Identificar esta mutación genética debería facilitar la detección de cardiopatías cuando no existen otros problemas de salud.Crédito: iStockUn grupo de investigadores de la UTHealth de Houston ha identificado una mutación en el gen ACTA2, capaz de desencadenar la acumulación de calcio en las paredes arteriales. Este proceso puede causar la aparición precoz de la...
Una mujer embarazada con su médico en la clínica. Crédito: unplahUn experto en geoespacial y población de la Universidad de Canterbury ha llevado a cabo una investigación que revela deficiencias en los datos de todo el país que controlan las tasas de inmunización entre las madres.Dr. Matt HobbsEl doctor Matt Hobbs, profesor titular de...
Crédito: Unsplash.Estudio exhaustivo realizado por la Universidad de Cambridge, en el que participaron casi 1.500 adultos, ha revelado una fuerte correlación entre la reducción de la actividad física y una menor calidad de vida entre las personas mayores de sesenta años.Los descubrimientos de la investigación también pusieron de relieve el impacto negativo del aumento...
Los pacientes tienen la posibilidad de autoadministrarse la medicación de forma independiente en la comodidad de su propio entorno. Crédito: Depositphotos.Actualmente, la administración oportuna del tratamiento a las pocas horas de sufrir un ictus es fundamental para una recuperación satisfactoria. No obstante, en el futura, esto puede cambiar con la introducción de unas gotas...
A human embryo in the lab at 9 days after fertilisation. The hypoblast (a group of cells outside the main embryo) sends a message to the embryo that initiates the development of the head-to-tail body axis. Using immunofluorescence analysis, the hypoblast is shown in green – these cells are asymmetrically distributed. A cavity is...
According to a report, climate change-related disasters intensify the vulnerabilities of women and girls, given that important health services, including family planning, get ignored amid such times.The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report states that occurrences such as severe storms incapacitate access to sexual and reproductive health services. This results in increases in child...
Researchers have found further evidence that physical activity during pregnancy is great not just for women but likewise for their children.In a study provided at the 'virtual' European Respiratory Society International Congress today (Sunday), Dr. Hrefna Katrin Gudmundsdottir claimed that, a study of 814 babies had, for the very first time, revealed a link...
Recent research reveals evidence that nursing mothers do not transmit COVID through milk.A research study conducted by scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC)-- in partnership with numerous other universities-- implies that nursing females with COVID-19 do not transfer the SARS-CoV-2 virus with their milk. However, they do give milk-borne antibodies that...
Three views of the four articulated teeth making up KDP 20. a. occlusal view showing lingually placedmesial interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow) and buccal wear on M3; b. lingual view showing a mesiallyplaced interproximal wear facet on P4 (arrow), chips from lingual faces of all teeth and rotated, partiallyimpacted M3; c. buccal view...
Credit: Getty ImagesResearch led by scientists at the University of Toronto highlights the considerable damages that can be triggered by common teeth-whitening agents.Published just recently in Nature Scientific Reports, the study assessed the dental cell damage caused by carbamide peroxide teeth-whitening remedies.It found that a suggested application of only 10 percent carbamide peroxide gel...
