Most of the pain we suffer from, difficulty in mobility and stiffness, are usually intuitively attributed to our muscles, bones or joints. However, many times, these discomforts can be triggered by injury or inflammation of a component of our body that we may not have even heard of: the fascia.Continue Reading
International air travellers will soon no longer have to show proof of Covid vaccination when arriving in the US, the White House says. The US will lift the requirement on 11 May, coinciding with the end of the coronavirus public health emergency in the country. Vaccine rules will also beContinue Reading
A new antibody drug to help fight COVID-19 infection in immune-compromised people may be available by the end of the year. AstraZeneca said Thursday that its treatment, called AZD3152, appears to work in all variants to date, potentially providing necessary armor for immunocompromised people whose vaccinations have not given themContinue Reading
International public health has undergone a significant transformation over the years, with the emergence of new paradigms alongside the old ones. Here are some of the key differences between the old and new paradigms: Old Paradigm: Vertical approach: The old paradigm was characterized by a vertical approach, which focused onContinue Reading
The use of social networks and the mobile phone in general, it is evident that they have not stopped growing exponentially until relatively recently, when we have reached a point in which their use is already widespread and normalized. Almost 41 million Spaniards are users of one of the existingContinue Reading
Scientific project seeks to verify if living beings such as bacteria can create neural networks that allow them to have artificial intelligence. The research takes place at the De Novo Synthetic Biology Laboratory of the Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio), a joint center of the Higher Council for ScientificContinue Reading
The stage of menopause produces certain mental disturbances beyond the physical symptoms. Specialists assure that the secondary emotional effects that most frequently occur in women, either in premenopause or during menopause, include irritability, disproportionate emotional reactions, lack of motivation, anxiety, forgetfulness, confusion, and worsening of existing depression. This time inContinue Reading
Scientists from around the world investigating obesity recently gathered in the golden rooms of the Royal Society, the academy of sciences of Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin, where ideas like gravity and evolution were once debated. While they debated the triggers for obesity, which affects more than 40% of AmericanContinue Reading
The Pan American Health Organization reported on Monday that around 900 million people in 35 countries in the Americas, 96% of the population, have at least one of the six tobacco control measures recommended by the World Health Organization, 50% more than those registered in 2007. 26 of the 35Continue Reading
In addition to acting as a protective shield for other important organs, such as the heart, the bones support and allow the body to move, and also store important minerals, such as calcium and phosphorus. These minerals are necessary for the heart, muscles and nerves to function properly, and alsoContinue Reading