(University of Manchester) The likelihood of people dying because their medication has a side effect that affects the electrical activity of the heart is being reduced -- thanks to a better understanding of why this happens and the development of tests to predict it.
electrical activityHeart death risk cut by early warning drugs testsEurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Sat, 07/12/2008 - 23:00
Fever May Trigger Heart Failure In Patients With The Genetic Dis...ScienceDaily Mon, 06/16/2008 - 11:30
The changes in heart rate that are potentially fatal in individuals with LQT2 are caused by changes in the electrical activity in the heart because of mutations in the HERG gene. Laser triggers electrical activity in thunderstorm for the first...EurekAlert! - Chemistry, Physics and Materials Sciences Sun, 04/13/2008 - 23:00
A team of European scientists has deliberately triggered electrical activity in thunderclouds for the first time, according to a new paper in the latest issue of Optics Express, the Optical Society's open-access journal. |
