Giles Skey Brindley is a physiologist partly known for his contributions in the fight against erectile dysfunction. He is also known for something else. One day in 1983, he was giving a lecture on urology that no one would forget for decades. The American Urological Association is an American assoc

This was a small trial involving just twelve patients with rectal cancer who were taking the same experimental drug. Nevertheless, the results are amazing. The cancer would indeed have disappeared in each of these people, becoming undetectable by physical examination, endoscopy, PET or MRI. Details

A few years ago, researchers tried to explain a phenomenon that could affect everyone. Who has never experienced significant difficulty falling asleep in an unfamiliar place for the first time? It must be said that this first night can actually be synonymous with a sleepless night. A complicated fi

A team sought to establish the incidence of connected consciousness after tracheal intubation in patients under general anesthesia. It appears that about 10% of the subjects were still partially conscious during the intervention. Of this sample, half would also have felt pain. To be or not to be… a

More and more humanoid robots are equipped with synthetic skins developed to be as realistic as possible. Japanese scientists have gone further by covering a robotic finger with real self-healing skin made from living human cells. Details of the study are published in the journal Matter. Humanoids

According to a recent study, not sleeping alone would increase the quality of the nights. On the other hand, it all depends on the people sharing the bed. Partner type matters Many people prefer to sleep alone , but most people share their bed with a lover or sometimes with other family members or

A team claims to have been able to produce the first maps of brain temperatures of healthy people. Their finding suggests that brain temperature is higher than previously thought. It also varies depending on several factors, such as time of day and brain region. Abnormal body temperature has been r

Genetic analysis of over 200,000 British men suggests that around one in 500 have an extra sex chromosome. Most ignore it. Still, this observation is important because it could increase their risk of diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular problems. Details of the study are published in the journa

Immunosuppressive drug treatments are necessary after transplants to prevent the immune system from rejecting the transplanted organ, which is considered a foreign body. Recently, however, researchers have developed a method that minimizes the risk of rejection. Three children requiring a kidney tra

The brain is a fabulously complex organic machine with countless neural tangles continuously traversed by electrical impulses. Scientists have long struggled to understand, test and recreate it. However, one question remains essential:how does he learn? Researchers at the University of Montreal hav

With medical cannabis use legal in many parts of the United States, researchers from Temple University and the University of Arkansas measured the possible effects of this legalization on road safety. To do this, they analyzed car insurance data. And obviously, there is a positive effect. Cannabis

In France, smoking among pregnant women is a real problem. According to figures from Public Health France, 20 to 24% of them continue to smoke during the first trimester of their pregnancy. On the third, they would still be between 14 to 20%. However, the risks of complications due to tobacco are kn

A simple balance test could serve as an indicator of risk of disease and death. A study of more than 1,700 subjects found a disproportionate rate of death among people unable to stand on one leg for ten seconds. Eventually, such an examination could become part of routine health check-ups starting i

Although polio was eradicated more than two decades ago, a strain has been identified several times this year in the sewers of a London neighborhood. The local health authorities as well as the WHO are very attentive to this discovery. A type 2 poliovirus in London Poliomyelitis (polio) is a extrem

A few years ago, a man with cystinosis received an experimental treatment. However, the researchers behind this treatment came up with some pretty unlikely side effects. Indeed, the patients hair has undergone a profound genetic modification. Excess cystine in the organs Serendipity refers to an un

According to a recent meta-study that compiles various research on the subject, more than one in ten people in the world have already contracted Lyme disease. It is also more present in Europe and affects many men over 50 living in rural areas. Central Europe is the most affected area Lyme disease

A recent genetic study suggests that the monkeypox virus mutated at a much faster rate than expected, likely experiencing a period of accelerated evolution . How to explain such a phenomenon? The Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency (ARS) reported this weekend the first confirmed case of monkey pox

When women with metastatic breast cancer fall asleep at night, their cancer wakes up and begins to spread. This is the surprising finding of a study published in Nature. By disrupting the sleep cycle in the mice, the team also reduced the number of metastatic cells. Nicola Aceto and his team at ETH

While water is essential to our survival, more than 96% of liquid planes on the planet are undrinkable to humans because they contain too much salt. But why cant we drink all that salt water, precisely? The short answer is quite simple:our kidneys are unable to cope with it. We may not realize it,

Many of us have reused a single-use plastic bottle several times. However, that would be a bad idea. Indeed, some of these containers are particularly toxic and promote the development of bacteria. Different types of plastics Reusing plastic bottles to fill them with tap water is a very common gest