Tag Archives: Medicine / Health

[ad_1] IMAGE: CT scan in a 17-year-old woman before sleeve gastrectomy. The volumetric bone mineral density before surgery was 183 mg / cm3. View More Credit: Radiological Society of North America “Childhood obesity is a major public health problem that has been increasing over the past 10 years,” said lead …

[ad_1] A UK-wide case-control study conducted by Queen Mary University of London has shown that, despite significant improvements in diagnostic techniques and treatments, mammography screening continues to play an important role in lowering the risk of dying from breast cancer. . The study of over 23,000 women showed a 37% …

[ad_1] MADISON – Scouting the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that effectively targets multi-drug resistant strains of deadly fungi without toxic side effects in mice. The new molecule was discovered in the microbiome of a sea sketch from the Florida …

[ad_1] IMAGE: The three-dimensional structure of a protein called starvation-stringent protein A, a member of a multiprotein complex that Francisella tularensis uses to infect macrophage cells. View More Credit: Maria Schumacher Lab, Duke Biochemistry DURHAM, NC – The bacterium that causes tularemia, the tick-borne disease, is a lean and mean …

[ad_1] Buenos Aires, Argentina 19 November 2020: The blockade due to the COVID-19 pandemic is associated with an increase in high blood pressure among patients admitted to the emergency. This is the result of a study presented at the 46th Argentine Congress of Cardiology (SAC). SAC 2020 is a virtual …

[ad_1] IMAGE: The new chip is completely wireless. Researchers can power the 5 × 3 mm2 chip, which has an integrated power receiver coil, by applying an electromagnetic field. The chip is also capable … sight More Credit: Yaoyao Jia, NC State University Researchers have developed a chip that is …

[ad_1] IMAGE: The evolution of infection in people as a function of the asymmetry in population distribution shows that when the boundary from high-density to low-density areas is closed, the total spread of the disease … More Credit: Image courtesy of Massimiliano Zanin WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 – Pandemics are …

[ad_1] WINSTON-SALEM, NC – November 16, 2020 – Even before the pandemic and the presidential election, Americans reported some of the highest perceived stress levels in the world, according to the American Psychological Association. Not only does stress have negative effects on work and personal relationships, it also increases the …

[ad_1] DALLAS, November 15, 2020 – A one-month treatment of dual antiplatelet therapy is as safe and effective as longer duration therapy in preventing cardiac events in patients one year after stent placement, according to recent research presented today at the 2020 scientific sessions of the ‘American Heart Association. The …

[ad_1] People who took dummy pills and statins experienced similar side effects in a new study. In a clinical study of 60 patients, conducted by researchers from Imperial College London and doctors from Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, 90% of the symptoms that patients experienced while taking statins were all …