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Washington: A new study found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect humans for more than 200 days in atypical cases. This study was published in “Forefront of Medical Journals”. Atypical cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were followed weekly from April to November 2020 by researchers at the Pasteur-USP Science Platform, a partnership between the Pasteur Institute and the University in France38. It was part of a study of human Brazilian patients. Patients from [...]

Considered one of the world’s major public health problems, obesity has more than doubled in Brazil in 17 years and is now increasingly frequent among children and young adults. Between 2002 and 2019, the proportion of obese adults rose from 12.2% to 26.8%. Among women, it reached 29.5% (versus 21.8% among men). The proportion of overweight adults rose from 43.3% to 62.1%, or almost two-thirds of all Brazilians, according to the 2019 National Health Survey. “The interdisciplinary [...]

Sometimes referred to as the “executive brain”, the prefrontal cortex is the region that governs higher-level cognitive functions and decision making. ‘Analysis of brain oscillations in genetically modified mice detects asynchronous activity. This could explain the mechanism underlying psychiatric disorders. ‘ Studies of tissue from this brain region in patients with schizophrenia have detected alterations in two proteins: BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) and [...]

A new study found that girls are more likely than boys to develop obesity-related metabolic changes, such as high blood pressure and excessive blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (dyslipidemia). The study was conducted in Brazil on 92 adolescents. The results of this study were published in Frontiersin Nutrition. This study was supported by FAPESP by scientists from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB-USP) at the University of São Paulo and the University of São [...]

Scientists now report that high doses of vitamin D on admission did not improve the condition of moderate or severe Covid-19 patients. A clinical trial was conducted in Brazil in 240 patients who received 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission. According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), supplements did not shorten the length of stay or affect the proportion of people who needed intensive care. In vitro studies or studies in animals have previously [...]