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Impact of low family income on memory and language ability in children
A new study by a team of researchers from the University of Toronto (U of T) has identified the region of the brain's hippocampus...
COVID-19: People who are overweight are at greater risk of hospitalization
People who are overweight, even if only modestly, are at greater risk of COVID-19 hospitalization, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
For the...
COVID-19: Oxygen therapy harms lung microbiome contributing to lung injury
One of the hallmarks of severe COVID-19 is shortness of breath and significantly reduced levels of oxygen in the blood, called hypoxemia.
Upon hospitalization,...
Impatto del basso reddito familiare sulla memoria e sulla capacità linguistica dei bambini
Un nuovo studio condotto da un team di ricercatori dell'Università di Toronto (U of T) ha identificato la regione dell'ippocampo del cervello che collega il basso reddito...
Face pareidolia is a very human condition that relates to how our brains are...
If you tend to notice faces in inanimate objects around you like the scowling face of a house, a surprised bowling ball, or a...
COVID-19 – Israel: New Antibody Drug Offers Surprising Recovery
The world’s first clinical trial for a coronavirus drug made from antibodies got off to a promising start in Jerusalem, with all three patients...
Biotina: alte dosi di vitamina B7 potrebbero mascherare i problemi cardiaci
L'assunzione di integratori che contengono alti livelli di biotina (vitamina B7 ) può portare a risultati falsamente bassi su un esame del sangue utilizzato per...
Lipoic acid supplements help healthy people lose weight
A compound given as a dietary supplement to overweight but otherwise healthy people in a clinical trial caused many of the patients to slim...
Latte umano: la pastorizzazione inattiva COVID-19 – La conservazione a freddo non inattiva il...
Un team di ricercatori medici ha scoperto che nel latte umano, la pastorizzazione inattiva il virus che causa COVID-19 , confermando che i processi della banca...
Demonstration of effectiveness of facemasks and facial coverings to slow the spread of coronavirus...
Duke physician Eric Westman was one of the first champions of masking as a means to curtail the spread of coronavirus, working with a...
Sleep paralysis could be treated using a technique of meditation-relaxation
Sleep paralysis - a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits -...
Gli integratori di acido lipoico aiutano le persone sane a perdere peso
Un composto somministrato come integratore alimentare a persone in sovrappeso ma per il resto sane in uno studio clinico ha causato un dimagrimento di...
Standard immunotherapy drug can be enhanced by blocking the protein TREM2 resulting in complete...
Immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment by stimulating the patient's own immune system to attack cancer cells, yielding remarkably quick and complete remission in some...
La paralisi del sonno potrebbe essere trattata utilizzando una tecnica di meditazione-rilassamento
La paralisi del sonno - una condizione pensata per spiegare una serie di esperienze misteriose tra cui presunti casi di rapimenti alieni e visite notturne demoniache -...
Biotin: High doses of vitamin B7 could mask heart problems
Taking supplements that contain high levels of biotin (vitamin B7) can lead to falsely low results on a blood test used to detect heart...
