In the study, a group of congenitally blind people was compared with a group of sighted people reading Braille, with the various brain areas that are activated being visualized using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). It was found that the occipital lobe, which is involved in vision, was weaker in the blind and the temporal lobe … Read more
The research team at Queen Mary University of London, Barts Hospital and Cambridge University Hospital identified the hormone aldosterone as the cause. In two-thirds of the patients examined, this was due to a benign nodule in one of the two adrenal glands, which had previously been difficult to locate. So far, such nodules could only … Read more
01/18/2023, 12:55 p.m. | Fathers were already significantly older than mothers 250,000 years ago It is not only nowadays that men are older than women when their children are born. This was also the case 250,000 years ago, according to a study by Indiana University. The genetic data of around 1,500 Icelanders were analyzed – … Read more
In the fourth quarter of 2022, there was also an unusually steep increase in infections with the scarlet fever pathogen A streptococci in Germany. This is the result of a data analysis by the Robert Koch Institute, about which Germany’s state disease control authority provides information in the current issue of the epidemiological bulletin. Accordingly, … Read more
Adults who are adequately hydrated appear to develop fewer chronic conditions, such as heart and lung disease, and live longer than adults who are not adequately hydrated. Drinking too little leads to high sodium levels – the risk of diseases increases US researchers analyzed the health data of 11,255 adults over a period of 30 … Read more
By far the largest part, namely about two thirds of all dementia diseases are Alzheimer’s diseases. However, Alzheimer’s disease can go undetected until it is too late for treatment. Large-scale screening programs could help detect early stages of disease, but current diagnostic methods are quite cumbersome and expensive. A new study, published in the journal … Read more
First of all: It’s about the skin of mice. They, the mice, carry the newly developed sensor, which could give drug research against cancer a boost. Does a drug work in the test animals or not? Is the tumor getting smaller? It should now be possible to answer these questions much more quickly and easily, … Read more
Diagnosing cancer using blood tests: The idea is not new. So far, however, only a small number of cancer types have been detected. Or the test only worked at a later stage of the disease. At a congress of the European Society of Oncology today (September 11), researchers presented a new blood test that should … Read more