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Could the sun be good for your heart?
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Our bodies get Vitamin D from the sun, but as dermatologist Richard Weller suggests, sunlight may confer another surprising benefit too. New research by his team shows that nitric oxide, a chemical transmitter stored in huge reserves in the skin, can be released by UV light, to great benefit for blood pressure and the cardiovascular system. What does it mean? Well, it might begin to explain why Scots get sick more than Australians ...
Dermatologist Richard Weller wants to know: Why are Scots so sick?
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Evaluation of 2009 infection rate
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A large team of researchers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and many other institutions performed a new analysis of serologic studies from 19 countries in order to estimate the infection rate of the 2009 H1N1 influenza during the first year of the pandemic. The study, published in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, showed that about 24% of the population were infected with the H1N1 virus during the first wave of the pandemic.
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Billion-euro brain simulation and graphene projects win European funds
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Flu scientists will resume their research
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One year ago, a group of influenza scientists decided to take a break from their experiments, in order to clearly explain the benefits of their important research and the measures taken to minimize its possible risks. This decision came after the intense debate over the publication on Nature and Science of two papers on the generation of H5N1 avian influenza viruses that are transmissible in mammals.
Let's build a future for Italian research
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The theme of scientific research has been totally neglected in the election campaign, which has paid no more than lip service to this issue. Italian scientific research needs a better future, made up of strategic investments, planning, transparency and merit-based incentives. Most of all, Italy needs a productive and competitive scientific research in order to put an end to the decline to which it is heading in the wake of the current severe economic and financial crisis. Our country needs new jobs and an economy that
International controversy about a new coronavirus
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The discovery of a new kind of coronavirus last year in Saudi Arabia is at the centre of an international controversy. The tensions are due to the ownership of intellectual rights over this virus.
Flu emergency
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New York citizens are on the hunt for a pharmacy in order to get the last provisions of flu vaccines after the Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency throughout the New York State. With more than 19,000 influenza cases – they were 4404 last year – the Big Apple is facing the worst flu season since at least 2009. As a consequences of Cuomo’s decision, pharmacists can now give the flu shot to patients
How a Virus Changes the World
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"Contagion" the film from Warner Bros and Participant Media, explores the consequences of an infectious virus creating havoc in the human population. But, how do viruses affect humans, and what causes worldwide pandemics?
If you'd like to get the answers and learn more about how to stay prepared, see: takepart.com
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An economic game to improve disease
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Researchers in economy and computer science at Wake Forest University used an online computer game to simulate the spread of an infectious disease, in order to understand why less than half of the American population has gotten a vaccination against flu, in spite of the severe outbreaks reported this season.