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Scientists have identified a mechanism that makes people repeat other people's actions

Italian experts conducted an experiment and described the mechanisms that make a person repeat someone else's actions and, on the contrary, inhibit imitation

09.08.2024

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Sexual activity reduced the risk of all-cause mortality in hypertensive patients

Researchers have found a link between frequency of sexual intercourse and risk of all-cause mortality in people with arterial hypertension, a dangerous syndrome in which blood pressure levels are regularly higher than normal

01.08.2024

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Food restrictions hit female athletes' immunity and performance

People who practice running, cycling, swimming and other endurance sports usually keep a close eye on their weight

17.07.2024

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Parental smoking increased the risk of multiple sclerosis in offspring

A study by Italian scientists has found that maternal smoking during pregnancy and parental smoking in the early years of children increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis in later life

15.07.2024

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Acupuncture reduced methadone dose in opioid users

A clinical study by Chinese scientists has found that acupuncture reduces the dose of methadone used in opioid substitution therapy for opioid addiction

12.07.2024

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Periodontal dysbiosis has been linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease

Scientists have for the first time confirmed the association between unbalanced quantitative and qualitative composition of oral bacterial flora and a biomarker of Alzheimer's disease in cerebrospinal fluid in cognitively healthy older adults

02.07.2024

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Glucagon-like peptide agonists reduced the risk of dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes

A large-scale study by Swedish scientists with a sample of 88381 people has found that taking glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists is associated with a lower risk of dementia in older people with type 2 diabetes mellitus

24.06.2024

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Bartonella DNA has been found in the blood of people with psychosis.

A study by US scientists has found that people with psychosis are more likely to have DNA from a bacterium of the genus Bartonella in their blood than people without a history of psychosis

11.06.2024

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Gene therapy for Duchenne myodystrophy fails in phase 3 trial

Jerry Mendell of Ohio State University and colleagues from seven countries reported the failure of a phase III clinical trial of gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

22.10.2024

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Scientists have found that Alzheimer's disease affects the brain in two stages

A research team from the Allen Institute in Seattle, USA, and other institutions found that Alzheimer's disease develops in two stages

18.10.2024

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FDA approved a drug to prevent bleeding in two types of hemophilia at once

In contrast to the standard approach of replacing a missing clotting factor, marstacimab reduces the amount and activity of the anticoagulant protein, a tissue factor inhibitor

17.10.2024

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Sudden infant death syndrome will be predicted by a blood test

Model linked eight blood metabolites to increased risk of SVDS

12.09.2024

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Surgeons have released details and one-year results of the first eye transplantation

In May 2023, American surgeons performed the world's first transplant of a donor eyeball - it was transplanted along with the eye socket and part of the face

11.09.2024

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Smoking cessation reduced the risk of purulent inflammation of sweat glands

The most significant effect occurred three years after abandonment

29.08.2024

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Health professionals have calculated how much more likely cannabis users are to miss work

People who use cannabis, especially those suffering from disorders due to this habit, are disproportionately more likely to miss work due to illness, injury or absenteeism

28.08.2024

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Even light maternal smoking before conception increased the risk of complications in newborns

Just one or two cigarettes a day, smoked by mothers before or at some point during pregnancy, can jeopardize the health of newborns

26.08.2024

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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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Neuroscientists have shown how the brain compensates for long wakefulness with depth of sleep

Japanese scientists experimentally deprived mice of sleep and figured out what happens in the brain when it needs to compensate for lack of rest

14.08.2024

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An elderly Irish woman was diagnosed with localized "saber stroke" scleroderma

It is estimated to occur in about 0.13 per 100,000 people and differs from systemic scleroderma in course and pathogenesis

12.08.2024

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The five-year survival rate with CAR-T therapy for B-cell lymphoma was estimated at 40 per cent

US researchers have analysed the long-term effects of therapy of B large cell lymphoma with genetically engineered T lymphocytes

08.08.2024