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Leukodystrophy: Take on your sneakers and beat the disease
Sat Oct 10, 15:11 / comments: 0
"Take on your sneakers and beat the disease" with the European Association against leukodystrophy (ELA). It is an interdisciplinary educational project, a sporting event and solidarity, and action that promotes youth involvement.
Rabies kills one person every ten minutes
Fri Oct 9, 03:05 / comments: 0
Rabies kills 55,000 people a year worldwide, one person every ten minutes as an average. Tn the majority of cases the victims are children of Asia and Africa
Sleep apnea: Do everything possible to sleep well
Wed Oct 14, 15:03 / comments: 0
Sleep apnea affects mostly overweight people. It is also favored by excess (food and drink) and medications (tranquilizers and soporific).
Parkinson: a promising triple gene therapy
Thu Oct 15, 12:01 / comments: 0
According to the neurosurgeon, the injection of therapeutic genes in the striatum, which is done under general anesthesia, is technically easier than the implantation of stimulation electrodes in the subthalamic nucleus.
An H1N1 vaccine as nasal spray in the U.S.
Wed Oct 21, 09:04 / comments: 0
FluMist is well accepted overseas, but has not been approved in Europe yet.
Sugar substitutes: the proper use of stevia and other
Wed Oct 21, 15:44 / comments: 0
They are mostly consumed by those who wish or must limit their sugar and/or calories intake, particularly overweight people and diabetics.
Systemic lupus erythematosus treatment: Positive clinical results
Tue Nov 3, 05:20 / comments: 0
The British pharmaceutical GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and U.S. Human Genome Sciences (HGS) announced on Monday positive clinical results for a second study of treatment against systemic lupus erythematosus, a chronic inflammatory disease.
H1N1 influenza: first case of Tamiflu resistance in the Netherlands
Thu Nov 5, 16:56 / comments: 0
A patient with severe symptoms of the flu has been infected with H1N1 virus resistant to oseltamivir, marketed under the name Tamiflu.
Coffee Drinking May Protect Against Viruses, Japanese Study Finds
Thu Nov 5, 15:24 / comments: 0
In the study, the multiplication of herpes simplex virus HSV-1 has been significantly reduced by using extracts of coffee from very diverse geographical origins.
Why do men cheat their unfaithful wives?
Fri Nov 6, 03:10 / comments: 0
According to a survey by the website FirstAffair.fr, 42% of men deceive their unfaithful women mainly because they want change and feel the need for novelty.
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.
Influenza A transmissible to pets?
Tue Nov 24, 13:29 / comments: 0
Owners of animals infected with influenza A could transmit the virus to their pets.
Cannabis as a last remedy for an autistic child
Thu Nov 26, 13:09 / comments: 0
Cannabis as a last remedy to prevent her autistic child from starving: the solution adopted by a mother in California.
Embryonic stem cells repair the brain of rats
Tue Nov 10, 02:20 / comments: 0
Transplantation of human embryonic stem cells could one day restore cognitive abilities impaired by radiotherapy, as suggested by experiments conducted on rats, according to studies published Monday in the United States.
Influenza A: Infection possible even 8 days after fever
Fri Oct 9, 00:15 / comments: 0
Some people infected with the H1N1 virus might indeed be contagious one week or more after the disappearance of fever
Almost 4% of adults worldwide use cannabis
Sun Oct 18, 00:18 / comments: 0
Almost 4% of adults worldwide use cannabis despite the adverse effects that this drug can have on health, according to an article published in the British medical journal The Lancet dated Saturday.
No alcohol during pregnancy!
Wed Oct 21, 16:30 / comments: 0
The only prevention message clear and universal is the famous "zero alcohol during pregnancy"
Mercury levels are the same in autistic and other children
Tue Oct 20, 00:18 / comments: 0
A United States study shows that the mercury content in the blood of children with autism is similar to that of other children.
Swine fever hits the north of Russia
Thu Oct 22, 18:18 / comments: 0
African swine fever, a disease fatal to pigs but not transmissible to humans, has reached 2000 kilometers from south to north-west Russia
Fight against aging with vitamin K
Fri Nov 6, 03:13 / comments: 0
Vitamin K helps blood to clot. It is a powerful antioxidant, perhaps more powerful than vitamin E.
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