24 декабря, 2021

Quantum networks show swarm intelligence

Birds and fish do.Also bees, ants and termites. They form swarms and take advantage of the fact that they are stronger, smarter and faster in the group. But can such swarm intelligence also be transferred to quantum networks? A team led by Tanjung Krisnanda from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore asked itself this question and […]

11 декабря, 2021

Child mortality due to genetic causes apparently underestimated

A unicentric study with the genetic material of 112 children who died before the end of the first year of life found that the most common detectable cause of death was single-locus gene disease. In 30% of cases, there would have been therapies that would have had a positive effect on the course of the […]

1 ноября, 2021

Guidelines for the management of cancer-related hypercalcemia

Hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM) is the most common metabolic complication observed in cancer patients and is associated with a high degree of morbidity and mortality. It is estimated to affect 2% to 30% of patients and is observed more frequently in patients with breast, lung and kidney cancer, as well as multiple myeloma. The Endocrine […]

22 октября, 2021

Epigenetics of violence against women

Epigenetics of violence against women EpiWE study Summaries of the 08 conference- Violence against women is a significant health and social problem whose consequences can lead to greater physical morbidity and mortality. This shadow pandemic crosses all social classes and different ethnicities and represents one of the most significant factors that negatively affect women’s health […]

9 октября, 2021

Clean water: Less lives in the Wadden Sea today

Where the water is cleaner, there are more animals-_– one would think.A team of researchers from the Senckenberg am Meer Research Institute and the University of Oldenburg has now shown that this is not always and everywhere the case. The group led by Anja Singer investigated in the East Frisian Wadden Sea how biodiversity and […]

25 августа, 2021

A heavy smoker with toe necrosis

Core messages If toe necrosis occurs in a woman under 40 years of age and an embolic mechanism is suspected, a specific systemic vasculitis should be searched for both clinically and radiologically according to French doctors led by Dr. Rémy Hamdan (Le CHU Dijon Bourgogne). A woman’s medical history in her 30s makes it clear […]

16 августа, 2021

SICP – Opioid-induced constipation, towards targeted therapy

Key Messages Opioid therapy is essential for the proper management of patients with moderate to severe pain. Opioid-induced constipation (OIC) is a predictable event, affecting most patients on opioid therapy and related to the physiological presence of MOR receptors in the enteric nervous system. The severity of OIC and its impact on quality of life […]

19 июня, 2021

Internists, ‘diabetes alarm in the ward, guidelines to manage it’

Milan, 17 Mar. (Adnkronos Salute) – “More and more people suffering from diabetes or high blood sugar are hospitalized in Italian hospitals, in surgical departments, as well as in those of medicine or specialists. But it is not always possible to consult a diabetologist to set up an adequate diagnostic-therapeutic procedure. Yet properly managing diabetes, […]

14 июня, 2021

Global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cerebrovascular events

Highlights Background During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, decreases in admission volumes for stroke, intravenous thrombolysis, and mechanical thrombectomy were reported. There is a paucity of data on the long-term effect of the pandemic on systolic volumes over the course of a year and during the second wave of the pandemic. We sought […]

22 мая, 2021

CHMP meeting: Indication extensions recommended for four drugs

The At its meeting in February 2023, the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended extensions of the indications for four medicinal products:  Cemiplimab (Libtayo, Regeneron Ireland) The antibody already conditionally approved for other cancers will also be indicated in the first-line treatment of NSCLC in combination […]