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Energetic study of cardioplegic hearts under ischaemia/reperfusion and [Ca2+] changes in cardiomyocytes of guinea‐pig: mitochondrial role :: ConclusionsCPG, diazoxide and clonazepam improve postischaemic recovery, respectively, by increasing the Ca2+ cycling and by reducing the mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake either by uniporter or by mNCX. The mitochondria compete with the leaky sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) as sink of Ca2+ in guinea‐pig hearts, affecting the postischaemic contractility. CPG also prevented the ouabain‐induced dysfunction by avoiding the Ca2+ overload. Ouabain reduced the synergism between CPG and clonazepam suggesting that [Na+]i and SR load influence the mNCX role. (Source: Acta Physiologica)<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Women: The car industry's future? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/o2Xj2jiuzAM/index.html

Getting ahead at work in 2013 :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8ml0akuLc98/index.html

Record fines: 'New normal' for banks? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/OlEJVUWzzuU/index.html

Greek: We are getting hungry :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/dDVS3JK36Gw/

New rules hit Gaza's fishermen :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/GMk2xt0Izro/

U.S. to profit from AIG bailout :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/YN4XFHsAzoM/

Future risks: Solar storms, pandemic :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/dH1zA4KmsXk/index.html

Forbes: More taxes 'perverse' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/ADZeJE6fmqY/

OECD: No easy fix to UK tax problem :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/v5xvZpUZQ_I/

North Korea rocket costs: $1.3 billion :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/_zL-zZMEf8s/index.html

Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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Digital detox for gadget junkies :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/FP3oCToVHfg/index.html

Price tag of raising a child :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/NkJxRQ_gmJ4/

With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:&bull; Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).&bull; E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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The selling of wartime needs sold the US on advertising, author says :: (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) It's hard to imagine today, but the advertising industry once faced fierce public opposition, in the 1930s. Then came World War II, and everything changed, says author Inger Stole, in "Advertising at War." The industry helped the government promote everything from war bonds to victory gardens to women in the workforce -- while still selling products -- and in the process cemented its place in the American economy and psyche. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
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Help Protect Federal Spending on Rare Diseases like Duchenne :: PPMD Taking Action to Avert Sequestration



Those engaged in federal advocacy probably thought the Prescription Drug User Fee Act and its acronym PDUFA would take the cake in terms of policy jargon. But as the nation's eyes are fixed on Washington to see whether or not the nation will careen over the "fiscal cliff," the term sequester and sequestration is invading the American lexicon.

According to Webster, sequester traces its roots to the 14th Century and is derived from the Latin "sequestrare" which means "to hand over to a trustee." After centuries of obscurity, the term gained new prominence beginning in the summer of 2011, when Congress reached a deal to increase the nation's debt that forced a set of across-the-board spending cuts – or a sequester of such funds – if a committe...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Nielsen Holdings Acquires Arbitron: Eyeballs, Meet Eardrums :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Big data just got a little bit bigger -- and wider.</p><p>Nielsen Holdings (NYSE: NLSN) announced Tuesday that it will acquire Arbitron (NYSE: ARB), the audience-measurement company that tracks radio listeners, for $1.26 billion. The TV-ratings giant said it will acquire all outstanding common stock of Arbitron for $48 per share in cash -- a premium of 26 percent over the company's closing price on Monday.</p></div></div></div>
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Lakers News: When Will Pau Gasol And Steve Nash Return From Injuries? :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> </p><p>Finally, it looks like the Los Angeles Lakers are on the verge of getting back two of their top players.</p><p>Steve Nash and Pau Gasol have missed a combined 31 games in the 2012-2013 season. Now, L.A. could have both back by Christmas.</p><p>In just the second game of the season, Nash went down with a fracture in his left leg. The injury has kept Nash sidelined for almost two months, leaving the Lakers without a quality option at point guard. Darius Morris and Chris Duhon have started in Nash's absence, but have failed to run Mike D'Antoni's offense effectively.</p></div></div></div>
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Mexico Aims To Stem Bloodshed From Drug Wars With New National Police Force :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto announced his plan to establish a new national police force with the aim of reducing violent crime which has escalated in recent years as a result of the drug wars.</p><p>The new force, once it is trained, is intended to focus on general law enforcement and will eventually replace roughly 50,000 military troops that have been deployed to fight the drug cartels.</p><p>Pena Nieto, who took office Dec. 1, had said he would shift Mexico's policy on combating the drug cartels by focusing on increasing security.</p></div></div></div>
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