Monthly Archives: Agosto 2019
Yellow lenses do not help night drivers
"Night-driving" glasses that promise to dim the glare of headlights may not work as advertised, a new study finds.
The glasses, featuring yellow-tinted lenses, have...
Mental health disorders are more common in people born during the winter
Levels of the stress hormone cortisol are higher in women who give birth in the autumn and winter than those who give birth in...
Scientists have demonstrated the link between high insulin levels and pancreatic cancer
UBC scientists have demonstrated for the first time a causal link between high insulin levels and pancreatic cancer.
In a study published today in Cell...
Most tumors contain macrophages that aid tumor growth
Macrophages are white blood cells that accumulate in tumors, where they aid cancer progression.
Now scientists have identified a surface protein found only on...
Higher doses of spironolactone can prevent the need for dialysis in selected heart failure...
Higher doses of spironolactone, a diuretic (water pill), can prevent the need for dialysis in selected heart failure patients, a UT Health San Antonio...
Researchers discovered that hormone replacement therapy affects the accumulation of heart fat
Hormone replacement therapy is a common treatment for menopause-related symptoms, and new research from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health reinforces...
The concept of implicit bias has made its way into the general consciousness
The concept of implicit bias has made its way into the general consciousness, most often in the context of racial bias. More broadly, however,...
A link between liver dysfunction and Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered
New research from the Alzheimer’s Disease Metabolomics Consortium (ADMC) and Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) has uncovered novel connections between liver dysfunction and Alzheimer’s...
Researchers found that choline can prevent fetal brain developmental problems when mothers use marijuana...
A team of researchers led by members of the University of Colorado School of Medicine at the Anschutz Medical Campus found that choline, an...
Cervical cancer : Psychological stress is associated with a higher risk of mortality
Psychological stress was associated with a higher risk of cancer-specific mortality in women diagnosed with cervical cancer.
"Patients receiving a cancer diagnosis are at increased...
Researchers reprogramming adult cells from bone marrow so that they can be injected directly...
Large, complex bone wounds are hard for doctors and patients alike to contend with. They often require grafts and multiple surgeries.
Jan Stegemann, a University...
The combination of a vaccine and a medicated cream is a promising strategy to...
Yale investigators have shown that the combination of a vaccine and a medicated cream is a promising strategy to dramatically reduce the recurrence of...
Researchers has applied artificial intelligence to the problem of detecting acute kidney injury in...
A team of researchers from DeepMind, the U.S. Veterans Administration and several other institutions in the U.K. and the U.S. has applied artificial intelligence...
Hangovers reduce brain function and memory
Hangovers reduce brain function and memory, according to new research from Swinburne University of Technology (Swinburne) in Melbourne.
The research was conducted in the central...
