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Researchers find poor diet can contribute to type 2 diabetes
Publicado em 17 abril 2023
A study has found that poor diet has contributed to over 14.1 million cases of type 2 diabetes.
The study was published in the journal, 'Nature Medicine.'
The analysis, which looked at data from 1990 and 2018, provides valuable insight into which dietary factors are driving type 2 diabetes burden by world region.
Of the 11 dietary factors considered, three had an outsized contribution to the rising global incidence of type 2 diabetes: Insufficient intake of whole grains, [...]
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AI will now be able to detect depression, anxiety
Publicado em 11 abril 2023Advancement with artificial intelligence seems to know no bounds. While AI's rapid progress has potentially began entering every walk of existence, at times threatening human necessity, some advancement has come as a much needed relief. In a recent report it has been made known that work is in progress for creating an AI that would detect early signs of anxiety and depression- a mental health disorder that has found quite prevalence in contemporary times. The findings that have been [...]ver notícia -
New gadget identifies COVID-19 antibodies in five minutes
Publicado em 30 novembro 2022Rapid, low-cost, and accurate tests are still required for epidemiological surveillance and healthcare services to monitor and contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Brazilian researchers have contributed to this field’s efforts by creating an electrochemical immunosensor that identifies antibodies against the virus. The innovation is described in an article published in the journal ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. In search of a novel diagnostic method, the group opted for a [...]ver notícia -
Why COVID causes fatal inflammation among some patients? Experts explain
Publicado em 24 novembro 2022The coronavirus triggers different symptoms in different individuals. For example, it can turn fatal for some while being completely asymptomatic for others. Similarly, it can cause fatal systemic inflammation in a few cases, while no such reactions for the rest. A group of researchers at the University of Sao Paulo (USP) in Brazil, who has been studying the issue for the past months, explains why. Scientists said severe COVID-19 is associated with an imbalance in an important immune system [...]ver notícia -
Here's how Covid-19 damages the brain
Publicado em 12 agosto 2022Daniel Martins-de-Souza and colleagues conducted MRI of 81 study participants recovering from mild Covid-19 infection and 81 healthy individuals to compare their brain structure. Listen to this article A new study on Covid-19 disease shows the virus infects brain cells called astrocytes, causing structural changes in the brain. It says as quoted by news agency ANI says that infection with SARS-COV-2 can cause brain alterations and neurocognitive dysfunction, particularly in long Covid-19, [...]ver notícia -
Covid-19 may remain infectious even after quarantine period: Study
Publicado em 31 janeiro 2022The latest study on Covid-19 has claimed that the SARS-CoV-2 virus might remain infectious even after the recommended quarantine period, without necessarily manifesting any symptoms. The research, published recently in the journal Frontiers in Medicine, involved 38 Brazilian patients who were followed every week between April and November 2020. The researchers found that it took a month on average for the diagnostic test to become negative. In addition to this, two men and a woman were found [...]ver notícia -
Coronavirus may remain active for longer than recommended quarantine period: Study
Publicado em 28 janeiro 2022The atypical case of infection by SARS-CoV-2 was part of a study involving 38 Brazilian patients followed on a weekly basis between April and November 2020 by researchers affiliated with the Pasteur-USP Scientific Platform A new study has detected that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect a person for more than 200 days in an atypical case. The study has been published in the 'Frontiers in Medicine Journal'. The atypical case of infection by SARS-CoV-2 was [...]ver notícia