Dexamethasone recently showed encouraging results in a large clinical trial in the UK. This powerful drug from the steroid family would have succeeded where chloroquine seems to have failed:reducing the risk of death in seriously ill patients. Across the Channel, the government has given the green l

In addition to gaining weight and less makes love , the French seem to have had more back pain during confinement. Focus on the survey conducted by BVA and on the most natural solutions to improve your posture. Confinement and back pain:an explosive duo BVA, a company specializing in polls, inter

A developer recently claimed that prolonged wearing of a virtual reality headset could damage users eyesight. However, there is currently no hard evidence that VR causes permanent eye damage. A Worried Creator Danny Bittman is a developer specializing in virtual reality (VR) . The interested party

Lebanese researchers have developed a non-invasive device that may represent real progress in diabetes control. It is a glove equipped with several sensors based on electromagnetic waves. If this prototype is very promising, the researchers will however have to make some improvements. A non-invasiv

Recently, a Vietnamese hospital announced that it had treated a patient infected with a very rare parasitic worm:Medina filaria. The man had painful skin lesions on his legs and arms, something doctors had never seen before. A unique case in Vietnam In an article published by the local daily newspa

An extensive investigation by French neuroscientists focused on dreams during the recent period of confinement. The study has just been completed and the researchers are drawing their first conclusions. What happened in the minds of the French during these two months of confinement while they slept?

A recent UK study made a pretty incredible discovery about ketamine. In the event of a large intake of this substance, the brain could completely stop for a short time before restarting. This phenomenon was observed for the very first time in sheep. An interruption of a few minutes First synthesize

According to a recent Chinese study, flushing the toilet flushes water droplets up to one meter away! However, this is sufficient to spray the person concerned and several nearby surfaces. To remedy this risk, the researchers recommend in particular to close the toilet before flushing. Limiting ris

A team of international researchers is working on a project combining drones and disease control. There is talk of a new approach consisting of sterilizing mosquitoes before releasing them into the wild through drones. It would be a more effective and faster solution to fight against the spread of c

With the arrival of the holidays, the number one temptation should be that of sunbathing. However, the Covid-19 pandemic means taking precautions, such as bringing a bottle of hydroalcoholic gel. However, dermatologists warn that hydroalcoholic gel and the sun do not mix. Watch out for burns Going

Inventor of the famous Segway PT, the American Dean Kamen is currently working on many projects, some of which affect health. Recently, the person concerned made a sensational statement. Indeed, it is about the construction of a human organ factory! A very active inventor Who has never seen a Segwa

The question of the immunity of people cured of Covid-19 is still subject to debate within the scientific community. A recent pre-publication study estimates that some of these patients never developed antibodies! Antibodies linked to the inflammatory response Many of the patients with Covid-19 had

Recently, a meta-analysis suggested that magnesium deficiencies could promote premature births. However, there are other factors that can cause premature birth. If magnesium deficiency is one of these factors, is it so important? Magnesium, essential for the human body According to Inserm, about 50

Some people affected by Covid-19 have a particular symptom:anosmia, that is to say a total loss of smell. By dint of investigating the subject, researchers have finally understood why Covid-19 is at the origin of this phenomenon. A different anosmia in case of Covid-19 Anosmia is characterized by a

A new strain of flu was recently discovered in China. However, according to the researchers, this strain carried by pigs can infect humans and become a pandemic. If this is not yet a problem, it may well be that the virus is already suitable for human transmission. Already five human cases While hu

In France, around twenty corpses are used each year for crash tests. This practice is legal in our country as well as in the United States, where it originates. If research in accidentology is very important, the only European organization working in this field could soon disappear. An unprecedente

With the summer season and the context linked to the coronavirus, the fear of mosquitoes could be greater than usual. However, the Superior Institute of Health in Italy (ISS) recently published a study which believes that mosquitoes cannot transmit Covid-19. If the WHO was already communicating on t

Particularly painful and impotent, frozen shoulder has just been the subject of a new therapeutic approach. Indeed, American doctors propose to solve this problem of frozen shoulder by performing arterial embolization. A 150-year-old mystery! The frozen shoulder phenomenon is related to a more or

What if very few patients were responsible for most infections? Indeed, Covid-19 spreads mainly with clusters, these groups of cases having a common origin. Researchers therefore evoke a superpropagation linked to individual variations. Nevertheless, enclosed spaces would also have played an importa

After the publication of a controversial study, the World Health Organization (WHO) suspended clinical trials on hydroxychloroquine. However, the organization has just authorized their resumption, more than a week after having stopped them. In the meantime, the scientific journal that published the