2002 Press Releases
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New
Study May Point To Help For Air Pollution Disease Affecting
Agricultural, Industrial Workers |
December 10 |
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The Cox-2 Enzyme Plays An Important Role Regulating Acute Pancreatitis
And Associated Lung Injury |
December 10 |
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Could An Anti-Marijuana Compound Hold The Key To Body Weight And
Appetite Control? |
December 10 |
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New Study Sheds Light On How The Tongue Restores Its Ability To Taste
Following Surgery |
December 10 |
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Without Water, The Body Will Shut Down Its Need To Ingest Food
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December 10 |
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Three Inferior Prefrontal Regions Of The Brain Found Receptive To
Somatosensory Stimuli |
November 19 |
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Imaging Study Provides New Information On How The Brain Processes Sounds
Of Different Tones |
November 13 |
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The Brain Uses The Same Neural Networks To Engage In Conscious And
Unconscious Learning |
November 5 |
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Lower Insulin Sensitivity Found In Mexican-Americans, Regardless Of
Behavioral And Metabolic Factors |
November 5 |
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Estrogen Linked To More Efficient Regulation Of A Woman’s Heartbeat
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November 5 |
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Mother (Nature) Knows Best
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August 27 |
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Drinking Through Your Pelvic
Region? |
August 27 |
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A Message From Nature To
Muskrats: “Don’t Chill Out” |
August 27 |
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Tomorrow’s Super Robots May
Owe Their Mobility To A Cockroach’s Legs Today |
August 27 |
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A Unique Hemoglobin, Possibly
300 Million Years Old, May Help The Baby Kangaroo’s Journey To The
Mother’s Pouch |
August 27 |
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“Sorry, Charlie:” New News On The Tuna
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August 27 |
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For Elephants, It’s Not Just Their Ears And Trunk That
Make Them Unique On Land
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August 27 |
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Macarthur Award Winner And
Physiologist Chosen To Present Research Award From One Of The Nation’s
Oldest Scientific Societies |
August 26 |
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Hibernators May Hold The Key
For Better Human Organ Preservation |
August 26 |
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Men Are Faster Than Women.
But Does That Mean Bets Should Always Be Placed On Colts? |
August 22 |
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Why The Hammerhead Shark’s
Head Is In The Shape It’s In |
August 22 |
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Lazy Snakes...Pythons Can Be
Couch Potatoes, Too |
August 22 |
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How Animals Work - The Power
of Comparative Phyisiology |
August 20 |
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Drink at Least Eight Glasses of Water a Day for Better Health?
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August 13 |
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Does That
“JAVA-JOLT” Affect Coffee and Non-Coffee Drinkers Alike?
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August 1 |
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“Obesity Sleuths” Find Chronic Diseases are Linked to A Breakdown
Response to What Our Human DNA Is Expecting |
July 10 |
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A Peptide, Responsible for a Wide Range of Disorders, is Produced at a
Higher Rate in Patients With Nephrotic Syndrome |
July 10 |
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Loss of
Lean Body Mass in HIV-Infected Men Linked to Immunological Processes
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June 11 |
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2002 APS Leaders Take Office
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June 3 |
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Obesity….
By Choice |
June 3 |
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Horwitz to Serve as the 75th
President of the American Physiological Society |
May 23 |
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APS Announces Its 2002 Postdoctoral
Fellowship Winners |
May 6 |
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A Sample of 101 Neonates at a
New Jersey Hospital Finds 40 Percent Testing Positive for Drugs of
Abuse |
April 22 |
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From the Mountains to the
Seas, Tibetans Retain Their Resistance to Hypoxia, a Disorder
Resulting From the Lack of Oxygen |
April 22 |
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New Evidence That Dietary Soy
and Flaxseed Have Positive Effect on Obesity and Diabetes
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April 22 |
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A New Study of Energy Intake
and Expenditure of the World's Most Elite Soldiers is Part of the US
Army's Efforts to Insure Soldiers' Needs Are at the Forefront of
Concern |
April 22 |
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New Study Finds Another
Important Reason Why Smokers Should Keep Their Unhealthy Habit Away
From Infants and Children |
April 22 |
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New Findings Could Lead to
Innovative Treatment Technologies For Patients With Sickle Cell
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April 22 |
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A Pilot Study May Offer
Promise of a Marker for Ovarian Cancer |
April 22 |
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Can A Basic Technology Used to
Measure Motion Replace More Expensive testing Procedures With The
Same Reliability? |
April 22 |
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Obesity May Exacerbate Long QT
Syndrome, A Disorder of the Heart's Electrical System, in African
American Females |
April 22 |
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Physiology and Pathophysiology
of Obesity |
April 22 |
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A Popular Japanese Plum, Now
Available in the US, May Help Prevent the Onset of Cardiac Disease
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April 22 |
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New Indicators for Predicting
Hypertension in African-American Males |
April 22 |
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Researchers Demonstrate That
An Extract From Green Tea Could Aid in Alleviating the Shortage of
Livers Available for Transplant |
April 22 |
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Combined Findings of a New
Study Indicated Need for Improved Nutritional Practices for African
American Females with Low Incomes |
April 22 |
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Gender Differences in Fatigue
Explained by the Use of the Body's Aerobic Pathways
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April 22 |
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Physical Effort Does Not
Automatically Lead to Worsening of Fibromyalgia Symptoms or Abnormal
Physiological Responses |
April 22 |
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Anticonvulsant Drugs Found to
Impact On Epileptic Children's Ability to Recall Information
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April 22 |
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High Risk Children From a
Lower Socioeconomic School Provide Evidence That a Hormone Derived
From Fat Cells May Indicate Who Is Susceptible to Type 2 Diabetes
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April 22 |
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Diabetes Tied to Altering of
the Heart's Circadian Clock |
April 22 |
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More Than 2,500 Research
Findings Affecting the Spectrum of Human Health Take Center Stage at
115th Annual Gathering of Research Physiologists
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April 22 |
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Eliminating Battlefield
Transfusions |
April 22 |
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"Berry, Berry, Berry…Good!"
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April 22 |
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How the Mal Beer Gut May Be a
Red Flag for Cardiovascular Disease and Other Health Problems
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April 22 |
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New Findings Represent the
First Aerobic Capacity QTLs Identified in Genetic Models
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April 22 |
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Despite the
Fact that Two Individuals Participate in Same Aerobic Activity for the
Same Amount of Time, One May Achieve Greater Aerobic Capacity Than the
Other |
April 22 |
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APS Awards 44 Minority Travel
Fellowships to the Experimental Biology 2002 Meeting in New Orleans,
LA |
April 18 |
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APS Offers Free Online Access to Its
“Archive of Teaching Resources” |
April 18 |
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Physiology And Pathophysiology Of Obesity |
April 16 |
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APS
Announces Its 2002 Young Investigators Awards |
April 1 |
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Enzyme
Once Thought Harmful To Alzheimer’s Patients Now Appears To Be A Key To
Future Treatment
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March 12 |
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For The
Athlete In Training, Findings Conclude Sustained Caffeine Intake Over A
Three Day Period Negates The Benefits Of
Creatine Supplements
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March 12 |
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Human
Running On Surfaces Of Different Stiffness |
March 12 |
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For The
Longest Distance Runner, That Tired Feeling May Not Be Due To Central
Fatigue |
March 12 |
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University Of San Francisco Researcher Presents Results Of An
Investigation Of 18 Hyperlipidemic Children In The Bay Area |
February 25 |
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Are Genetics The Only Reason For High
Blood Pressure Among Certain Hispanic Populations? |
February 19 |
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Genetic Clues For Finding And Treating Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)
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February 19 |
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APS Associate Editor Advocates Prescribing
Physical Activity for Sedentary Patients |
February 12 |
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Bat-N-Man |
February 7 |
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An
Animal Study Raises Additional Concerns About The Use Of A Particular
Steroid On Premature Infants |
February 7 |
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Braille
Reading Strategies May Enhance Stimulation Of The Brain Responsible For
Vision |
February 7 |
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“Night
Eating Syndrome” May Be Related To The Performance Of The Body -- Not
The Mind |
February 7 |
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The
Body’s Production Of Melatonin – Not The Commercially Marketed Hormone –
May Be The Reason Why The Elderly Can’t Get A Good Night’s Sleep |
February 7 |
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New
Research Findings Offers Possible Clues For Avoiding Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome (SIDS) |
January 9 |
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New
Research May Lead To More Effective Treatment Of Asthmatic Attacks |
January 9 |
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Respiratory Activation In Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Syndrome (OSA) |
January 9 |
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A 2,000
Year-Old Technique May Hold the Key to Acupuncture’s Therapeutic Effect
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January 9 |
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Subjects
Lying Face Up Reveal A Reduced Ability For “Nasal Air Conditioning”
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January 9 |
