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Mitochondria have invaded brain cells with their DNA

Researchers at the University of Michigan in the US have found that mitochondria "invade" the nucleus of cells far more often than was commonly thought possible

23.08.2024

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The most dangerous types of papillomavirus have been linked to impaired fertility in men

A new study from Argentina has found that in men, particularly dangerous varieties of papillomavirus with high oncogenic risk can negatively affect the ability to conceive

23.08.2024

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One session of mindful breathing relieved pain in cancer patients

A randomized clinical trial by Malaysian scientists has shown that a single 20-minute session of mindful breathing, where a person directs their attention to the process of breathing, is enough to significantly reduce pain intensity and anxiety in cancer patients

22.08.2024

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Adaptive deep stimulation was more effective than continuous stimulation in Parkinson's disease

U.S. researchers conducted pilot blind randomized cross-over clinical trials and found that personalized adaptive neurostimulation improves movement control and quality of life more strongly than continuous

22.08.2024

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Poor body flexibility has been linked to an increased risk of premature death

Flexibility, i.e. the ability of a person to make movements of different parts of the body with a large amplitude, is considered to be one of the important components of physical health

22.08.2024

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Neurointerface allowed an ALS patient to communicate with nearly 98 percent accuracy

The rate of speech synthesis is about 32 words per minute

21.08.2024

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PTSD therapy reduced the risk of type 2 diabetes complications in veterans

Life expectancy for people with mental illness is 20 years shorter than for people without mental illnesses

21.08.2024

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Deadly sea snail venom seen as key to improving medicines

Researchers believe that the targeted and long-lasting effects of this toxin, which sea snails use to hunt, will prompt the development of more effective drugs for patients suffering from diabetes or hormonal disorders

21.08.2024

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Portable analyzer will detect heart failure markers in saliva

US scientists have developed a rapid test to detect markers of heart failure in saliva

20.08.2024

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More than 25% of people in coma have been found to show signs of consciousness

An international team of researchers conducted the first large-scale study to examine brain activity in 353 people in coma using two methods

20.08.2024

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European countries have been advised to prepare for an increase in the incidence of monkeypox

The occasion was the epidemic spread of the highly virulent Clade 1b strain in African countries, which the World Health Organization has recognized as a public health emergency of international concern

19.08.2024

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Uterus transplants have enabled 70 percent of women to carry a child to term

American scientists conducted an observational study of a series of 20 cases and concluded that 70 percent of women in the uterus transplant field manage to bear at least one child

19.08.2024

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Late fatherhood has added health risks for children

The new research paper, which was published by the journal JAMA Network Open, is based on all babies from the United States who were born alive between 2011 and 2022

19.08.2024

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Surgical gastric reduction reduced the risk of heart failure

American, British and French researchers conducted clinical trials and found that gastric reduction surgery in obese patients improves metabolic parameters and myocardial microvascular channel function associated with the risk of heart failure development

16.08.2024

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Neurosurgeons have figured out how the brain adapts to new environments

What happens in the brain when we make decisions in an unfamiliar situation has been explained by medics from the US and Canada

16.08.2024

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Geneticists have named two critical ages for humans

In a fresh study, an article about which was recently published in the journal Nature Aging, a team from Stanford University (USA) conducted extensive multidomain profiling of more than a hundred people between 25 and 75 years of age

16.08.2024

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The brain has created three different "backups" of memories

People memorize information so that they can then learn from it and use it to solve new problems

16.08.2024

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Mental effort made people disgusted with it

Dutch psychologists decided to pool recent research and conducted a meta-analysis to answer the question: does cognitive effort deliver aversion

15.08.2024

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WHO re-declares monkeypox outbreak an emergency of international concern

Such a decision was the second for the infection in the last two years - it was characterized the same way in 2022 due to the spread of the virus across several continents

15.08.2024

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Contaminated air during egg retrieval decreased the chance of live births in IVF treatment

Embryologists retrospectively analyzed 3,657 frozen embryo transfer operations at one Australian center between January 2013 and December 2021

15.08.2024