Medicine

Retrospect

Glass negatives depict science in the early twentieth century

Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro and other institutions preserve rare photographic collections

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Interview

Antonio Bianco: An adjustment to hypothyroidism treatment

The Brazilian physician based in the USA explains how he discovered that current hormone therapy could fail and proposes a correction to its use

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Public health

Shorter treatment for malaria

New drug proves as effective at preventing recurrences as current medications with longer courses

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XENOTRANSPLANTATION

A team from USP is attempting to create genetically modified pigs to provide organs to humans

The animals will be raised in special facilities, such as one opened on the Cidade Universitária campus in April

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Medicine

Signs of Parkinson’s disease in the skin

In the future, a skin exam could help doctors diagnose Parkinson's disease

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Research itineraries

First-hand experience

After caring for her mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's, Ceres Ferretti switched from studying philosophy to nursing, later becoming a care specialist

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Interview

Luis Bahamondes: The paradoxes of women’s health

The specialist in methods of contraception warns about the importance of long-lasting forms of birth control for reducing the risk of unplanned pregnancy and abortion

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COVID-19

Even after being destroyed, the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc

Even when broken apart by the human immune system, the SARS-CoV-2 virus still causes excessive inflammation

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Public health

More arguments against vapes

Brazilian Society of Cardiology supports the ban on electronic cigarettes

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Neurology

Study identifies rare form of Alzheimer’s acquired through treatment no longer used

Individuals were given a hormone extracted from cadavers, contaminated with protein fragments associated with the onset of the disease

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Health

Hugs for heart health

Affection and emotional support during childhood can influence heart health

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Health economics

Half of all tuberculosis patients spend more than 20% of their annual family income on treatment

Extra consultations or exams, transportation, food, and loss of income add up to US$1,573.40, on average

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Epidemiology

Around 400,000 people died due to cardiovascular problems in Brazil in 2022

Heart attacks and different types of strokes accounted for 76% of cases

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Research itineraries

Hard to beat

How Doctor Sandro Matas learned to live with a physical disability and fought to make UNIFESP more inclusive

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New materials

Advances in 3D printing of human tissues

Artificially produced skin, livers, and intestines emerge as an alternative to testing cosmetics on animals

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Immunology

Cutaneous leishmaniasis may be aggravated by viral and bacterial coinfections

Cutaneous leishmaniasis may be aggravated by viral and bacterial coinfections

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Fetal medicine

Digital atlas identifies the ideal evolution of a baby’s brain during pregnancy

3D ultrasounds of the brains of 899 healthy babies were used to map development of the organ from the fourteenth week of pregnancy onwards

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Cover

Testing of candidate antibiotics has increased in the last decade

The number of compounds entering clinical use is still too low to combat multidrug-resistant bacteria

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Cover

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise in Brazilian hospitals

Microorganisms killed at least 33,000 people in the country in 2019

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Medicine

Study determines the route of eggs imported to Brazil

The tortuous path of human eggs exported from Spain to Brazil

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Epidemiology

Neglected diseases in the crosshairs

Interministerial committee seeks to reduce the burden of diseases associated with poverty, with the aim of defeating them by 2030

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Medicine

Brain structures change during menstrual cycle

Hormone fluctuations during the menstrual cycle can temporarily restructure the brain

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Public health

Babies with anemia sleep less

Anemia can cause babies to sleep less than they should

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Nobel Prize

Eleven people received a Nobel Prize in 2023

Four were women, the same number as in 2018 and 2020, only lower than in 2009, when there were five winners

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Health

Open innovation to fight diseases

Center for advanced therapies at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein pursues new treatments for genetic, chronic, and malignant diseases

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Medicine

Spiders, allies of men

The Brazilian wandering spider serves as inspiration for erectile dysfunction drug

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RETROSPECT

An ongoing epidemic

Identified 40 years ago, HIV has changed the way we look at infectious diseases

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INTERVIEW

David MacMillan: A catalyst for discoveries

Chemist won the Nobel Prize in 2021 for important innovations in the pharmaceutical industry

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Video

The danger of superbacteria

Increasingly widespread use of antibiotics fosters the appearance of resistant bacteria, defying science and health systems | 5'13

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HEALTH

Early puberty

Maternal and paternal heritages play equal role in genetic disorder causing premature onset of puberty

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