Physiology Fat Cells May Influence How The Body Reacts to Heart Failure (Physiology) 23 Feb 2021 Promising results in mice open door to new areas of research in treating patients with heart failure. University of Alberta researchers have found that limiting the amount of fat the…
Physiology Whale Sharks Show Remarkable Capacity to Recover From Injuries (Physiology) 23 Feb 2021 A new study has for the first time explored the extraordinary rate at which the world’s largest fish, the endangered whale shark, can recover from its injuries. The findings reveal…
Physiology Women’s Menstrual Cycles Temporarily Synchronize with Moon Cycles (Physiology) 28 Jan 2021 Women temporarily synchronize their menstrual cycles with the luminance and gravimetric cycles of the Moon. An analysis of long-term menstrual cycle records kept by 22 women for up to 32…
Physiology Clumsy Kids Can be Fit Too (Physiology) 20 Jan 2021 Clumsy kids can be as aerobically fit as their peers with better motor skills, a new Finnish study shows. The results are based on research conducted at the Faculty of…
Physiology Teaching Athletes About Morality in Sport Can Help Reduce Doping (Physiology) 6 Dec 2020 Elite athletes can be persuaded not to take banned substances – either by appealing to their sense of morality or educating them about the risks of using performance-enhancing drugs, according…
Physiology Mimicking Effect Of Exercise With Gene Therapy (Kinesiology / Physiology) 3 Dec 2020 It sounds too good to be true—and it is. But Jose Bianco Moreira and the CERG research group at NTNU are convinced that some of the positive health effects of…
Physiology Need Motivation to Exercise? Olfaction Is a Primal Motivator (Physiology) 30 Nov 202030 Nov 2020 Hacking the chemosensory system with a scent may enhance exercise motivation. Olfaction may play an important role in the motivation to seek voluntary exercise, according to a new study. The University of…