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The female brain is more active than male
Sat Nov 20, 10:24 / comments: 0
Canadian researcher Adrianna Mendrek has come to the conclusion that the female brain is more active than men.
Female Sexual Dysfunction Creates More Issues Than You Realize
Fri Apr 23, 13:21 / comments: 0
Taking sex out of your fantasies or feeling guilty about when and how you should have sex inhibits the natural flow of sexual hormones, which have a positive impact on all body functions.
Find time to practice physical exercise
Mon Apr 4, 10:44 / comments: 0
For most people to find time to practice physical exercise it's a very hard task. But in fact only 30 minutes of daily physical activity is more than enough for you to get fit.
An ultra-resistant to antibiotics bacteria threatens to spread
Sat Aug 14, 18:13 / comments: 0
British doctors have discovered a bacterium resistant to almost all antibiotics in patients who have medical tourism in South Asia. This discovery has potential of a global spread.
A patient with anemia cured by gene therapy
Fri Sep 17, 11:22 / comments: 0
For the first time, a man was treated for a common disease, beta-thalassemia by gene transfer. Beta-thalassemia is responsible for a deformation of red blood cells, causing their early destruction.
Retinitis pigmentosa: A protein for good eyesight found
Sat Jun 26, 15:01 / comments: 0
Researchers have identified a protein able to activate the photoreceptors, the neurons responsible for daytime vision, damaged by retinitis pigmentosa.
The "gastric pacemaker": New weapon against obesity
Sat Apr 2, 11:02 / comments: 0
Implanted in the lining of the stomach, it can help lose weight by reducing hunger. This tool has just been approved in Europe.
Artificial skin with a bright future
Wed Apr 7, 19:13 / comments: 0
A major change is about to occur in skin grafts: Australian scientists appear to have succeeded in reproducing an artificial skin similar to human skin, and living with a natural thickness.
Regenerative medicine: Printing the organs
Mon Feb 21, 18:03 / comments: 0
The bio-organic printing advances and represents a promising potential for regenerative medicine, especially for treating burns or replace cartilage, according to researchers.
Italy launches plan to fight against childhood obesity
Fri Mar 12, 15:18 / comments: 0
Some 50,000 students from 2,600 primary schools in Italy will benefit from a pilot scheme to fight against obesity to improve nutrition and promote their sport, said Friday the Italian Ministry of Health.
E.coli: Undercooked meat is the main source
Fri Jun 17, 13:12 / comments: 0
GRAPHICS - The consumption of undercooked beef is the main mode of transmission of infection with E. coli
Getting bioartificial lungs
Mon Jul 5, 12:24 / comments: 0
Although exciting, the preliminary work probably still require years or even decades of research to result in bioartificial lungs that could be implanted in humans.
The first permanent artificial heart implanted
Mon Oct 4, 20:07 / comments: 0
So far, this type of intervention had been performed only on adults. The peculiarity of the intervention is the minimally invasive device and methods that reduces risk of infection.
Embryonic stem cells: first clinical trials
Fri Nov 26, 15:44 / comments: 0
Two trials of cell therapies in humans, one of which began in mid-October, were allowed in the United States. Objective: To demonstrate the safety of these treatments.
Doping: The growth hormone effective in sprinters
Sat May 8, 14:22 / comments: 0
A study demonstrated for the first time that growth hormone can improve the performance of sprinters by 4 to 5%, or four tenths on a race of ten seconds. This work was funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
Brazil: 59 million condoms will be distributed during carnival
Sun Feb 7, 15:18 / comments: 0
The Brazilian authorities will distribute 59 million free condoms during Carnival, as part of a campaign against AIDS targeting young women and homosexuals, the main victims of the pandemic.
A Chinese baby born with two heads
Wed May 11, 11:01 / comments: 0
Should we speak of a single child or two? This delicate question arises concerning the two-headed girl born Thursday in the Chinese province of Sichuan (southwest).
Hope for Fragile X syndrome
Thu Jan 6, 12:21 / comments: 0
It is a glimmer of hope in the fragile X syndrome, the most common cause of inherited mental retardation. A portion of patients respond to a new drug.
On the trail of a cure to erase bad memories
Thu Jun 10, 18:14 / comments: 0
Insomnia, the hallucinations, irritability and even depression are possible symptoms of what doctors call "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.". Researchers have discovered the ability of a protein to remove post-traumatic stress.
Lung Cancer: A successful transplantation of an artificial bronchus
Thu Mar 3, 10:07 / comments: 0
The team of Professor Emmanuel Martinod successfully transplanted artificial bronchus in a78 year patient with cancer, saving him the complete removal of the lung.
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