medicine

2023-07-21 @ 20.24.47 ∈ In English

First RSV vaccine to protect infants up 6 months of age and older adults - European Medicines Agency

EMA has recommended granting a marketing authorisation in the European Union (EU) for Abrysvo, a vaccine to protect against disease caused by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Abrysvo is the first RSV vaccine indicated for passive immunisation of infants from birth through 6 months of age following administration of the vaccine to the mother during pregnancy.

2023-06-12 @ 11.11.40 ∈ In English

Cause and Cure Discovered for Common Type of High Blood Pressure

The cause is a tiny benign nodule, present in one-in-twenty people with hypertension. The nodule produces a hormone, aldosterone, that controls how much salt is in the body. […] The researchers also discovered that this form of hypertension could be cured by unilateral adrenalectomy – removing one of the two adrenal glands.

2023-05-26 @ 19.46.20 ∈ In English

Induction of a torpor-like hypothermic and hypometabolic state in rodents by ultrasound - Nature Metabolism

Using ultrasound to activate noninvasively specific neurons in the hypothalamus, a temporary hypothermic and hypometabolic state is induced in rodents.

2023-05-12 @ 11.39.07 ∈ Suomeksi

Laakson sairaalassa kokeillaan maailman edistyksellisintä robottiteknologiaa – “Välkky-robotti toimii hoitohenkilökuntamme tukena”

Uusi huipputeknologinen robotti hoitaa sairaalassa yksinkertaisia hoitotyön tehtäviä, kuten aterian tarjoilua, apuvälineiden siirtelyä ja hiusten harjaamista. [Se] voi mitata myös elintoimintoja, kuten pulssia, lämpöä tai happisaturaatiota. Robotti toimii aina hoitajan ohjaamana.

2023-05-05 @ 19.58.09 ∈ Suomeksi

Helsingin yliopisto | Tutkijat löysivät Parkinsonin taudin todennäköisen aiheuttajan – ”200 vuotta yritetty”

Tutkimuslöydös mahdollistaa tietyn bakteerikannan kantajien seulonnan ja bakteerin häätämisen suolistosta ja tekee samalla mahdolliseksi Parkinsonin taudin ennaltaehkäisyn.

2023-03-20 @ 17.15.53 ∈ In English

Effectiveness of physical activity interventions for improving depression, anxiety and distress: an overview of systematic reviews

The largest benefits were seen in people with depression, HIV and kidney disease, in pregnant and postpartum women, and in healthy individuals. Higher intensity physical activity was associated with greater improvements in symptoms. […] Physical activity should be a mainstay approach in the management of depression, anxiety and psychological distress.

2022-12-18 @ 9.34.33 ∈ In English

Cheap liver drug could prevent COVID

Tests on donated human lungs — unsuitable for transplantation and kept “alive” on a ventilator — were next. Just one lung in a pair was treated with UDCA before both were exposed to the coronavirus. The treated lung did not become infected, but the untreated one did.

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