Structure of a Key Blood Pressure RegulatorScientists revealed the molecular structure of a key target for blood pressure medications. The findings may aid the development of blood pressure drugs with fewer side effects.
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Planning for our healthy future
All of us in the health care sector work hard every day to ensure that we are meeting the needs of the patients and families we serve. At Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS), this mission of service and caring is our North Star – something we always look to for direction and focus. Fulfilling that mission can be very challenging given the pace of change in healthcare. The demands on our services are growing and changing. The patients we see are living longer, and often have more complex conditions. They also frequently have higher expectations for their health care experience than in years past. And while technological breakthroughs are offering new treatments and new hope, they often come with a steep price – high tech tools are expensive.
#Beaniesforbraincancer raises awareness of limited funding into research of aggressive disease
If Gold Logie winner Carrie Bickmore’s aim was to raise brain cancer awareness when she used her acceptance speech to encourage everyone to wear beanies and post photos of themselves online, she has more than succeeded.
New survey: Percentage of Texans without health insurance drops dramatically
The percentage of Texans without health insurance dropped 31 percent since enrollment began in the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace, according to a new report released by the…
Combining targeted drug with chemotherapy offers longer life to b-cell cancer patients
Because of the significant benefit found in combining the targeted drug ibrutinib with standard chemotherapy for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic lymphoma, an interim analysis has closed the international HELIOS phase III clinical trial.
Water pipes could lead to long-term health problems: doctors
Australian doctors warn popular water pipes could be “more dangerous than cigarettes” and lead to carbon monoxide poisoning.
World first study into physical fitness
Newcastle researchers are hoping their world first study into physical fitness will show people how to lose weight without spending money.
All forms of smoking are bad for the heart
All forms of smoking are bad for the heart, the European Society of Cardiology has warned.
Race influences warfarin dose
A new report demonstrates that clinical and genetic factors affecting dose requirements for warfarin vary by race. The study proposes race-specific equations to help clinicians better calculate warfarin dosage.
Insect mating behavior has lessons for drones
Male moths locate females by navigating along the latter’s pheromone (odor) plume. Two strategies are involved: males must find the outer envelope of the pheromone plume, and then head upwind. Can understanding such insect behavior be useful for robotics research? Yes, according to an entomologist, whose research using computer simulations shows that such insect behavior has implications for airborne robots (drones) that ply the sky searching for signature odors.
New technique harnesses everyday seismic waves to image Earth
Earth researchers have devised a technique that transforms the tiny tremors generated by the everyday hustle and bustle of city life into a tool for probing the subsurface of Earth.