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    Physiological Role Of A Novel Hormone FNDC5/Irisin Revealed In Humans

    A research team led by Dr. Christos Mantzoros, MD, PhD, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, has published new findings elucidating the molecular and clinical role of FNDC5/irisin in humans. Irisin is a recently identified hormone secreted from muscle cells that has...
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    New Physiological Target For Various Aspects Of Neuropsychiatric Diseases

    What characterizes many people with depression, schizophrenia and some other mental illnesses is anhedonia: an inability to gain pleasure from normally pleasurable experiences. Exactly why this happens is unclear. But new research led by neuroscientists at the University of North Carolina at...
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    Conference Sponsored By The American Physiological Society Focuses On Key Gender Diff

    For years, those involved in cardiac care viewed the diagnosis and treatment procedures for cardiovascular disease as applicable to both men and women, despite the fact that heart disease kills 200,000 women each year, five times the rate of breast cancer. Today, thanks in part to physiology --...
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    Increased Bone Density Following Physiological Estrogen Treatment In Anorexic Girls

    Estrogen therapy improves low bone density due to anorexia nervosa in teenage girls with the disease when given as a patch or as a low oral dose that is physiological (close to the form or amount of estrogen the body makes naturally). These results of a new study are being presented Monday at...
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    Which of the following is NOT a physiological effect of nicotine?

    A. Depressant effect on the central nervous system B. Increased heart rate C. Increased release of adrenaline D. Nausea and vomiting for beginning smokers
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    Which of the following is NOT a physiological effect of nicotine?

    A. Depressant effect on the central nervous system B. Increased heart rate C. Increased release of adrenaline D. Nausea and vomiting for beginning smokers
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    Study On Physiological Responses To Stress Reveals Gender Difference

    Age and gender play a major role in how people respond to stress, according to a new study on 20-to-64-year-olds. Published in the journal Psychophysiology, the investigation was led by scientists from the Universite de Montreal and the Montreal Heart Institute in collaboration with colleagues...
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    what physiological activity does the three waves of an ECG represent?

    The P Wave, The QRS Complex and The T Wave
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