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Santos (Sao Paulo) [Brazil], November 6 (ANI): A new study has found that cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) can be used for the early detection of respiratory disorders in overweight and obese individuals. This is the main finding of a study by Brazilian researchers who set out to assess the influence of obesity on the physiological responses obtained in CPET. The findings of the study were published in the journal ‘PLOS ONE’. Most of the authors are researchers in the [...]

A new study has found that the dangerous combination of weak muscles and abdominal fat can lead to a significant loss of gait speed in older people. The findings of the study were published in the journal 'Age and Ageing'. The study was conducted by researchers at the Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCar) in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in partnership with colleagues at University College London (UCL) in the UK. A slower gait is a natural outcome of the ageing process, but [...]

Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can increase the benefits of aerobic exercise and improve the gait of patients with Parkinson's disease immediately after a session. Step time variability decreases, reaction time shortens, and executive control of gait is enhanced. These were the main findings of a randomized, double-blinded, sham-controlled crossover study of 20 volunteers by researchers at Sao Paulo State University's Institute of Biosciences (IB-UNESP) in Rio Claro, [...]

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is capable of infecting brain tissue and affecting the structure of the cortex, a region of the brain responsible for functions such as memory, consciousness, and language, according to a Brazilian study released on Thursday. "We demonstrated for the first time that the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects and replicates in astrocytes and this can decrease the viability of neurons," said Daniel Martins de Souza, a professor at the Institute of Biology [...]

Pesquisadores do Instituto Butantan e do Boston Children’s Hospital, da Universidade Harvard (Estados Unidos), estão trabalhando juntos nos testes em humanos de uma nova vacina contra pneumonia, mais barata e abrangente que as versões atualmente usadas no Brasil. Até agora, acredita-se que o imunizante é capaz de proteger contra todos os sorotipos da bactéria Streptococcus pneumoniae, causadora da doença. O trabalho inicial foi conduzido pela [...]