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Researchers discovered a new non-invasive sensor that could aid in the development of novel treatments for intracranial Hypertension. The findings are reported in the journal Hypertension . Intracranial Hypertension refers to a condition where the pressure of the fluid that surrounds the brain is higher than the normal level. Researchers from the São Paulo State University (UNESP) and Brain4care , a startup based in São Carlos, sought to find [...]

Alzheimer's disease is an incurable and debilitating neurodegenerative condition that result in progressive degeneration and / or death of nerve cells causing problems with movement (called ataxias), or mental functioning (called dementias). A study conducted in Brazil by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) and Butantan Institute in partnership with colleagues at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) published in the journal Alzheimer's & [...]

Interdisciplinary clinical measures like cognitive and behavioral therapy may produce more significant outcomes for obese people, reducing weight and also symptoms of depression. This is the main conclusion of a study conducted in Brazil by the Obesity Research Group at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Santos, São Paulo state, and published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition. Considered one of the world's major public health problems, obesity has more than [...]

People who had dengue in the past are twice as likely to develop COVID-19 symptoms, stated a new study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. The findings of the study were based on an analysis of blood samples from 1,285 inhabitants of Mâncio Lima, a small town in the state of Acre, part of Brazil's Amazon region. The principal investigator was Marcelo Urbano Ferreira, a professor at the University of São Paulo's Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICB-USP) in [...]

Childhood obesity increases the likelihood of metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases in adulthood. But the importance of considering differences between the sexes is ignored. In order to address this concern, scientists affiliated with the University of São Paulo's Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICB-USP) and the Medical School of Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo (FCM-SCMSP) conducted a study with 92 adolescents in Brazil and issued in the journal [...]

Genetic engineering tools helps to understand more about the mechanisms of psychiatric disorders. They helped to create a virus that can enter certain neurons and insert into the prefrontal cortex a new genetic code that induces the production of modified proteins. The alteration of these proteins could modify brain activity, indicating a potential biomarker for the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders. Sometimes referred to as the "executive brain", the prefrontal cortex is the [...]

In people with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, physical activity helps reduce cardiovascular (heart attack, angina, and stroke) risk, revealed study. As a result, they are more likely to have heart attacks and other cardiovascular disorders. The good news, according to a new study published in Rheumatology, is that regular exercise is a powerful weapon against vascular dysfunction in these patients. In the article, researchers working in Brazil and the United Kingdom report the results of a [...]

High dose of vitamin D has failed to improve the condition of COVID-19 patients, report scientists. A clinical trial was conducted in Brazil with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital. The supplementation did not reduce length of stay or affect the proportion requiring intensive, according to the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). In vitro studies or trials with animals had previously shown that in certain [...]

The coronavirus variant first detected in the northern Brazilian state of Amazonas is twice as contagious and capable of re-infection, stated a new study. The Sao Paulo Research Foundation said on Tuesday that the scientific research group was coordinated by Ester Sabino, an expert on infectious diseases at the University of Sao Paulo, and Nuno Faria, a researcher at Oxford University, reports Xinhua news agency. The virus variant was initially detected in November 2020 in Manaus, capital of [...]