I ricercatori americani hanno scoperto che piccole dosi di aspirina possono bloccare la formazione di placche amiloidi nel tessuto cerebrale . Finora, lo studio è stato condotto solo sui topi, ma gli scienziati sperano che il metodo funzioni anche per gli esseri umani. Le placche che si formano nel tessuto cerebrale sono accumuli di peptidi beta-amiloidi che possono innescare […]
Read MoreEsperimenti su animali hanno dimostrato che la famosa erba Ashitaba in Giappone può prolungare la giovinezza e aumentare l’aspettativa di vita del 20%. Durante l’esperimento, scienziati austriaci hanno scoperto che questa pianta produce una sostanza che può indurre le cellule del corpo a riciclare attivamente i “rifiuti proteici”. Nel corso di numerosi studi, scienziati di tutto il mondo sono […]
Read MoreMIT Technology Review editor-in-chief Antonio Regalado spoke with Harvard Medical School staff who specialize in the development of genetic modification techniques. The main conclusion to which he came is this: interference with human DNA is more a matter of ethics than a scientific problem. What interventions are permissible and what can they lead to? Is society ready for the fact […]
Read MoreIn anatomical terms, three sections are distinguished in the human ear . the outer ear, consisting of the auricle and the external auditory canal ; the middle ear, composed of the tympanic cavity and having appendages – the Eustachian tube and cells of the mastoid process; inner ear (labyrinth), consisting of a cochlea (part auditory), vestibule and semicircular canals (organ of equilibrium). If we attach to this the auditory nerve from the periphery […]
Read MoreMale genital organs In men , two seminal glands (testicles) and their appendages belong to the internal genital organs . The testicles are located in the right and left half of the scrotum. Their function is to produce seminal bodies (sperm). Spermatazoidov – it’s male gametes having a movable tail, through which are promoted through the female genital tract to meet the egg. The effluent from each egg vas […]
Read MoreThe skin is an organ with a very complex structure. Its area in an adult varies from 1.5 to 2 m. In different parts of the body, it has a different thickness – from 0.1 to 4 mm. The skin covering the back, skull, hips, feet and palms has the largest thickness (about 4 mm), and the […]
Read MoreModern medicine considers mycotic (or fungal) skin lesions a real scourge of mankind. These diseases make up the lion’s share of the diseases that dermatologists face daily. Indeed, of all dermatological diseases, it is mycotic infections that account for from 37 to 42% of all cases of nail and skin lesions. Fungal infections bring a […]
Read MoreBut chronic pain lasting more than three months does not teach anything and is not useful for anything. It is not caused by external injuries or internal diseases, but by nerve damage. Such – neuropathic – pain, according to statistics, occurs in 6-7 people out of a hundred. This “breakdown” leads to the fact that […]
Read MoreIn the last 40 years, the number of chronic pain syndromes has been growing in the world. According to various estimates, they make up from 15 to 70% of all diseases. Therefore, pain clinics grow like mushrooms after rain. In the United States there are about four thousand. We, of course, have fewer, but also […]
Read MoreNeuropathic Pain-Unlike ordinary pain, appears in humans not due to the reaction to physical damage. As a result of pathological excitation of neurons in the peripheral or central nervous system. Responsible for the reaction to physical damage to the body. The term “neuropathic pain” indicates a pain syndrome that occurs when the function of both […]
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