Two new studies of patients with difficult-to-control asthma show that the eczema drug dupilumab alleviates asthma symptoms and improves patients’ ability to breathe better than standard therapies. Dupilumab, an injectable anti-inflammatory drug, was approved in 2017 by the Food and Drug …
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a condition that affects roughly one in five women – and now, scientists think they know why. (Just in time for National Women's Health Week.) A study published in Nature Medicine found a link between hormonal imbalance in the womb and PC…
A new test could tell if you have esophageal or stomach cancer just by a whiff of your breath, offering a revolutionary and easy way to reach an early diagnosis of these hard-to-diagnose cancers. Scientists at Imperial College London have developed a “blow in a bag” test that can dia…
A luz artificial não traz felicidade aos seres humanos, cujos corpos estão desenhados para funcionar melhor expostos à luz natural, arredada de espaços como escritórios ou centros comerciais, alerta Miguel Meira e Silva, especialista em Cronobiologia e Medicina do Sono. Os seres hu…
Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second deadliest cancer in the United States by 2030. It is tough to cure because it is usually not discovered until it has reached an advanced stage. But a new diagnostic test developed by researchers at UC San Diego shows promise for detectin…
Estudo publicado na revista “Nature Chemistry” apresenta uma molécula capaz de combater o vírus da constipação comum, evitando que este se apodere das células humanas. Investigadores do Imperial College London, no Reino Unido, criaram uma molécula testada em células humanas que se …
Summary: Researchers say schizophrenia should not be considered to be just a disorder of the mind, as schizophrenia can also impact other organs. A new study reveals people with schizophrenia often have an over active immune system and other physical disorders. Source: The Conversatio…
While foraging through the undergrowth in search of delicious fungi not far from the Mississippi River, a mushroom picker in Minnesota came across something unusual: a two-headed fawn. Other conjoined fawns have been seen before, but only in utero. This is believed to be the fi…
Look alive people, as in a couple of months we’re going to see the longest total lunar eclipse so far this century, when the Moon will turn a deep red. A total lunar eclipse is caused when the Moon passes through Earth’s shadow, known as the umbra. This occurs when the Sun,…
Costa Rica’s green credentials already put the Central American nation near the top of the list when it comes to battling climate change, but if their newly elected President is to be believed, then it’s going to climb higher still. In his inaugural speech, which he turned up to ri…
Scientists working with NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft ( MMS ) have uncovered a new type of space magnetism near Earth, and its trippy simulation will really make you appreciate the safety of our gravitational bubble. Earth is essentially a giant magnet and the area a…
Despite massive government, medical and individual efforts to win the war on obesity, 71 percent of Americans are overweight . The average adult is 24 pounds heavier today than in 1960. Our growing girth adds some US$200 billion per year to our health care expenditure, amountin…
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