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The COVID-19 pandemic and associated stress and sadness situations did not significantly increase the prevalence of depression and anxiety among participants in the Longitudinal Study on the Health of Brazilian Adults in São Paulo (ELSA-Brazil). Hmm. ELSA-Brazil has been monitoring the overall health of 15,000 civil servants at six public universities and research centers in Brazil since 2008. mental health It was held in São Paulo during the pandemic and was attended [...]

In Brazil, researchers at the University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine (FM-USP) have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates the salivary glands. Analysis of samples from three salivary glands obtained during a minimally invasive autopsy procedure performed on patients who died of COVID-19 complications at the FM-USP hospital complex Hospital Das Clinicas , Showed that tissues specialized in saliva production and secretion function as reservoirs. For the new coronavirus. This [...]

Rainfall associated with the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), the convergence zone of trade winds and rising air around the Earth near the equator, affects the food and water safety of approximately one billion people worldwide. It contains about 11% of Brazil’s population and is concentrated in four provinces in the northeastern region: Rio Grande do Norte, Ceara, Piauí and Maranhão. The wide strips of these states have a semi-arid climate, with about half of the [...]

The presence of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the blood may increase the effectiveness of daily cannabis use and increase the risk of developing psychosis in adulthood. Similar results have been observed with the use of cannabis in adolescence in the presence of cytokines. Psychotic disorders include symptoms such as delirium, loss of reality, hallucinations, auditory hallucinations, cognitive and social disorders. A study by researchers at the Ribeirao Preto Medical College (FMRP-USP) at the [...]

Most cities in the state of São Paulo (Brazil) are less able to adapt to climate change, for example, in their ability to develop public policies that promote reforms in housing and transportation systems to explain the effects of climate change. There is a possibility. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted by researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in collaboration with the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), the Federal University of Itajuba (UNIFEI) in Brazil, and [...]

To investigate the factors that threaten the success of a cow’s pregnancy, researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil have used certain chips to mimic the environment of the endometrium, the tissue that lines the uterus. did. The study was conducted by biologist Tiago Enrique Kamala de Bem, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Sao Paulo School of Animal Science and Food Engineering (FZEA-USP), in collaboration with four researchers at the University of Leeds in the [...]

A group of Brazilian and Portuguese researchers regulate the presence of lead in an organism and DNA methylation, a physiological process required to control gene expression and ensure that genes function properly. We observed a correlation with microRNAs (miRNAs) that may be involved in the mechanism. Changes were seen in the blood cells of workers in lead-based automotive battery factories. Curiously, the lead levels of blood samples from 85 volunteers (average 20 micrograms (20 µg / [...]

The inclusion of soybean oil and flaxseed oil in dairy cow feed has made milk’s fatty acid content even healthier for human nutrition. The ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 has also increased. They play an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease as well as chronic inflammation and certain types of cancer. Cardiovascular disease is one of the major public health problems in the world. In Brazil, they are one of the most important causes of death. According to the Ministry of [...]

White sand savanna is expanding in the heart of the Amazon as a result of repeated wildfires, according to a study published in the journal. Ecosystem.. The study was supported by FAPESP and was conducted by Bernardo Monteiro Flores, a postdoctoral fellow in ecology at the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Brazil, and Milena Holmgren, a professor of environmental science at Wageningen University. Netherlands. “The Amazon rainforest edge has long been regarded as the most [...]