Monthly Archives: Giugno 2019
Social robots used in pediatric units at hospitals can lead to more positive emotions...
Social robots are increasingly being developed, tested and used in healthcare contexts.1–3 Although in relative infancy, social robotic technology holds the potential to assist...
Sitting for long periods of time has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular...
Sitting for long periods of time has been linked to increased risk of cardiovascular disease and early death, but a new study suggests that...
Malware : Samsung asks users to scan their Smart TVs
Samsung tweeted and then deleted that tweet stating that users should scan their Smart TVs for malware “every few weeks.”
Smart devices are vulnerable to all...
Warning : Mac malware exploits GateKeeper bypass bug
Cybersecurity researchers from Intego are warning about possible active exploitation of an unpatched security vulnerability in Apple's macOS Gatekeeper security feature details and PoC...
New intelligent liver function tests (iLFTs) showed a 44 percent increase in diagnosis of...
A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of scientists at the University...
Researchers have developed a method to create a new blood marker capable of detecting...
Researchers from Lund University, together with the Roche pharmaceutical company, have developed a method to create a new blood marker capable of detecting whether...
Dementia risk increase by use of anticholinergic medication
The study, carried out by experts from the University of Nottingham and funded by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research, found that there...
Different cultures – different learning capabilities
If you made any plans for next week, congratulations! You've demonstrated a key feature of being human: being able to think beyond the here...
New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite...
New research has identified a type of bacteria found in the microbiomes of elite athletes that contributes to improved capacity for exercise.
These bacteria,...
Air pollution is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and type 2...
A new study soon to appear in the Journal of Public Health suggests that air pollution and living in apartment buildings may be associated...
Eleven-month-old infants can learn to associate the language they hear with ethnicity
Eleven-month-old infants can learn to associate the language they hear with ethnicity, recent research from the University of British Columbia suggests.
The study, published April...
Statins doubles the risk of developing type 2 diabetes
A study of thousands of patients' health records found that those who were prescribed cholesterol-lowering statins had at least double the risk of developing...
Brain’s dorsal anterior insular play a major role in ecstatic experiences
The epileptic “aura” is a subjective phenomenon that sometimes precedes the visible clinical features of a seizure.
Investigators tested three epileptic patients prior to...
Food allergies could reverse by targeting gut bacteria
Every three minutes, a food-related allergic reaction sends someone to the emergency room in the U.S. Currently, the only way to prevent a reaction...
Researchers have created one of the first maps to reveal gene activity and connectivity...
Scientists investigating heart failure have been limited to studying diseased heart tissue in the lab - understandably, as people don't tend to pluck out...
