Professor Alessio Fasano is keenly aware of the challenges faced by families that have children with autism. Fasano, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital in the US, has several relatives and friends raising children with autism – a neurological disorder characterised by impaired social behaviour. Parallel worlds Autism symptoms usually emerge during the
ph. Lightspring/Shutterstock Suman Majumdar, Burnet Institute; Brendan Crabb, Burnet Institute; Emma Pakula, Burnet Institute, and Stuart Turville, UNSW Sydney Since it was detected in August 2023, the JN.1 variant of COVID has spread widely. It has become dominant in Australia and around the world, driving the biggest COVID wave seen in many jurisdictions
In a laboratory in the Italian capital Rome, Marco Evangelos Biancolini and his team are poking patients to gauge the effectiveness of different surgical procedures. But it’s not actual people under a scalpel – it’s their digital double projected on a computer screen, each reflecting the person’s individual biochemical makeup. And it could open
Wolfgang Preiser, Stellenbosch University; Cheryl Baxter, Stellenbosch University; Houriiyah Tegally, Stellenbosch University; Monika Moir, Stellenbosch University, and Tulio de Oliveira, University of KwaZulu-Natal Climate change is our planet’s most immediate existential threat, and will likely only worsen for the foreseeable future. Among its numerous adverse effects on human health, there is strong evidence
Identifying the early symptoms of cold injury could help to prevent frostbite. Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images Adam Taylor, Lancaster University As countries in the northern hemisphere face a bitterly cold snap, there is serious risk of injury – and even death – from freezing weather. Thankfully, with the right preventative and
Nella vita, spesso ci troviamo di fronte a sfide e ostacoli che sembrano insormontabili. Il mondo è un luogo incerto, e le difficoltà possono arrivare quando meno ce lo aspettiamo. Tuttavia, così come l’acciaio diventa più forte quando è sottoposto al fuoco e alla pressione, e così come un albero si rafforza quando
Dr Ana Santos becomes emotional when describing what happened several years ago: her grandfather and an uncle died of a urinary tract infection and a good friend succumbed after an accidental cut got infected. She was shocked. In an age of antibiotics, such misfortunes weren’t supposed to happen. Rise and fall of antiobiotics
L’incessante flusso di notifiche, e-mail, richieste di lavoro e stimoli provenienti dai dispositivi digitali può mettere a dura prova la nostra salute mentale e fisica, a meno che non adottiamo strategie efficaci per affrontare questa crescente pressione . Read full article here Lingua originale: italiano. Autore: Amadeo Furlan Amadeo Furlan è membro del
Ελληνική έκδοση ‘We are confident these digital tools work, they will improve the health services of the future’ With his colleagues at the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas in Thessaloniki, Natsiavas coordinated a pioneering initiative (the MyPal project) that has the potential to change the doctor–patient relationship forever – by using digital
ph. Short winter days can influence your brain chemistry. Schon/Moment via Getty Images Michael Varnum, Arizona State University and Ian Hohm, University of British Columbia What comes to mind when you think about winter? Snowflakes? Mittens? Reindeer? In much of the Northern Hemisphere, winter means colder temperatures, shorter days and year-end holidays. Along