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Augmented reality has reduced donor anxiety when donating blood

American researchers suggested that donors use an augmented reality system during blood donation and found that it effectively reduced anxiety levels during the procedure

07.02.2024

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A device for treating wounds with vacuum and electricity has been presented in Russia

An aspirator is a device with electric pumps to create negative pressure under a dressing and can be used in the treatment of open wounds, burns, frostbite and purulent surgical infections

06.02.2024

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Doctors explained, refusal of what in the diet makes the blood thicker

Forgoing plain clean water (in favor of tea, coffee, sodas and other drinks) or not drinking enough fluids is a mistake many people make

06.02.2024

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CRISPR therapy helped hereditary angioedema in phase I trial

American, British, Dutch and New Zealand researchers have reported success in a phase I in vivo clinical trial of CRISPR-based therapies for hereditary angioedema

05.02.2024

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Financial hardship has hit health harder than the grief of loss

A new study shows that stress over money affects more than just a person's psyche

05.02.2024

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Biochemists have developed a drug that targets cancer destruction

French scientists have created a substance that has several effects on a tumor

05.02.2024

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Neurologists have traced the link between facial blindness and other disorders

Researchers have looked more closely at what neurological pathologies face blindness is combined with

02.02.2024

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Smoking increased the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by 12 percent

A systematic review and meta-analysis by South Korean scientists found that smoking increases the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by 12 percent

02.02.2024

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Sodium channel inhibitor helped with postoperative pain in phase III trial

US researchers reported positive results from a phase 3 clinical trial of the non-opioid analgesic VX-548 for postoperative pain

02.02.2024

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Signs of biological aging have been seen in the brain and blood in alcoholism

Scientists analyzed postmortem brain and lifetime blood samples from patients with alcohol use disorder and found evidence of accelerated biological aging in them

01.02.2024

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The efficacy of e-cigarettes was found to be superior to nicotine gum for smoking cessation

E-cigarettes have been as effective as varenicline and more effective than nicotine gum as a means to help quit smoking

01.02.2024

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Iodine is more effective than chlorhexidine in protecting the surgical site for closed fractures

In patients with closed fractures, treatment with alcoholic iodine solution of the skin at the surgical site resulted in fewer infections than treatment with alcoholic chlorhexidine solution

01.02.2024

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Consumption of Korean salad reduced the risk of obesity

Researchers have concluded that daily consumption of a traditional Korean dish, kimchi, reduces the risk of developing obesity

01.02.2024

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Hydroxychloroquine did not reduce the risk of preeclampsia

Researchers found no reduction in the risk of preeclampsia with hydroxychloroquine administration in pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus

31.01.2024

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Psychotherapy was just as effective as antidepressants

Psychotherapy reduced the severity of depressive symptoms in heart failure patients as effectively as antidepressants

31.01.2024

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Obesity caused mitochondria to break down into pieces

Scientists looked at mitochondria - organelles called the "power plants" of the cell - and found that in mice on a fatty diet, they break down into fragments

31.01.2024

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Bedtime alcohol altered sleep patterns

An experiment by American scientists showed that the sleep changes persisted for several nights if the person drank an alcoholic beverage each time before going to bed

30.01.2024

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For the first time, cases of Alzheimer's disease acquired through infection have been described

Scientists have identified five cases of Alzheimer's disease resulting from amyloid protein contamination from treatments decades earlier

30.01.2024

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Playing musical instruments improved cognitive function in the elderly

Researchers analyzed the results of a survey of more than a thousand people and found that playing a musical instrument was associated with significantly better working memory and executive function scores

30.01.2024

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Low-risk prostate cancer often does not require treatment

Treatment for low-risk prostate cancer may do more harm than good, so active surveillance tactics are preferred in many cases

30.01.2024