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Pantoprazole protected intensive care patients from bleeding from stress ulcers

An eight-country clinical trial showed that pantoprazole reduced the risk of death from upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in intensive care patients with stress gastric ulcers

17.06.2024

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Walking with different stride lengths increased metabolic costs

An experimental study by American scientists has shown that walking in which the stride length is varied significantly increases energy expenditure

14.06.2024

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The sweetener xylitol increased the risk of serious heart abnormalities

Xylitol increases the risk of thrombosis, and in humans, ingestion of xylitol increases platelet reactivity

10.06.2024

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The link between calorie restriction and health has been established

Calorie restriction reduces production of protein associated with chronic inflammation

30.05.2024

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Polluted air and noise in childhood increased the risk of developing mental problems in youth

A longitudinal cohort study by British scientists has found that exposure to air pollution and noise during pregnancy and childhood is statistically associated with mental health problems in young adulthood

30.05.2024

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Social media has been linked to an increased risk of smoking initiation in young people

Secondary analyses of the UK Longitudinal Study of Household Health found that social media use was statistically associated with an increased risk of cigarette smoking initiation and e-cigarette use

20.05.2024

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Risks of specific types of stroke have been linked to the consumption of different foods

A large-scale study has shown that, depending on diet, a person may have an increased or decreased chance of having one type of stroke, rather than any type of this pathology

06.05.2024

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The father's diet differentially affected the behavior and health of his offspring depending on gender

The ratio of protein, fat and carbohydrate in the diet of male mice affected male and female calves differently

01.05.2024

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“Eighteenth-century sailors' disease” discovered in the modern world

Medics from Canada have described a clinical case demonstrating that scurvy is also occurring in the 21st century and is likely more prevalent than one might assume

07.10.2024

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Researchers find out how depression is linked to other diseases

Scientists have concluded that depression in one form or another is linked to 20 different diseases, which themselves, at first glance, hardly correlate with each other at all

05.09.2024

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Scientists have named six things that make you cringe

Experiments confirmed the theory explaining squeamishness as a defense against disease and pointed to six aversion-inducing topics

26.08.2024

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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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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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Type 1 diabetes in childhood increased risk of behavioral disorders in adulthood

An analysis of the Czech national registry showed that type 1 diabetes mellitus in childhood increased the risk of developing substance use, mood, anxiety, personality and behavioral syndromes in adulthood

14.08.2024

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Healthy cells helped metastasis invade distant organs

The scientists' work has not only uncovered a previously unknown intercellular signaling mechanism, but has offered hope for treating liver metastases

25.07.2024

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Scientists have proposed new 'cell starvation' pills

Researchers at the University of Michigan have proposed a new method to quintuple the effectiveness in appetite reduction and weight loss

22.07.2024

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The antidepressant effect of exercise explained scientifically

Researchers from the UK have proposed a psychophysiological model to explain exactly how exercise alleviates symptoms of depression

09.07.2024

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Type 1 diabetes mortality among the elderly has fallen by 25 per cent in 30 years

According to an article from The BMJ, mortality declined 13 times faster in countries with a high socio-demographic index

28.06.2024

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The risk of developing new tumours after CAR-T therapy has been described as small

US researchers analysed data from more than 700 patients treated with CAR-T-lymphocytes and concluded that their risk of developing new tumours, including those directly related to the therapy, was low

25.06.2024

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Bees have been found to be able to detect lung cancer by breathing

A new US study has shown that the extreme sensitivity of honeybees' olfactory neurons could be used to develop new ways of early diagnosis of lung cancer

17.06.2024