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Experimental treatment spared a patient from stage four brain cancer
Despite the risk of fatal drug poisoning and death, the malignant process in the scientist's body was stopped
17.05.2024- English version
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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
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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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Low income affected the rate of brain aging
A team of medics from Switzerland studied the results of brain diagnostics and compared them with the socio-economic conditions in which people lived, namely the level of family income
10.04.2024
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Increased antibiotic resistance has been linked to air pollution
As reported in The Lancet Planetary Health, this correlation increased over time and is associated with nearly half a million excess deaths
08.04.2024
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Perinatal depression has been linked to an increased risk of death
An analysis of data from nearly one million women found that women with clinically diagnosed perinatal depression have a higher risk of death, especially within the first year after diagnosis
12.01.2024
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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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Sore throat turned out to be a symptom of a carotid aneurysm in an elderly French woman
French doctors described a case of bilateral internal carotid artery aneurysm in a 60-year-old patient who complained of pain on swallowing for a month and a half
31.07.2024
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Nightmares have been linked to a significantly increased risk of developing dementia
Middle-aged people who have weekly nightmares or disturbing dreams have four times the risk of cognitive decline compared to people who do not have such dreams
26.07.2024
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Second 'Berlin patient' cured of HIV infection
Doctors at Germany's Charité clinic have reported another case of HIV cure
22.07.2024
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Epidemiologists tested whether multivitamins reduce the risk of death
Regular intake of multivitamin complexes, especially without a doctor's recommendation, is a serious global health problem
28.06.2024
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Ketamine slow-release tablets helped depression in phase II trial
Australian, British, New Zealand and Taiwanese researchers reported success in a phase II clinical trial of ketamine in delayed-release tablets for therapy-resistant depression
26.06.2024
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Microplastics discovered in human penises for the first time
There is growing alarm among scientists about the possible detrimental effects of microplastics on the human reproductive system
21.06.2024
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Medics have identified six types of depression
They characterised the symptoms of each type and explained which treatment would be more effective in which case
18.06.2024
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A new antibiotic blocked the lipoprotein transport system of bacteria
As reported in the journal Nature, the antibiotic affects the bacterial lipoprotein transport system and does not significantly affect the gut microbiome
30.05.2024
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The energy costs of pregnancy have been called underestimated by an order of magnitude
Australian researchers carried out a series of calculations on 81 animal species and concluded that a mother's energy expenditure when carrying offspring is much higher than existing theories predict, and therefore the total energy required for reproduction is much higher than available estimates
20.05.2024
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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
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Medics have learned how a heart attack increases cancer risk
The risk of cancer becomes higher because of the extracellular bubbles that the heart releases after a seizure
10.04.2024
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Tablet use increased anger levels in young children
As reported in JAMA Pediatrics, forming such a vicious cycle can be detrimental to the development of a child's emotional regulation
27.08.2024
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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