Atherosclerosis has been studied in animals for almost a century, yet the events leading up
to the rupture of an atherosclerotic plaque (the underlying cause of the majority of fatal …

Objective An effective career in medicine requires empathy and compassion, yet the
demands of a medical education increase stress and decrease students' ability to connect …

The impact of roads on local biodiversity is a major issue associated with urbanisation. A
major arterial road in the southern suburbs of Brisbane, south-east Queensland, was …

In recent years, there has been growing evidence that vascular pathologies arise in sites
experiencing an altered haemodynamic environment. Fluid shear stress (FSS) is an …

Two US geographers review an array of intertwining political geographic issues that provide
context and set the stage for deadly armed conflict between groups of ethnic Uzbeks and …

Rationale High-fat diet with obesity-associated co-morbidities triggers cardiac remodeling
and renders the heart more vulnerable to ischemia/reperfusion injury. However, the effect of …

Islet transplantation is an efficacious therapy for type 1 diabetes; however, islets from
multiple donor pancreata are required, and a gradual attrition in transplant function is seen …

Background: Rupture of advanced atherosclerotic plaques accounts for most life-threatening
myocardial infarctions. Classical (M1) and alternative (M2) macrophage activation could …

Without adequate housing and services, serious problems arise in holding labor resources
in one location for any length of time. This is true particularly in Noril'sk, a mining …

Objective—The distribution of atherosclerosis around branch sites changes with age in
human and rabbit aortas. We tested whether that reflects a change in the pattern of wall …