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Covid can remain active in some people for over 7 months: Study
Publicado em 29 janeiro 2022
Sao Paulo, Jan 28 A team of international researchers have found that the novel coronavirus can continue to be present in some human bodies upto 232 days.
Researchers from France’s Pasteur Institute, the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Brazil conducted a study involving 38 Brazilian patients.
The patients were followed until they tested negative twice or three times consecutively by RT-PCR.
Of the 38 cases tracked, two men and a woman were [...]
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Saliva can predict excess body fat in teenagers
Publicado em 19 fevereiro 2020Rio de Janeiro, Feb 19 | In addition to keeping the mouth moist and protecting us against germs, saliva can also be used for early detection of the risk of developing diseases associated with surplus body fat, a new study suggests. For the findings, published in the journal Nutrition Research, the researchers in Brazil performed a study in which they used the level of uric acid in saliva to predict body fat percentages in teenagers and identify those with surplus fat even if they had no [...]ver notícia -
Music may reduce cardiac stress while driving: Study
Publicado em 13 novembro 2019Rio de Janeiro, Nov 13 (IANS) Stress while driving is a risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease and sudden cardiac complications such as heart attack, but now researchers have found that listening to music while driving can reduce cardiac stress. “We found that cardiac stress in the participants in our experiment was reduced by listening to music while they were driving,” said study lead author Vitor Engracia Valenti, Professor at Sao Paulo State University in [...]ver notícia -
Lipid in humans can help control blood sugar
Publicado em 29 setembro 2019Sao Paulo : A team of global researchers has discovered that a lipid — produced in response to cold by brown adipose tissue in the human body — helps reduce blood sugar. The discovery with the lipid known as 12-HEPE can pave the way for new treatments for diabetes, said the team from Brazil, the US and Germany. The group also observed that a drug used to treat urinary dysfunction increases the amount of 12-HEPE released into the bloodstream in human patients. White adipose [...]ver notícia