With the help of a smartphone, you can determine the level of oxygen saturation of the blood and its reduction up to 70%. This conclusion was reached by scientists from the University of California at San Diego. During the coronavirus pandemic, the demand for pulse oximeters increased dramatically. Sometimes a person with a detected coronavirus…
Sugary drinks have long been associated with very negative health consequences. And now there is evidence that they affect cancer mortality rates. All kinds of soda and store-bought juices contain a huge amount of sugar, and it leads to kidney damage, increased blood pressure, obesity and strokes. These drinks are especially dangerous for overweight children.…
Although our brains are divided into two halves, they are not at all ideally equal in size and shape. And a new study explains why. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have found out why there is no symmetry between the two hemispheres in the human brain. Some functions of our body are…
Even if future dads in childhood just inhale cigarette smoke because of their fathers, this already poses a threat to unborn children. Such babies subsequently suffer from asthma more often. Researchers from the University of Melbourne have found that a child’s risk of experiencing asthma is higher if his father himself breathed tobacco smoke as…
Experts of the World Health Organization believe that the coronavirus pandemic will end in the foreseeable future. This is due to the fact that the death rate from COVID-19 last week fell to the lowest since the beginning of the pandemic. Last week, the death rate from COVID-19 on our planet was the lowest since…
Taking aspirin increases cancer patients’ chances of survival. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Cardiff in Wales. The study showed that taking one of the most common over-the-counter medications in the world, aspirin, gives benefits to patients with tumors that outweigh the possible side effects. Direct evidence has been found…
Scientists have uncovered the mystery of what exactly daylight does to our brain. It is well known that changing the amount of daylight we receive can trigger seasonal affective disorder. A study in mice found that neurons residing in the suprachiasmatic nucleus coordinated with each other depending on the length of the daylight. Changes were…
Israeli scientists have identified for the first time important processes in nerve cells that are the same in all types of Parkinson’s disease. One of the difficulties in developing new methods of treating this ailment is the fact that the hereditary form of the disease is noted only in 15% of patients. Researchers from the…
Researchers have found a possible link between the frequency of strokes and pollutants released into the air from the pipes of oil refineries. The work was carried out by scientists from the University of Illinois at Chicago. A new study has shown that exposure to pollutants released into the atmosphere by oil refineries can increase…
A study on laboratory mice showed that high blood pressure is associated with bone loss and aging. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from Vanderbilt University. Elevated blood pressure in young mice provoked a deterioration in the condition of bones, like what is observed in the process of the most common aging. The obtained…
