Saturday, February 9th, 2008
In a study of pregnant women, those with pregnancy-induced high blood pressure were found to have higher levels of a peptide that raises blood pressure in the pieces of tissue linking mother and fetus, according to researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The finding, reported online in the ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
First time runners, more likely to ignore foot and ankle pain, are at higher risk of injury, warns Temple podiatrist Howard Palamarchuk. For the past 24 years, Palamarchuk has cared for runners' feet at the finish line of some of the most difficult races in the country, including the Boston ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
Our alarm clocks may spring forward on March 9, but our biological clocks may take longer to adjust. That's because our internal clocks are so tightly wound to many physiological and behavioral processes.
Researchers have learned that circadian rhythms the 24-hour cycles that keep our bodies on time are involved in ...
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Saturday, February 9th, 2008
A research team from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, examining bacterial isolates obtained in hospital and non-hospital clinical settings between 2000 and 2006, has identified drug-resistant strains of E. coli and Klebsiella bacteria in more than 50 blood, urine and respiratory samples. These resistant strains, ...
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