Monthly Archives: Giugno 2019
What is the terminal or paradoxical lucidity ?
It happens unexpectedly: a person long thought lost to the ravages of dementia, unable to recall the events of their lives or even recognize...
Mystical near-death experiences affect around 10 percent of people
Mystical near-death experiences where people report a range of spiritual and physical symptoms, including out-of-body sensations, seeing or hearing hallucinations, racing thoughts and time...
Researchers have found that use of inductive charging risks depleting the life of mobile...
Researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick have found that use of inductive charging, whilst highly convenient, risks depleting the life of mobile...
Sleep disruptions during middle age may be a potential biomarker for developing Alzheimer’s disease...
People who report a declining quality of sleep as they age from their 50s to their 60s have more protein tangles in their brain,...
Lower exposure to UVB rays during pregnancy has been linked to an increased risk...
Too little sunlight – and specifically UVB exposure – in pregnancy has been linked with a higher risk of learning disabilities.
In a new study...
Lung cancer : Vitamin E can increase the cancer’s ability to spread
A new study explains why lung cancer spreads faster in patients with certain genetic changes, and suggests that taking vitamin E, long thought of...
How does the brain distinguish colors and shapes that a person can see ?
There are hundreds of thousands of distinct colors and shapes that a person can distinguish visually, but how does the brain process all of...
Anti-obesity drugs – a group of brain cells controls energy expenditure
Effective weight-loss strategies call for eating less food, burning more calories - or ideally, both.
But for the more than 90 million Americans who...
Scientists have created natural-looking hair that grows through the skin using human induced pluripotent...
Scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys have created natural-looking hair that grows through the skin using human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a major scientific...
Herceptin : The two-in-one treatment keeps women’s breast cancers at bay
Guiding chemotherapy to a tumour by attaching it to the antibody-based target drug Herceptin (trastuzumab) is effective at treating women with breast cancer who...
Deep sleep is critical for memory consolidation
Gentle sound stimulation played during specific times during deep sleep enhanced deep or slow-wave sleep for people with mild cognitive impairment, who are at...
Praying mantises use 3-D perception for hunting
In stunning images captured under the microscope for the first time, the neurons were found in praying mantises.
The work is published in Nature...
Exposure to viral infections in the brain during childhood has been linked to an...
Although the exact causes of multiple sclerosis still remain unknown, it is assumed that the disease is triggered by a combination of genetic and...
Using social media can actually help improve mental health in adults
Contrary to popular belief, using social media and the internet regularly could improve mental health among adults and help fend off serious psychological distress,...
Listeria bacteria : how the pathogen manipulates the immune system to promote its own...
Listeria bacteria in food, water, or soil can cause food poisoning and even life-threatening infections in vulnerable people.
In a study, Yale investigators have...
