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AIDS: The green monkey, the object of attention
Sun Dec 6, 14:12 / comments: 0
African green monkeys are natural hosts of SIV. Unlike humans, when infected, these animals do not end up suffering from the disease, despite high viral load. A team of researchers found the existence of a rapid control of immune activation in the African green monkeys with SIV.
A drug to boost female libido
Wed Dec 9, 11:02 / comments: 0
It has been tested with good results in thousands of women suffering from disorders of desire.
In fact, the G-spot does not exist
Mon Jan 4, 15:50 / comments: 0
This is not worth looking, ladies, if you do not find your G-spot, there is a good reason: it does not exist.
Cancer, the leading cause of death worldwide, can be avoided
Thu Feb 4, 15:02 / comments: 0
40% of cancers can be avoided by "simple measures" which include stopping smoking, limiting alcohol, avoiding too much sun exposure, keeping an average weight by eating healthily and making exercise, and finally protecting against infections that can develop into cancer.
Getting rid of anesthesia and scalpel with powerful ultrasound
Fri Dec 4, 14:04 / comments: 0
New techniques can destroy tumors without anesthesia or scalpel with help of a device called ExAblate, developed by Israeli firm Insightec.
AIDS: new HIV infections fell by 17%
Thu Nov 26, 11:18 / comments: 0
According to new data published in The epidemic of AIDS in 2009, new HIV infections fell by 17% over the last eight years.
Anticancer weapon: Beer and pistachios
Mon Dec 14, 18:10 / comments: 1
Two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, held this week in Houston, show the benefits of pistachio and beer in fight against certain types of cancer.
AIDS: Double risk of failure with Epzicom
Wed Dec 2, 09:20 / comments: 0
People with HIV who have high concentrations of virus in the blood and are treated with the cocktail of antiretroviral Epzicom are twice as likely to develop AIDS than those treated with concurrent treatment Truvada, according to a study.
Digestion: Good reasons to follow set time of eating
Sun Nov 29, 09:24 / comments: 0
Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies revealed that thousands of genes in the liver become active after food intake, not only at time defined by a biological rhythm, as has been commonly believed.
Babies learn bilingualism from the womb
Wed Feb 17, 14:18 / comments: 0
Babies living in a bilingual environment learn the difference between the two languages from the womb, according to a study published this week in the U.S. journal Psychological Science.
Researchers invent a test revealing the genetic signature of tumor
Fri Feb 19, 15:26 / comments: 0
U.S. researchers have developed the first genetic test that can identify biomarkers specific to a tumor in blood, a breakthrough that could improve the personalized treatment of cancer.
Pertussis: Not only children are affected
Wed Nov 18, 13:04 / comments: 0
Pertussis affects not only newborns. Certainly, it is more severe for them, but adults also can contract it and pass it to infants not yet immunized. One solution: adults need immunization too.
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.
Stuttering has genetic origin
Sat Feb 13, 10:07 / comments: 0
Biological or psychological? Genetic mutations play a role in stuttering, says the work of American geneticists published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Could this breakthrough lead to new treatments?
Anti smoking vaccine soon in the U.S.
Wed Nov 18, 13:14 / comments: 0
Now in the final phase of testing with humans, it could soon be allowed in the United States. GSK has initiated the Phase 3 trials expected to determine actual effectiveness of the vaccine on smokers.
Obesity: Loss of certain genes increases the risk of overweight
Thu Feb 4, 14:54 / comments: 0
New perspectives for targeted preventive treatment are opened now. The international team focused on the role played by the absence of a small fragment of chromosome 16 in the occurrence of severe form of obesity.
Cuba offers free penis implants
Mon Nov 23, 12:20 / comments: 0
Sexual impotence is not inevitable for the Cubans for whom the Viagra has no effect, since the communist government decided to offer free implants, according to local media.
Food supplements: more harm than good?
Thu Nov 26, 12:12 / comments: 0
Should we add vitamins to foods in order to prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease? Folic acid and vitamin B12 may increase the risk of malicious tumors development, including lung cancer, a new study says.
Communicate by thought: A hope for patients
Sun Feb 7, 16:02 / comments: 0
The achievement of a medical team, managed to contact a man who believed in vegetative state, could help avoid future errors in diagnosis, better care for patients but also to avoid the aggressive treatment.
Vegetables against osteoporosis
Tue Feb 16, 15:13 / comments: 0
In addition to dairy products, fruit and vegetables are important for bone health. Several nutrients, including magnesium, potassium, vitamins C, K, and Group B, carotenoids showed a much larger role than previously thought.
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