The Delta strain of coronavirus has the highest pathogenicity among other variants of the virus, scientists from the University of Tokyo noted. According to TASS, during the study, specialists artificially created viruses carrying the P681R mutation – the most characteristic mutation for all strains of the Indian variation of the coronavirus. It also turned out…
By 2050, the number of people with dementia in the world will triple, experts said during the virtual International Conference of the Association Against Alzheimer’s Disease. Scientists estimate the number of dementia patients will reach 152 million by 2050. At the same time, the greatest burden in terms of the increase in incidence will be…
About half of people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) within a few months of infection. In the future, this could lead to an increase in the number of patients with diabetes mellitus, as Italian scientists warn. The study assessed the health of 551 people hospitalized in Italian hospitals from March to May…
Medicine is not yet aware of methods of effective treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related diseases of the nervous system, but it is believed that lifestyle changes can at least reduce the risk of its development or delay it. The authors of the new study recommend that people over 80 continue to regularly “train”…
Air pollution from small particles from forest fires is contributing to an increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus in nearby cities. This is reported in a study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Forest fires are a source of air pollution in nearby cities with particles with a…
Patients with various learning disabilities were at risk during the pandemic: the largest study conducted in England showed that such people are very vulnerable to COVID-19. According to Medportal.ru, people with Down syndrome are very vulnerable to coronavirus infection. A study by the University of Oxford in the first wave of the pandemic showed that…
For people with immunodeficiency, COVID-19 turned out to be especially dangerous: in such people, the risk of death from coronavirus infection is increased by 30%, according to the results of a large international study released by scientists from the World Health Organization. A study conducted by WHO scientists in 24 countries covered the data of…
Many people are having breakfast, which leads to problems like bloating, and also negatively affects their figure, as reported by Eat This, Not That! Nutritionists have identified five of the most common mistakes people make when preparing and eating breakfast. The first mistake is considered to be breakfast consisting only of simple carbohydrates, mainly sweets.…
The salivary glands are the reservoir for the spread of coronavirus infection in the human body, as Brazilian scientists have found, The Journal of Pathology reported. Experts analyzed samples of three types of salivary glands (parotid, submandibular and small) from adult patients who died from COVID-19. It turned out that it is the tissues responsible…
A diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids reduces the incidence of headaches compared to a diet rich in omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, the BMJ reported. Omega-3 fatty acids are precursors of oxylipins, molecules involved in the regulation of inflammation and providing pain relief. However, oxylipins from omega-6 fatty acids, on the other hand, increase…
