2004 Press Releases
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Yo-yo Diet Redistributes Hexachlorobenzene in Body
Tissue |
December 21 |
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APS Announces 2005 Distinguished Lecturer Awards |
December 13 |
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Novel Gene Transfer Prevents Hypertension-Related
Enlarged Heart, Cardiac Fibrosis |
November 30 |
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“Lighter Than Air” Breathing More Than Doubles
COPD
Patients’ Exercise Endurance |
November 29 |
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High Protein, Low-Carb Diet During Pregnancy Improved
Triglycerides, Fat Metabolism In Offspring |
November 22 |
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Aspirin Attack-2: Acetaminophen Shows Positive In
Vivo Cardioprotective Effects In Heart Attack, Arrhythmia |
November 11 |
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Heart Bypass Gets New Source For Replacement Blood
Vessels: Fibrin-Based Tevs Top Collagen, Other Types |
November 9 |
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Red Wine Mist? Resveratrol
Shows Unique Anti-Inflammatory Effects In Human Lung; COPD, Asthma Potential
Seen |
October 28 |
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Putting “Physiology” into the Nobel
Prize: 2004 Marks 100th Anniversary of Pavlov’s Award |
October 5 |
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New Genomic, Proteomic
Tools Yield Clues To Exercise/Diet Effects On Obesity, Metabolic
Syndrome And Diabetes Progression |
October 5 |
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After Flu Exposure, Mild Exercise Protects Mature
Mice From Dying, But Not From Developing Symptoms |
October 5 |
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Short-Term Exercise
Significantly Increases Insulin Action, While Cardiovascular Disease
Risk Factors Trend Downward |
October 5 |
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Is Interleukin-6 The “Holy Grail” Of
Exercise Mediation? Call To Rename Class Of Muscle-Derived IL-6 As
“Myokines” |
October 5 |
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They’re Not Your Dads’
Muscle-Building Hand-Grips, But IHG Exercise Aids Systolic Blood
Pressure, Carotid AD, Endothelial Function |
October 5 |
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Good News: As You Age,
Leg Blood Vessels Adapt So You Can Still Exercise Without Fainting |
October 5 |
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Exercise Increases Bone
Mass: Start Early For Long-Lasting Effects; Running And Jumping In
Childhood And Adolescence |
October 5 |
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MEDIA ALERT: Exercise Meeting Keynote Speaker -- Bengt
Saltin – Bridges Latest Research, Historic U.S.-European Physiology,
Mentoring: 16 meeting highlights: from reduced flu
mortality to proteomics & obesity |
September 28 |
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Winning Combination To Build Bone Density In
Children: Calcium Intake And Vigorous Daily Exercise
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September 27 |
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Females May Be More Susceptible To
Overindulge “Sweet Tooth” Cravings Than Males |
September 22 |
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IBD (Crohn’s, Colitis) “Joins” Cancer,
Inflammatory Diseases in Associated New Blood Vessel Growth |
September 10 |
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Growth Hormone and IBD: Reduction of
Intestinal Inflammation, Promotion of Growth |
September 10 |
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Case for
Combination Therapy for complex IBD Comes from Researchers at Baylor,
MIT and Hebrew University |
September 10 |
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Novel IBD therapeutic
approaches reported in three studies from Barcelona, Washington University
and LSU-University of Muenster |
September 9 |
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APS Adds 18 speakers to its IBD (Crohn’s/ulcerative
colitis) Conference Lineup |
September 8 |
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APS Awards More Than $140,000 to Minority
Students of Physiology |
August 30 |
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MEDIA ALERT: Integrative Biology of
Exercise APS Intersociety Meeting, October 6-9, 2004 in Austin, Texas |
August 26 |
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APS Showcases 46
Historic Breakthrough Research Articles |
August 25 |
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When It Comes to Babies, a Sigh Isn’t Just a Sigh |
August 25 |
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Regular Physical Activity Really Does Boost Immune
System In Older Men |
August 24 |
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Of Course Your Knees And Quads Hurt More After
Running Than Walking: You're Only Human |
August 23 |
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Embryonic Stem Cell Therapy
Shows Steady Benefits In Rebuilding Infarcted Heart |
August 18 |
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APS Announces Its 2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Winners |
August 10 |
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APS Awards
More Than $36,000 to Its 2004 Undergraduate Research Fellows |
August 9 |
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New Glycan Arrays Discover Autoimmunogenic
Activities of SARS-CoV: Concern Over Monkey Vaccine |
August 1 |
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APS/IUPS launch Physiology
bimonthly, designed to be "focus" publication for broad bioscience
research |
August 1 |
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Microarrays – Key Genome Expression Trackers – Work
Better When Probes Are Sequence-Verified |
July 22 |
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Why Some Neonates Need Caffeine |
July 20 |
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Heat And Exercise Alone May Not Determine How Much We
Sweat |
July 20 |
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Was Atkins Right? New Study Provides Support For Those
Who Advocate A High Protein Diet For Weight Loss And Better Health |
July 19 |
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Reading Hexametric Rhyme Supports Cardiac
Synchronization, Especially After A Heart Attack |
July 19 |
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Long-Term Heart Damage May Result From Constant
Confrontation And Defeat |
July 19 |
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APS Recognizes Intel
ISEF High School Finalists For Experiments in Physiology |
July 13 |
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APS Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (Crohn's, colitis)
Research Conference: Immunological and Pathophysiological Mechanisms
in IBD Sept. 8-11 2004 in Snowmass, CO |
July 12 |
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Endurance Exercise Found To Be Equally Effective As
Diuretics In Improving Cardiac Health |
June 28 |
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In The Obese, Metabolic Adaptations After Weight Loss
Lead To The Regaining Of The Shed Pounds |
June 28 |
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Early Exposure To A Tapering Dose Of Dexamethasone Has
Long-Lasting Effects On Neurodevelopment And Neuroendocrine Function |
June 28 |
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Infusion Of Two Peptides Acts To Accelerate Appetite
Satisfaction |
June 28 |
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New Study Confirms Process Leading To Disorder Causing
Male Characteristics In Women |
June 15 |
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Gestational
Diabetes Not Found To Alter The Metabolic Processes In Obese Pregnant Women |
June 15 |
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Obesity And Hypertension: Two Epidemics
Or One? |
June 7 |
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Evidence Of Nanobacterial-Like
Structures Found In Human Calcified Arteries And Cardiac Valves |
May 24 |
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2004 APS Leaders Take Office |
May 12 |
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APS Wins
Presidential Award for Minority Mentoring at All Levels of Education;
$10,000 grant to support Porter Fellowship |
May 6 |
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APS Announces Four 2004 Young
Investigators Awards |
April 20 |
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New Research Explores
“Early Bird” And “Night Owl” Sleep Patterns |
April 19 |
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The Preference For Sweetened
Foods May Decline After Exercise |
April 19 |
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Preliminary Data
Confirm Use Of Pnp Inhibitor Bcx-1777 And A Corresponding Reduction Of
Leukemic T-Cells |
April 19 |
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Derivatives Of A Rare Chinese Mushroom Can Improve Capacity For Aerobic
Exercise And Endurance In The Mid-Age To Elderly, Sedentary Humans |
April 19 |
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Nike Sports Research
Lab Study Finds No Connection Between An Alternative Therapy Thought
To Enhance Athletic Performance |
April 19 |
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Is There A
Relationship Between Repeated Pregnancies And Increased Cardiovascular
Disease? |
April 19 |
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Trans Fat Linked To
Increase In Cholesterol |
April 19 |
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Successful Therapy For
Head And Neck Cancer May Lead To Long-Term Circulatory Problems |
April 19 |
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Adding Menthol To Topical Creams For Osteoarthritis Provides
Significant Pain Relief |
April 19 |
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New Study Finds
Certain Compounds In Beer And Wine Effective In Slowing Breast Cancer
Cell Growth |
April 19 |
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How Do Animals
Exposed To 24-Hour Light Retain Their Wake-Sleep Habits? |
April 19 |
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Estrogen–Like Drugs May Eventually Help
Postmenopausal Women With Weight Gain |
April 19 |
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Is A Single Bout Of Exercise Helpful Or Harmful In
Getting A Good Night’s Sleep? |
April 19 |
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New Research An
Important New Step In Determining Whether Curry Can Protect Against
Alzheimer’s |
April 19 |
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Making Science News |
April 17 |
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APS Awards 55 Minority Travel Fellowships to the
Experimental Biology 2004
Meeting (April 17-21) in Washington, DC |
April 16 |
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2004 Distinguished
Lectureships |
April 16 |
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Free Access To Science: A Model For The
Dissemination Of Scientific Literature |
March 4 |
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New Study Seeks To Establish Mechanism Between Areas Of The Brain And
Continence |
February 25 |
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Carbohydrates Offer Some Help In Muscle Protein
Synthesis, But Not Enough For The Desired Effect |
February 25 |
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Just How Much Water Do We Really Need? The Answer May
Depend On Our Age |
February 25 |
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New Findings Bring Mixed Blessings to Those Looking to
Combat Jet Lag |
February 4 |
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Could
Memory Performance and Spatial Learning Be Genetically Based? |
February 4 |
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Shakespeare Wrote, “To Sleep, Perchance To Dream;”
Scientists’ Findings May Lead To Better Understanding Of How That Sleep
Develops, Matures |
February 4 |
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New Findings are a Window
Into the Late Stages of “Lou Gehrig’s” Disease |
February 4 |
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Examining Cardiac Performance of Tunas at the Cellular Level |
February 4 |
