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'Fart gas' link to blood pressure
BBC ^
| 24 Oct 2008
| Unknown Windbag
Posted on 10/24/2008 2:11:59 AM PDT by GOP_Raider
The gas best known for being used in many stink bombs may also control blood pressure, say US researchers.
Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide - a toxic gas generated by bacteria living in the human gut - are responsible for the foul odour of flatulence.
But it seems the gas is also produced by an enzyme in blood vessels where it relaxes them and lowers blood pressure.
The findings in mice may lead to new treatments for high blood pressure, the Science journal reported.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Maryland, found that the gas is produced in the cells lining blood vessels by an enzyme called CSE.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: ifartinyourdirection
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The (broken) winds of change.
To: Slings and Arrows
Bush’s (Baked Beans) Fault.
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:13:53 AM PDT
by
GOP_Raider
("I had no idea he was a Democrat because he seemed so adult." Belasarius)
To: GOP_Raider
LOL! ANd they said eggs were bad for you! Sheeesh. (just avoid confined spaces...)
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:21:50 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: GOP_Raider
It must be true: look at all the contented cows there are!
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:23:03 AM PDT
by
Does so
("Ask /// What.......America Can Do for You" - B.O. paraphrasing JFK)
To: GOP_Raider; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
Bush’s (Baked Beans) Fault. 
Weapons of Gas Destruction ping!
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:24:14 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("I am Barack Obama, and I endorse this bomb." --Roger Simon)
To: GOP_Raider
Oh Rubbish.
If one has a early morning pounding heart it is clear to go sit on the toi toi and grunt,
Heartj wis. Go fer a jog of sorts...
See ya back at Routbee Mate.
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:28:24 AM PDT
by
Global2010
(God Will see us through. Blessings.)
To: GOP_Raider
COOL! If it's true my blood pressure should be in negative numbers!
prisoner6
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:36:47 AM PDT
by
prisoner6
(Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the Left fall out.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Who measures/tests this data?
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posted on
10/24/2008 2:44:42 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
To: GOP_Raider
Pull my finger to lower blood pressure.
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:08:35 AM PDT
by
sierrahome
(I'm done talking)
To: Daffynition
stop you are on candid flir.
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:27:11 AM PDT
by
wita
To: Daffynition
I have to ask, where did you find that picture?
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:29:11 AM PDT
by
wita
To: wita
I googled images *f@rt* ...
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:33:36 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.)
To: GOP_Raider
This is great news! Now an excuse to rip em in public and not be embarrassed!
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:41:53 AM PDT
by
MAD-AS-HELL
(How does one win over terrorists? KILL them with UNKINDNESS)
To: GOP_Raider
The findings in mice
I've never heard a mouse fart......or a cat either.
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:47:15 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Spreading manure around helps growth. Spreading wealth around creates manure)
To: Lil'freeper; Bender2
Heart-healthy feerts...who’da thunk it.
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:48:12 AM PDT
by
big'ol_freeper
(Gen. George S. Patton to Michael Moore... American Carol: "I really like slapping you.")
To: ErnBatavia; wazoo1031
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posted on
10/24/2008 3:52:51 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(NO giving up, NO quitting, NO doom and gloom, NO drama queens...Keep up the faith)
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
10/24/2008 4:51:30 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("I am Barack Obama, and I endorse this bomb." --Roger Simon)
To: Slings and Arrows
Trust me - cats fart. :P
We had a german shepherd who used to fart, even he knew he did. Whenever you saw him suddenly get up from his resting spot and move to another location you knew something was in the wind......
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posted on
10/24/2008 5:14:00 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Spreading manure around helps growth. Spreading wealth around creates manure)
To: Allegra
How’s your BP?
Lets check it, pull my finger....
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posted on
10/24/2008 5:15:07 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Spreading manure around helps growth. Spreading wealth around creates manure)
To: Allegra; wazoo1031
No wonder I've never had even the tiniest BP problem...
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posted on
10/24/2008 6:08:25 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Cuba got "Change"...in 1959)
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