News

News

Texting with monetary incentives helped men lose excess weight

A clinical trial by British scientists has found that text messages with financial rewards (up to £400) sent over 12 months lead to meaningful weight loss in men trying to lose weight

15.05.2024

News

Iron supplementation did not improve psychomotor development in healthy infants

A clinical study by Swedish scientists has shown that iron supplements are ineffective in optimising psychomotor development in healthy breastfed children

15.05.2024

News

Alcohol-neutralising gel successfully tested on mice

Scientists seem to have found a way to make drinking hot drinks less harmful to the body

15.05.2024

News

New integrated long-term glucose monitoring device

Experts believe the system will eliminate the need for fingerstick blood tests for diabetes by providing accurate, real-time glycaemic control

14.05.2024

News

Arterial hypertension in adolescents has been linked to heart attacks and strokes in adulthood

A population-based cohort study by Canadian scientists found that adolescents with arterial hypertension have a 2.1-fold increased risk of serious adverse cardiac events in adulthood over almost 14 years of follow-up

14.05.2024

News

China's sedentary lifestyle law has increased physical activity in children

British researchers worked with Chinese colleagues to assess the impact of a Chinese law regulating the timing of children's access to online games, the amount of homework in schools and the workload from tutors on their physical activity levels

14.05.2024

News

Scientists: skin and breast cancer risk is linked to education level

According to a study by the "Cancer Registry Foundation" published by the Belgian newspaper De Standaard, the risk of developing skin or breast cancer is linked to education level

13.05.2024

News

An antibacterial drug with a new mechanism of action has been registered

The unique development of Russian scientists is intended for the treatment of bacterial infections caused by antibiotic-resistant microorganisms

13.05.2024

News

Link found between oral bacteria and bowel cancer

Researchers from Ireland, the UK and the US have found a correlation between the presence of a certain type of oral bacteria found in tumours and the spread of bowel cancer

13.05.2024

News

Scientists have identified the gene responsible for cellular aging

In a study, a team of scientists found proteins that regulate the cell aging process

10.05.2024

News

A model for predicting the structure of AlphaFold 3 proteins is presented

Knowledge of protein structure is essential in many different areas of biology, from understanding the fundamental mechanisms of functioning of living organisms to describing the pathogenesis of disease and rational drug design

10.05.2024

News

Combination of cannabis and tobacco in pregnancy quadrupled infant mortality rate

The risk of other adverse effects also increased dramatically

10.05.2024

News

Nanoparticles helped deliver a drug directly to the brain

Nanoparticles could be used to deliver drugs to the brain and thereby help patients with neurodegenerative diseases

10.05.2024

News

Firefighters found increased DNA methylation in a prostate cancer-associated region of the genome

U.S. scientists evaluated the association between firefighter occupation, serum perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFAS) levels, and DNA methylation

09.05.2024

News

Video laryngoscopy in neonates has been shown to be more convenient than direct laryngoscopy

It was used to intubate more often on the first attempt

09.05.2024

News

A spoonful of olive oil a day reduced the risk of death from dementia by tens of percent

An international team of scientists conducted a study involving more than 92,000 people and found that just seven grams of olive oil a day can reduce the risk of death from dementia by 28 percent

09.05.2024

News

Cytisine helped in quitting e-cigarettes

A randomized clinical trial by U.S. scientists found that taking cytisine in conjunction with behavioral support for 12 weeks demonstrated efficacy in stopping e-cigarette use

08.05.2024

News

Scientists have discovered what allows a person to navigate in space

A special mechanism of brain activity helps people orient themselves in space, the exact localization of which was determined by experts from Germany and the UK

08.05.2024

News

Deferring a second colonoscopy for five years has been called safe in cancer screening

Currently, it is recommended that all people over the age of 45 without a family history of the disease undergo a colonoscopy every 10 years to screen for colorectal cancer

07.05.2024

News

Exposure to lead from exhaust fumes has cost the U.S. population a loss of more than 820 million IQ points

According to U.S. scientists, past lead exposure continues to affect the health and well-being of our contemporaries in ways we do not yet fully understand

07.05.2024