The last years of Albert Einsteins life were punctuated by severe abdominal pain. To deal with it, the theoretical physicist underwent surgery involving… cellophane. An ingenious operation that allowed one of the greatest geniuses of our time to gain a few years. We are in the fall of 1948. Albert

Women and men with long hair are often used to wearing a rubber band around their wrist. This is a very practical way to keep this small object available in all circumstances. However, several specialists have recently spoken out about this practice, which is not without health risks. Possible nerv

A study confirms that drinking a strong coffee half an hour before a sports session promotes oxygenation and fat burning during exercise. These results are published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. For many years, several studies have focused on this famous psychotr

Like the surgical mask, the nasal mask is not very aesthetic. However, according to its creators, the latter would be effective during group meals. Are we likely to see this kind of mask become more democratic? Limit contamination at mealtimes The appearance of this nasal mask arouses curiosity but

Microplastics, which are found almost everywhere today, are at the heart of a new study whose results are very worrying. Those in sewage carry bacteria that are potentially increasingly resistant to antibiotics, US researchers say. Genuine germ nests They come from our plastic waste, our clothes or

A new paper published in the journal Nature reports promising results from a phase 1 trial testing a vaccine designed to help the immune system better target brain tumors. Diffuse low-grade gliomas are tumors affecting young patients. After a slow growth, they generally become malignant in a few y

Australian researchers announce they have identified a cellular protein playing a leading role in the development of neuroblastoma, one of the most common and dangerous cancers in young children. Neuroblastoma, which affects the nervous system, is one of the most common malignancies in children. It

Doctors in India have described a rare clinical case of a woman receiving emergency treatment for bloody tears during her period. According to doctors, regular periods can sometimes trigger bleeding outside the uterus. An extremely rare disease A team of doctors from the PGIMER institute in Chandig

Computer giant Intel recently unveiled a new assistance system for the visually impaired. Based on artificial intelligence and a stereoscopic camera, this system is partly concealed in a backpack. A camera with three lenses What if visually impaired people could one day do without their cane and th

A team of American researchers thinks that cats could be used to make children with autism more capable of empathy. While this is just a preliminary study, more extensive work could expand the range of solutions available to families. Positive conclusions with these children Gretchen Carlisle is an

Various cases have cultivated the current distrust of the French towards the AstraZeneca vaccine and other vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. If denials and other studies attempted to allay suspicion, the damage was already done. Hepatitis B In 1994, the Minister of Health Philippe Douste-Blazy launched

In normal times, having good dental health is essential. So in these rather troubled times in terms of health and society, you might as well put the odds on your side. Especially when we know that the teeth are also suffering a lot from the Covid-19 pandemic, and this on many levels. The importance

In the United States, scientists have published the messenger RNA sequence of the vaccine from the controversial company Moderna on an open source platform. Are we heading towards the era of DIY vaccines? Vaccine mRNA sequence on GitHub! In November 2020, Moderna announced a vaccine that was 94.5%

According to a new case report released a few days ago, a baby was born with three penises in Iraq last year. This is a world first. The child has since been successfully operated on. Diphallia (or diphallia) is a very rare congenital urogenital anomaly characterized by total or partial duplication

According to a recent international study, the pain that women can experience is generally underestimated compared to that of men. However, this same pain is equal from a clinical point of view. These gender biases unfavorable to women are mainly involved in the allocation of treatments. An underva

For several weeks, some countries have been reporting a very notable drop in the number of premature births. Is this a simple coincidence or can we see a link with the pandemic context? It all started a few months ago when an Irish doctor noticed that orders for breast milk for premature babies wer

The study of scientific literature intended to assess the benefit-risk ratio of electronic cigarettes has always been confusing. Indeed, between the contradictory conclusions, the suspicions of lobbying on the part of the tobacco and vaping industry (in one direction or the other) and the reduced, s

A large study of more than 1.2 million people in Israel shows that Pfizers vaccine is 94% effective against symptomatic cases of Covid-19. This is excellent news that confirms the excellent results of the vaccine in clinical trials. “The fact that vaccines have worked so well in the real world...r

This is not a scoop:coffee stains your teeth. For lovers of this drink, it is therefore impossible not to brush your teeth after having swallowed it in the morning. However, it turns out that doing things in this order is very far from ideal for dental health. In order to limit the damage, it would

Taking a seat in a new car couldnt be more pleasant. In addition to the satisfaction of being behind the wheel of a vehicle that has never been used, the smell that emanates from it is just as appreciable. Nevertheless, a recent study comes to play the killjoy. According to a team of American resear