupiter’s aurora
Change in atmospheric patterns behind Arctic sea ice summer 2010 low
Antarcti…
Controlling blood pressure is not only a medical challenge, but a social one as well. Because patients are required to strictly adhere to a treatment plan that may include medication, dietary restrictions and regular doctor visits, the ideas of we…
DALLAS — Nov. 9, 2010 — A hormone already responsible for increasing blood pressure by prompting the kidneys to retain salt appears to moonlight as a major stimulator of the brain centers that control the vascular system and blood pressure.
Re…
The GOES-13 satellite is watching a flurry of activity in the Atlantic Ocean today as a cold front approaches the remnants of Hurricane Tomas and threatens to swallow it in the next couple of days.
Tomas is now a remnant low pressure area is…
CINCINNATI — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center have found that about one-third of chronic kidney disease patients who are prescribed therapies for high blood pressure do not oft…