Archive for June, 2009
A new study by US researchers found that a moderate reduction in daily salt intake could reduce deaths and rates of heart disease among
Americans, and among African Americans in particular, because they are more likely to have high blood pressure and for it to be sensitive to
salt.
The study was the work of lead author Dr Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, an assistant professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology at the University of
California, Read the rest of this entry »
Pregnant women suffering from asthma run a greater risk of giving birth prematurely if they suspend their asthma treatments. According to a Universit?© de Montr?©al study, published in Respiratory Medicine, the probability of suffering from hypertension during pregnancy also increases for women who interrupt their asthma treatment.
"Many pregnant women cease taking their asthma medication to protect the health of their child," Read the rest of this entry »
Medical scientists at the University of Leicester are investigating how a species of fish from the Pacific Ocean could help provide answers to tackling chronic conditions such as hereditary high blood pressure and kidney disease.
They are examining whether the Goby fish can help researchers locate genes linked to high blood pressure. This is because a protein called Urotensin II, first identified in the fish, is important for regulating Read the rest of this entry »
When infected, the body has two types of immune defence to deploy innate immunity and acquired immunity. In her dissertation, Shanie Saghafian Hedengren studies monocytes, a type of white blood corpuscles that are part of the innate immune system.
"Innate immunity plays a crucial role at the beginning of life as protection against bacteria and other microbes, since the acquired immune system is not fully developed at that stage. generic Read the rest of this entry »
generic prozac fluoxetine no prescription A group of German investigators demonstrated that the early increase in phosphorylated CREB (pCREB) is related to treatment response and does not depend on pharmacological interventions or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plasma levels. For the first time, cellular biological markers could be associated with Read the rest of this entry »