The scanner magnetic resonance (MRI) in the world has managed to scan with an unknown level of precision the brain human, those responsible announced in Francea feat that could be decisive in detecting diseases. Researchers from the French Commissariat for Atomic Energy (CEA) first used the machine to scan a pumpkin in 2021. Recently, health […]
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A day (3/14) to remember that pi is behind the browser, AI and medicine
The date (3/14 according to the way the days are expressed in the United States) is not coincidental and international organizations and research centers celebrate this Thursday the Pi Day and that nothing in science is understood without this irrational number that hides the keys to navigation, algorithms or artificial intelligence. The “3.141592…. ” (the […]
Erectile dysfunction drugs may be associated with lower risk of Alzheimer’s
The drugs used to treat erectile dysfunction could be associated with a lower risk of developing the disease Alzheimer’ssays a study published today by Neurology. The work does not prove that these types of medications reduce the risk of suffering from Alzheimer’s, “it only shows an association,” highlighted the American Academy of Neurology, which publishes […]
Corona: More children in vaccine tests
Sometimes fast is not fast enough. Although several vaccines against Covid-19 have been developed in less than a year and despite considerable progress in the vaccination campaign, the pace is to be increased further. According to the New York Times The US Food and Drug Administration has urged manufacturers of mRNA vaccines to include more […]
Sars-CoV-2: Infected despite vaccination
The Sars-CoV-2 vaccines that have so far been approved in Europe all protect well against infection with the coronavirus. But their protection is not perfect. Rarely, “breakthrough infections” occur when the virus manages to affect a person who has already been fully vaccinated. The Robert Koch Institute has registered a little more than 7,000 such […]
Guinea: WHO announces Marburg fever outbreak in West Africa
In the West African state of Guinea, the authorities have announced an outbreak of life-threatening Marburg fever. As the World Health Organization announced on Monday evening, this is the first case ever in West Africa. Less than two months after the end of an Ebola outbreak in the state, the highly contagious fever was discovered […]
Coronavirus: Vaccines work against Delta
Both the vaccine from Biontech and that from Astra Zeneca are highly effective against the delta variant of the coronavirus, British researchers report in the specialist magazine New England Journal of Medicine. According to this, the effectiveness of the mRNA vaccine from Biontech against symptomatic diseases with delta is 88 percent, compared with 93.7 percent […]
Health: pleasure and poison at the same time
It is hard to believe that both cases are supposed to be the same substance: there is this tasty red that refines the evening with friends and makes it end in high spirits after bold conversations – and at the same time the veins stay elastic and the heart fresh. And then there is a […]
New Alzheimer’s therapy: FDA has its own decision examined
An Alzheimer’s drug that is used at an early stage to prevent the disease from progressing? That sounds wonderful. It would be a milestone because the remedies available so far only alleviate symptoms of the disease. But since the US company Biogen announced that it had developed such a drug, the inconsistencies and irritations have […]
Hygiene: clean, not pure
The child’s immune system needs contact with microbes to exercise and to prevent allergies – too much hygiene and cleanliness are therefore harmful to children, is a common assumption. Thorough cleaning in the household and measures against pathogens such as regular hand washing do not in principle contradict contact with beneficial organisms, two researchers now […]