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Interviu: Diana Cimpoesu

Prezentare companie: Medtronic

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Tratament promițător pentru încetinirea declinului cognitiv

Demența frontotemporală este a doua cea mai frecventă formă de demență la persoanele sub 60 de ani. În urma unui studiu, realizat recent la Universitatea Monash din Australia, s-a descoperit un nou tratament promițător. Studiul de fază 1 a fost efectuat împreună cu Royal Melbourne

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Un nou cip cerebral ar permite persoanelor nevăzătoare să perceapă din nou imagini

Într-un viitor nu foarte îndepărtat, tehnologia ar putea ajuta persoanele nevăzătoare. Acesta este obiectivul programului de cercetare olandez NESTOR, un consorțiu format din oameni de știință de la diferite institute, inclusiv Institutul de Neuroștiințe din Țările de Jos, Universitatea din Twente, Universitatea Radboud, Universitatea Maastricht

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Peste 100 de medicamente, introduse în Canamed de la 1 iunie

Ministerul Sănătății va realiza o nouă actualizare a Catalogului național al prețurilor medicamentelor autorizate de punere pe piață în România (Canamed), care va intra în vigoare la 1 iunie 2022.  Printre cele 104 de noi medicamente se numără Aspaveli 1.080 mg (substanța activă pegcetacoplan, DAPP Swedish

Internațional

Internațional

Treating triple-negative breast cancer: Cardamom compound shows promise

TNBC cells test in the negative range for three components that are often targeted in hormone treatments for other breast cancers: estrogen and progesterone receptorsTrusted Source, and the HER2 proteinTrusted Source. As a result, there are fewer treatments available for TNBC. In Philadelphia on April

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Long COVID: Primate study reveals forms of ‘brain injury’

Long COVID can affect 3/10 people who have COVID-19. Over three-quarters of people with the condition report cognitive or neurological symptoms for months after infection, and many find them debilitating, according to recent studies. Some researchers are coining the condition “neuro-COVIDTrusted Source” to describe this

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Could cancer therapies be used to treat TB?

A study, led by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine, CA, has recently found an unexpected link between tuberculosis (TB) and cancer.  In the study of the relationship between granuloma composition and organ site, the researchers report that the “vast majority of subsets occurred

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Could microplastics in human blood pose a health risk?

Several studies have found evidence of plastics in the human body. One revelation came after scientists detected plastic additives such as bisphenol A (BPA) and phthalatesTrusted Source in human urine. Researchers have also found microplastics in human fecesTrusted Source. However, until now, no published study

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Study shows link between psychotropic medication use and post-Covid dementia

Recent studies have highlighted the connection between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and the development of dementia. To identify additional factors putting individuals in danger for developing brain impairment, researchers from The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research conducted a first-of-its-kind study that shows a link