Monthly Archives: Maggio 2019
The bone-building osteoblast cells have a complex relationship with cancer
In breast cancer, there are cases of women and men whose cancer returns in their bones 20-30 years after they were treated for their...
Researchers has developed a strategy that slows the growth of triple negative breast cancer...
A team of Brazilian researchers has developed a strategy that slows the growth of triple negative breast cancer cells by cutting them off from...
Researchers discover a way to stop inflammation with new anti-inflammasome drugs
Treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases are one step closer as University of Queensland researchers discover a way to stop inflammation in its tracks.
Associate Professor...
Breastfeeding is important for the dental health of young children
dental teams should continue to support and encourage mothers to breastfeednot being breastfed is associated with an increased risk of infectious morbidity (for example...
Scientists have discovered how mutations in DNA can cause neurodegenerative disease
Scientists have discovered how mutations in DNA can cause neurodegenerative disease.
The discovery is an important step towards better treatment to slow the progression...
The passing of time help us regulate our own emotions
The study of emotions is not an exact science. Psychologists still debate the body-mind connection in emotional reactivity; don’t have a complete taxonomy of...
Chikungunya: researchers could stop the debilitating condition
Chikungunya virus, once confined to the Eastern Hemisphere, has infected more than 1 million people in the Americas since 2013, when mosquitoes carrying the...
Large libraries of cancer cell lines can yield profound insights into tumors’ unique genetic...
Large libraries of cancer cell lines - collections of cells that represent tumor types seen in cancer patients - can yield profound insights into...
Sensory deprivation can improve perceptual abilities
First studies on sensory deprivation grew out of a clandestine cold war military experiment on mind control.
In the early 1950s, footage emerged from...
Penis extensions don’t work and can be risky
Many men who are concerned with their penis's small stature suffer from "dysmorphophobia," a condition where people see some imaginary flaw in physical appearance...
New research on the effect of parental age on fertility, pregnancy and the health...
Delaying childbirth has become a trend and is common in developed countries, reflecting increased life expectancy and the changing role of women in society....
Researchers discover a link between appendectomies and Parkinson’s disease
Patients who had their appendix removed were more likely to develop Parkinson’s disease than those whose appendix remained in place, according to the largest...
People who adhered to the DASH diet have a significantly lower risk of developing...
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet started in 1993 as a research study funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to...
Huntington’s disease can spread through nanotube tunnel
Huntington disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease that typically manifests in adulthood with motor, cognitive and psychiatric symptoms.
The disease occurs due to...
A team of psychologists has found strong associations between memory and three health-related factors
A team of psychologists has found strong associations between working memory - a fundamental building block of a functioning mind - and three health-related...
