2005 Press Releases
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American
Physiological Society Taps 16 Scientists for Top Awards |
December 15 |
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Teachers Bring Summer
Science Research To The Classroom |
December 7 |
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Low-Intensity Exercise Delays Onset Of Congestive
Heart Failure, Markedly Extends Lives Of Rat Model Closely Reflecting Human
Disease |
November 30 |
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Sea Urchins’ Unexpectedly Diverse Immune Capability
Raises Possibility That ‘Innate’ System May Also Adapt In Vertebrates |
November 29 |
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APS
Awards More Than $160,000 to Nine Minority Students of Physiology |
October 27 |
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Hope for
Arthritis, Heart Attack, Stroke Relief Found in Unique “Acid Active”
Receptor |
October 21 |
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Iron
In The Blood, Good; Iron In The Lung, Very Bad |
October 3 |
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“A
Sense Of Where You Are” Gives Clues To How We Think As Well As What Makes A
Star Athlete |
September 30 |
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Better
Cardiovascular Outcomes For Night-Time Hemodialysis Patients Than For
Conventional Dialysis Recipients |
September 30 |
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Physiology
Students, Post-Docs Affected By Katrina Offered Monetary, Laboratory And
Academic Assistance Through APS; Tulane, LSU, Xavier, Loyola Most Affected;
40 Universities Offer Help |
September 9 |
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Dehydration
Has Minimal Effect In Cold, But Cuts Performance By 8% As Temperature Rises;
'Common Sense' Tips On Hydration And Exercise |
August 31 |
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High
Doses Of Vitamin E Boost Survival Rate 40%; Brain Function And ‘High Wire’
Neuromuscular Performance Gains Also Significant |
August 31 |
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Acupuncture
Takes On Acid Reflux: 40% Cut In Sphincter Relaxations Brings Measure
Of Potential Relief |
August 30 |
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Nothing
Leaves A Bad Taste In Your Mouth Like A Bad Aftertaste |
August 29 |
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Score
One For ‘Adult’ Stem Cells: First Real Progress In Acute Renal Failure
Therapy Shows Fast, Broad Results |
August 15 |
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APS
Announces Its 2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship Winners |
August 4 |
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APS
Neurohypophyseal Hormone Oxytocin/Vasopressin Conference:
Summary Reports on 13 Presentations |
July 19 |
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APS
NH Conference Keynote: Larry Young: The Serendipitous Role of the Vole
and Other Animal Models in the Search for Answers About Autism |
July 15 |
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Implications
Of Hormonal Signaling Inside The Brain: Radical Shift In Understanding
How The Brain Processes Information |
July 15 |
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Researchers
Explore Potential Of Powerful NH Neurotransmitters OT, VP As Novel
Source For Psychiatric Drugs |
July 15 |
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Some
Central Nervous Disorders Of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome May Be Avoided,
And Apparently Reversed, By Ingestion Of Choline During Pregnancy |
July 15 |
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GSK
Researchers Aim Nonpeptide Selective Oxytocin Receptor Antagonists At
Preterm Labor, Second-Leading Cause Of U.S. Infant Deaths |
July 15 |
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Endocannabinoids – The Brain’s Cannabis – Demonstrate
Novel Modes Of Action And Responses To Stress |
July 15 |
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Oxytocin
Raises Female Aggression, Lowers Anxiety During Lactation; Hormone
Released In Brain Has Similar Effects On Virgin Rats |
July 15 |
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Oxytocin’s
Role In Eating Behavior Doesn’t Mature Immediately After Birth, But Do
Other Situations Affect Its Impact? |
July 15 |
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Would Boosting The Oxytocin System Lead To Longer
Breast-Feeding? |
July 15 |
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Muscle
Repair: Making A Good System Better And Faster |
July 12 |
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Physiologists Affirm Need
for Animal Labs in Active Learning |
July 6 |
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Viagra
Shows Potential In Form Of Kidney-Linked Diabetes; Pharmacologic Activation
of Vasopressin-Independent cGMP Signaling Pathways Proves Approach Validity |
June 30 |
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APS
Promotes Innovative Science Teaching Practices with “Frontiers in
Physiology” |
June 28 |
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APS
Conference: Focus On Oxytocin And Vasopressin: New research recognizes
potential clinical applications and key roles in social behavior |
June 15 |
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Looking At Lance Through A Physiological Lens |
June 14 |
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Love Really Is “All In Your Head,” Though
Intense Romantic Love Looks More Like The Brass Ring Than A Bouquet Of
Roses |
May 31 |
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What’s
The Difference Between ‘Please Talk Louder’ And Trying To Be Heard Above The
Roar Of The Crowd? |
May 25 |
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What Do Racehorses, Asthmatics And
Meatpackers Have In Common?
Horses Exercising In Sub-Freezing Air Could
Indicate How Asthma Develops; May Lead To Equine ‘Heaves’ Cure |
May 23 |
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Hydroxycitric Acid Delays
Intestinal Glucose Absorption; Indirect Insulin/Sugar Effect Could Point To
Therapeutic Effect |
May 18 |
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Thyroid Hormones Bring Positive
Changes In Near-Failure Hearts; Unexpected Improvement In Cell Shape Cuts
Wall Stress 38%, Raises Possibility Of Novel Therapeutic Approach |
May 18 |
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Summary of 14
Highlighted IUPS Releases |
April 4 |
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Summary Sampler of
10 IUPS Papers |
April 4 |
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Statins, Other
Cholesterol-depleting Agents, May Disrupt Hypertension from Developing, UCSD
Researchers Say |
March 28 |
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Is There a New Anti-Obesity “Second Messenger”
Hiding in Our Cells? NAADP Shows Fast, Dose-Related Impact on
Satiety Cycle |
March 28 |
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Cranberry Juice Modulates Atherosclerotic
Vascular Dysfunction |
March 28 |
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Why Can’t Humans Be More Like (Western Painted)
Turtles? |
March 28 |
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Moderate Aerobic Exercise Improves Cardiovascular
And Nervous System Function In HIV+ Subjects |
March 28 |
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Viagra Yields Benefits To Mother And Fetus In
Hypertensive Pregnancy: Improved Maternal Vascular Function, Offspring
Weight Seen; Mortality Cut; Selective Effect in Pregnancy/Hypertension
Called “Intriguing” |
March 28 |
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SERPINE2 Identified As Novel Candidate Gene For
COPD Susceptibility, Especially With Smoking |
March 28 |
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Adding Growth Factor To Baby Formula Could Reduce
NEC, The Most Common, Devastating GI Disease In Preemies |
March 28 |
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Pediatric Burn Victims’ Recovery, Diabetes Aided
By Fenofibrate; Improved Mitochondrial Function Increases Glucose
Metabolism |
March 28 |
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Alcoholism Reduces Male Heart Muscle’s Ability
To Synthesize Protein |
March 28 |
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It’s Not The Medication, It’s The Inflammation
That Increases Asthmatics’ Increased Risk And Damage In Heart
Disease |
March 28 |
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Estrogen, SERMS Reduce Asthma Impact By Halting
Constriction |
March 28 |
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Fifteen Generations Of Untrained Athletes And
‘Couch Potatoes’ Reveal Change From Muscle Function To Major
Physiological Adaptations |
March 28 |
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Paradox Among “Mandela’s Children”: Why Do Black
South Africans Have A Low Hip Fracture Rate Despite Low Calcium
Intake, Exercise Rates? |
March 28 |
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Movie Techniques, MRI/CT Data Combine With
Computer Modeling Of Knee/Patella To Aid Surgery; Toward A Diagnostic
Tool To Check Cartilage Stress, Cerebral Palsy Outcomes |
March 28 |
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Newly
Elected APS Officers Announced for 2005-2006 |
March 24 |
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APS Awards $63,000 in Travel Fellowships to
Minority Scientists |
March 11 |
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International Physiologists Mark
Post-Genomic Resurgence at IUPS Congress, San Diego March 31-April 5 |
March 10 |
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APS
Announces Four 2005 Young Investigators Awards |
March 8 |
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Green Tea Extract Boosts Exercise
Endurance 8-24%; Dose-related Improvement Utilizes Fat as Energy
Source |
January 27 |
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A
New New Year’s Reason For Women To Work Out: Exercise Improves Three
Measures of Heart Protection |
January 25 |
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Breakthrough
Asthma Study Shows Multiple Genetic Input Required; General Notion of
Single-gene Disease Solution Shot Down |
January 25 |
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Exercise-wise,
Don't Count on Vitamin C to Boost Performance; Exercise Capacity
Wasn't Improved for Men or Women, Young or Old |
January 6 |
