Monthly Archives: Aprile 2021
List of foods associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death in...
Two common dietary patterns identified in British adults, which include high intakes of chocolate and confectionary, may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death in middle-age, according to a study...
Short-term exposure to hazardous air quality from wildfire smoke can be damaging to skin...
Wildfire smoke can trigger a host of respiratory and cardiovascular symptoms, ranging from runny nose and cough to a potentially life-threatening heart attack or stroke. A new study suggests that the dangers posed by...
SARS-CoV-2 infection induces polyfunctional antibodies
Drawing on epidemiological field studies and the FrenchCOVID hospital cohort coordinated by Inserm, teams from the Institut Pasteur, the CNRS and the Vaccine Research Institute (VRI, Inserm/University Paris-Est Créteil) studied the antibodies induced in...
Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth – low intestinal microbiota...
Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in...
Shift-work work cause several health-related issues and affect our defense against infection
Shift-work and irregular work schedules can cause several health-related issues and affect our defense against infection, according to new research from the University of Waterloo.
These health-related issues occur because the body's natural clock, called...
Differences in the immune response to COVID-19 between people with no symptoms and those...
The largest study of its type in the UK has identified differences in the immune response to COVID-19 between people with no symptoms and those suffering a more serious reaction to the virus.
Researchers from...
Omega-3: a daily intake of 2.5 grams helps the body to resist the damaging...
A high daily dose of an omega-3 supplement may help slow the effects of aging by suppressing damage and boosting protection at the cellular level during and after a stressful event, new research suggests.
Researchers...
First extensive genetic and phenotype landscape of peripartum cardiomyopathy
Researchers at Penn Medicine have identified more genetic mutations that strongly predispose younger, otherwise healthy women to peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare condition characterized by weakness of the heart muscle that begins sometime during...
VeGen: the tool for navigating complex computer instructions
We've come a long way since Intel introduced the first microprocessor in 1971. Their 4004 held 2,300 transistors, with today's best chips exceeding billions, harnessing more and more power since their birth.
But every time...
The markers of fear recall differ between men and women
A new study shows that markers of fear recall differ between men and women, but in a hormone-dependent manner.
Aberrant fear-memory processing in the brain is thought to underlie anxiety disorders, which affect hundreds of...
Social media has the potential to change how people feel about their memories
Memories are often considered very personal and private. Yet, in the past few years, people have got used to notifications from social media or phone galleries telling them they have a “memory”.
These repackaged versions...
Human Leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR4 cause an increased susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis
Researchers within the Biomedicine Discovery Institute at Monash University have made a breakthrough in understanding the role played by high-risk immune genes associated with the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
The findings, published in Science...
GUCY2D Gene therapy improve some aspects of vision in patients with childhood blindness
A new gene therapy for one of the most common forms of congenital blindness was safe and improved patients' vision, according to initial data from a clinical trial led by researchers at the Scheie...
SARS-CoV-2 non infetta direttamente il cervello ma può comunque infliggere danni neurologici significativi
Secondo un nuovo studio condotto da neuropatologi, neurologi e neuroradiologi presso il Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, SARS-CoV-2, il virus che causa COVID-19, probabilmente non infetta direttamente il cervello ma può comunque infliggere...
SARS-CoV-2 does not directly infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, likely does not directly infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage, according to a new study from neuropathologists, neurologists, and neuroradiologists at Columbia University Vagelos...
