Monthly Archives: Marzo 2019
T cells research could help optimize vaccine strategies
T cells are like the special ops forces of the immune system, detecting and killing infected cells.
When a new threat is detected, the...
Binge drinking early in life linked to anxiety
A growing body of evidence supports the idea that alcohol exposure early in life has lasting effects on the brain and increases the risk...
Electrical brain stimulation to treat people diagnosed with major depression
With a weak alternating electrical current sent through electrodes attached to the scalp, UNC School of Medicine researchers successfully targeted a naturally occurring electrical...
Protection from Zika virus may lie in the saliva of mosquitoes that transmit virus
By targeting a protein found in the saliva of mosquitoes that transmit Zika virus, Yale investigators reduced Zika infection in mice.
The finding demonstrates...
Birds can control the sex of their chicks
Sexual differentiation in birds is controlled genetically as in mammals, although the sex chromosomes are different.
Males have a ZZ sex chromosome constitution, while...
Researchers has developed a tiny implantable device that can measure the oxygen level of...
An international team of researchers has developed a tiny implantable device that can measure the oxygen level of internal tissue in a living animal.
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Why autism is four times more common in boys than in girls ?
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire are one step closer to helping answer the question of why autism is four times more common...
Treat the cancer as fast as you can
In a study of 142 patients preparing for cancer surgery, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have evidence that psychological or social risk factors...
Breathe for better health : Diaphragmatic vs Thoracic breathing
If you're reading this you're obviously breathing, but are you doing it right?
From the moment we're born we just do it, we take breathing...
Good Hospital cleaning practices linked to significant reductions in infections and demonstrated cost-benefits
A major trial of a bundle of hospital cleaning practices in 11 Australian hospitals has made significant reductions in healthcare associated infections and demonstrated...
The loss of blood vessels in the retina could signal Alzheimer’s disease
A quick eye exam might one day allow eye doctors to check up on both your eyeglasses prescription and your brain health.
A study of...
Building muscle strength may be one way to reduced the risk for type 2...
Of the 30 million Americans with diabetes, 90 to 95 percent have type 2, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New research...
Less healthy brains linked to smoking, high blood and pulse pressures, obesity and diabetes
Factors that influence the health of our blood vessels, such as smoking, high blood and pulse pressures, obesity and diabetes, are linked to less...
Israel : first world heart procedure – treat hole in the artery using...
A cardiologist at an Israeli hospital performed what the hospital is calling a “first in the world” heart procedure this week by plugging a...
Infants as young as five months can differentiate laughter between friends and that between...
Infants as young as five months can differentiate laughter between friends and that between strangers, finds a new study by researchers at New York...
