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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.
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.
Genetic variants accelerate biological aging
Mon Feb 8, 17:10 / comments: 0
Researchers have identified genetic variants associated with biological aging in humans, a discovery that could have implications for understanding diseases associated with aging.
Abu Dhabi gives 25 million dollars for the fight against malaria
Wed Feb 10, 20:18 / comments: 0
The oil-rich emirate of Abu Dhabi announced on Wednesday it had donated $25 million over five years for a program to fight against malaria, the Roll Back Malaria Partnership (RBM).
Should we all take cholesterol-lowering drugs?
Wed Feb 17, 15:20 / comments: 0
In the U.S., these cholesterol drugs are now allowed for a growing number of people without high cholesterol. To a significant cost.
Asthma: How to halt the crisis?
Sat Feb 13, 09:08 / comments: 0
Parents can identify the warning signs of asthma in their children but do not treat the symptoms early enough to halt or avert the crisis.
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?
The majority of smokers quit without assistance
Wed Feb 17, 15:18 / comments: 0
All experts agree that to stop smoking, it is primarily a powerful incentive based on certainty that smoking is bad for health.
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.
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.
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.
Dolphins can help understand human disease
Fri Feb 19, 04:26 / comments: 0
Dolphins and humans suffer from similar diseases. They are thus the first natural model for study of human diabetes, opening the possibility for discovery of treatments against the disease responsible for 5% of deaths worldwide per year, according to a study.
Parkinson's disease: reduce risk by ibuprofen
Fri Feb 19, 13:13 / comments: 0
According to a study conducted by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, regular consumers of ibuprofen had by 40% less chance of developing Parkinson's disease than others.
The transmission of tuberculosis in planes
Mon Feb 22, 14:03 / comments: 0
Only two investigations have provided convincing evidence of transmission of tuberculosis. Among more than 2761 passengers and crew members screened, only 10 have had a test to intradermal tuberculin which became positive.
Multiple sclerosis: the benefits of exercise
Mon Feb 22, 13:13 / comments: 0
The study also reveals that parts of the brain damaged by multiple sclerosis were less deteriorated in patients who were conducting fitness sessions.
Allergy: New in treatment
Thu Feb 25, 20:13 / comments: 0
DNA sequence might contribute to the creation of a specific treatment for allergic diseases without affecting the functioning of the entire immune system, according to study.
Denmark allows heroin under medical supervision
Sun Feb 28, 16:08 / comments: 0
After Switzerland, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom and more limited in Spain, Denmark allows, in turn, controlled distribution of heroin under medical supervision.
Soon a vaccine against malaria for the pregnant?
Fri Mar 5, 10:03 / comments: 0
After the bite of an infective mosquito, the parasite multiplies in the liver, then goes into the bloodstream to invade circulating erythrocytes (red blood cells).
Five thousand people die of food poisoning each year in the U.S.
Fri Mar 5, 13:18 / comments: 0
About 5,000 people die each year from food poisoning in the United States and this phenomenon is costing about $152 billion per year to the community, according to a report released Thursday.
SIDS: New data from research
Fri Mar 5, 12:13 / comments: 0
A team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and University Hospitals of Strasbourg has identified "an anomaly of the nervous regulation of cardiac function" in the sudden infant death.
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