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The likelihood of alcoholic blackouts has been linked to the speed and duration of intoxication

Alcoholic blackout is a form of amnesia in which a person is conscious while intoxicated and retains the ability to communicate, but then completely loses their memories of what has happened

22.04.2024

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Sugar in tea or coffee did not increase the risk of death and diabetes

Researchers from three countries studied data on nearly three thousand Danes and found that adding sugar to tea or coffee did not increase the risk of diabetes or death

22.04.2024

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Complicated pregnancy increased risk of premature death after 46 years

Women who experience adverse pregnancy outcomes are particularly in need of early prevention and long-term medical follow-up

19.04.2024

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Scientists have successfully tested a blood component capable of becoming a "youth serum"

Tiny extracellular vesicles from the blood plasma of the young can significantly prolong life and reverse age-related degenerative changes in the old

19.04.2024

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How the brain memorizes new visual information in sleep

Scientists have figured out how the brain internalizes visual information from the day in sleep

19.04.2024

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General anaesthesia during colonoscopy increased detection of serrated polyps

US researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study and concluded that general anaesthesia with propofol during colonoscopy increases the likelihood of recognising serrated polyps, difficult-to-diagnose precancerous growths of the colon

18.04.2024

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Cannabis use led to persistent cognitive impairment

According to scientists, the compounds in cannabis can continue to affect mental performance for months after use

18.04.2024

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Meta-analysis refutes arrhythmogenicity of drug for Alzheimer's disease therapy

Canadian researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and concluded that taking donepezil does not affect the risk of serious cardiac arrhythmias

17.04.2024

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PET/MRI helped avoid unnecessary biopsies in prostate cancer diagnosis

Chinese researchers conducted a small clinical trial and found that PET/MRI can differentiate ambiguous cases of suspected prostate cancer with high accuracy, sparing patients from unnecessary biopsies

17.04.2024

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Microbiologists have spoken out about bacterial vampirism

Some of the deadliest bacteria react to human blood and rush to it because its serum contains substances that serve as food for them

17.04.2024

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Minor invasive haematoma removal improved haemorrhagic stroke outcomes

Minimally invasive surgical removal of lobar haematoma in the first day of haemorrhagic stroke improves patient prognosis compared with conservative treatment

16.04.2024

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Parkinson's disease significantly alleviated with new antibody

The antibody prasinezumab reduced motor impairment in people with rapidly progressive Parkinson's disease

16.04.2024

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Scientists have found out which terrain reduces the risk of dementia

In a new study, a team of scientists from Australia has revealed which factors in certain places where people live contribute to a reduced risk of dementia

16.04.2024

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Neonatal screening for spinal muscular atrophy reduced the severity of future symptoms

According to clinicians and scientists, these results support the clinical efficacy of neonatal screening for SMA because of the early initiation of pathogenetic treatment

15.04.2024

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Excess mortality in women undergoing aortocoronary bypass surgery has been linked to anaemia

Low haematocrit during surgery mediated nearly 40 percent of the increased risk

15.04.2024

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Paracetamol during pregnancy did not increase the risk of RAS and ADHD in children

The US Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency believe that taking paracetamol poses minimal risk during pregnancy

15.04.2024

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New methods of early diagnosis of oncological diseases

The institute has developed early detection methods that can detect changes in cells years before they turn cancerous

15.04.2024

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DNA base editing trials suspended due to side effects

One participant had a severe but asymptomatic deterioration in laboratory values

15.04.2024

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WHO reported 3,500 deaths from viral hepatitis worldwide every day

Viral hepatitis is caused by five known unrelated viruses

11.04.2024

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An increased risk of cancer has been linked to having men with infertility in the family

People who had a family history of men with infertility were more likely to have several types of cancer

11.04.2024