Washington, Mar 13: Facemasks can help prevent adverse cardiovascular effects caused by pollution, scientists have shown.
Researchers discovered that pollution from car exhausts caused arteries to stiffen, resulting in higher blood pressure and reduced blood flow to the heart, reports BioMed Central''s open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology.
Nicholas Mills from the University of Edinburgh worked with a team of researchers to investigate the cardiovascular damage that can be caused by inhaling diesel smoke.
Washington, March 13 : Injecting a patient''s own bone marrow-derived stem cells into the spinal column using multiple routes can be an effective treatment for spinal cord injury (SCI), say researchers.
Scientists from DaVinci Biosciences, Costa Mesa, California, and Hospital Luis Vernaza in Ecuador say that such a treatment can return some quality of life for SCI patients without serious adverse events.
Revealing their findings in the journal Cell Transplantation, the researchers said that they administered bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMCs) directly into the spinal column, spinal canal and intravenously to eight patients with SCI-four acute and four chronic.
Washington, Mar 13 : Researchers at University of California, Irvine, have found that circadian rhythms, our own body clock, regulate energy levels in cells.
According to researchers, the findings could provide greater insights into the bond between the body''s day-night patterns and metabolism. They said that the discovery could help create new ways to treat cancer, diabetes, obesity and a host of related diseases.
Also, Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Pharmacology, and his colleagues found that the proteins involved with circadian rhythms and metabolism are intrinsically linked and dependent upon each other.
Washington, Mar 13 : Aspirin may reduce the risk of death in postmenopausal women who have heart disease or who have had a stroke, according to a new study.
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Observational Study also provides new insight into aspirin dosing for women, suggesting that a lower dose of aspirin (81 milligrams, or mg) is as effective as a higher dose (325 mg).
Washington, Mar 13: A new study has found that kids living in greener neighbourhoods are more active.
Researchers from Universite de Montreal, Canada have shown that the presence of nearby parks was strongly associated with girls walking to school and boys engaging in leisure walking.
For every additional park located within a half mile of their home, researchers found, the likelihood of walking to school more than doubled among girls and leisure walking by boys increased by 60 percent.
Washington, Mar 13 : Researchers from University of Alberta have identified certain genes responsible for spinal disc degeneration.
Washington, Mar 13: Facemasks can help prevent adverse cardiovascular effects caused by pollution, scientists have shown.
Washington, Mar 13 : Aspirin may reduce the risk of death in postmenopausal women who have heart disease or who have had a stroke, according to a new study.
Washington, Mar 13: A new study has found that kids living in greener neighbourhoods are more active.
