Articles form Medicine

Getting old could be delayed

Many science researchers say that aging is programmed somewhere at the level of the genes, but we could slow this process if we will learn how it works. They think that aging could never happen, for example some speeches have the same aspect along the years.
There are genes that [...]

Obesity will increase the risk of getting Alzheimer

The American researchers say that obesity increases the risk of developing Alzheimer with 80%. Although, there’s a high risk at skinny people too.
These was said after a deep investigation of 10 international researches. In total, there were analyzed 37.000 persons from USA, having the age of 40-80 years.

The connection between obesity and Alzheimer was a [...]

Interactive textiles set to improve athletes’ abilities

Dr Richard Helmer from CSIRO Textile and Fibre technology is working on developing a sleeve that would help Australian netball and basketball players to aim at the goal better. This is part of extensive research, which aims to develop a new type of interactive textile that would allow athletes to perform better.
Researchers say that this [...]

Drugs that boost brain power

Recent research has shown that one in five scientists admits to using prescription drugs, which help them with their focus, concentration or memory.
An online survey, posted on the Nature Network, was conducted on sample of 1427 respondents from 60 countries. The survey focused on three main drugs available by prescription or via the internet.
Ritalin is [...]