The turning point of aging occurs around age 50.
DrMoroScientists from China analyzed tissue samples from 76 people aged 14 to 68 who died in accidents. The samples were obtained from organs and tissues that form the eight main…
July 2025
Scientists have identified the best bedtime snack that reduces the risk of diabetes.
Scientists conducted a 12-week experiment with 51 volunteers with prediabetes. Participants were given 60 grams of pistachios as a snack before bed, then discontinued the nuts after a break. The control group consisted of participants with…
Europe also recommended injections every six months to prevent HIV infection.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has recommended lenacapavir for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to a press release from the organization. This viral capsid inhibitor is administered by injection twice…
Prematurity caused arachnoid growth of blood vessels in the baby's lens capsule.
An eight-week-old infant was admitted to a Chinese ophthalmology clinic for examination and treatment. The boy was born at 25 weeks of gestation and weighed 850 grams at birth. He was hospitalized immediately after birth…
Largest study confirms health benefits of 4-day workweek
Nature reports on the results of the largest study to date on the impact of a shorter workweek on health and productivity. The study analyzed data from six countries, some of which…
Radiologists have urged that CT scans after COVID-19 be performed only on patients with prolonged symptoms.
An international team of physicians led by Anna Rita Larici from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart published a consensus report in the journal Radiology on the use of tomographic imaging in patients after…
Paleoanthropologists have described 300,000-year-old teeth of archaic humans from China.
Paleoanthropologists have described more fossils from the Hualongdong site in eastern China. About ten years ago, scientists discovered, among other things, more than two dozen teeth of archaic humans who lived around…
Deafness and loneliness increase the risk of dementia
A team from the University of Geneva analyzed data from 33,000 Europeans over 50 to assess the impact of hearing loss on dementia risk. Every two years, participants shared information about their lifestyle, social…
Chemists synthesized tetramantane
Swiss chemists have carried out a complete enantioselective synthesis of one of the tetramantane isomers, constructed from four fused adamantane fragments. To do this, they used a catalytic reaction involving the insertion of a carbene into a carbon-hydrogen bond. Previously, such…
CAR-NK therapy from donor stem cells helped a patient with systemic scleroderma.
Chinese and American researchers reported a successful trial treating a patient with severe systemic sclerosis using a ready-made preparation of NK lymphocytes with a chimeric antigen receptor, derived from donor induced pluripotent stem cells. The report…
AI uses MRI images to detect accelerated brain aging and dementia risk.
Imaging provides unique, direct information about structural brain aging that cannot be obtained from blood tests and other molecular biomarkers. For example, key indicators of aging include cortical thickness, which controls…
Laughing gas caused frostbite of the pharynx and larynx
A 23-year-old man presented to an American outpatient clinic complaining of painful swallowing and hoarseness for two days. The symptoms appeared immediately after he inhaled through his mouth from…
Microplastics have been found again in human reproductive fluids.
Emilio Gomez-Sanchez of the Next Fertility Clinic in Murcia and colleagues analyzed samples of ovarian follicular fluid from 25 patients and semen from 18 patients and found microplastics in most…
Substance use has been identified as the leading cause of adult drownings in bathtubs.
Shane Darke of the University of New South Wales and colleagues from Australia and the UK conducted a retrospective study and found that most adult drownings in bathtubs are due to drug use…
