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One Health Headlines: Friday, March 9, 2012

March 9, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

This week’s One Health roundup includes several stories on the health benefits of pets, as well as some of the potential risks (and how to avoid them). We’ve also included stories on the latest research that could offer clues on and provide treatments for asthma, heart attacks, vision loss and obesity.

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Study on marmosets provides greater understanding of factors leading to obesity

March 7, 2012 | Julie Ciaramella | Leave a comment

Obesity has been in the news frequently over the past few years, especially with First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign to end childhood obesity and get kids eating healthier and moving more. It also seems like new research about obesity is coming out all the time, drumming up scarier and scarier facts about nutrition and health. But what if factors for obesity are something that you’re born with? Researchers from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and Southwest National Primate Research Center had some interesting findings from a study on marmosets, a close primate relative of humans.

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Time of day could have an effect on cardiac health

February 27, 2012 | Julie Ciaramella | Leave a comment

A new study on mice has found that the time of day could have an effect on a person’s risk of sudden cardiac death. Published in the journal Nature, the researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine found that levels of a protein which controls the heart’s rhythm fluctuate through the day.

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One Health Headlines: Friday, February 24, 2012

February 24, 2012 | Michael San Filippo | Leave a comment

Interesting news from scientists out of New York this week, whose research suggests that H5N1 avian influenza may have infected many more people than previously reported, and that the number of deaths attributed to the virus may have been overestimated.

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Pets warm your heart, but make it healthier, too

February 14, 2012 | Julie Ciaramella | Leave a comment

A new study has found that pet owners’ hearts respond better to their body’s changing requirements, like beating faster when they’re stressed out or in a dangerous situation. Increased heart rate variability means less of a risk of dying from heart disease.

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