PCANS: New Nasal Spray Could Block COVID, Flu, and Colds Without Drugs: A Major Breakthrough in Respiratory Health
A drug-free nasal spray may soon revolutionize the way we protect ourselves from common respiratory infections like COVID-19, influenza, and even the common cold. Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed the Pathogen Capture and Neutralizing Spray (PCANS), a groundbreaking tool that could serve…
Soya and Women’s Health – Recently Adopted Aliment
Over the past few years, a lot of myths revolving around soya appeared over the internet, and one very common one is that soy’s isoflavones have oestrogenic properties and it was blamed for raising the risk of breast cancer (and prostate cancer in men). Is…
Instagram Fights against Fake News about Vaccines
Instagram has been quite under pressure when it comes to handling misinformation about vaccines. But starting this week, the company will start blocking hashtags that lead to fake information about vaccines. The global head of public policy at Instagram, Karina Newton stated in a press…
Recent Genetic Findings Could Help Treat Osteoporosis Patients
With recent genetic work on osteoporosis, Montreal researchers believe they can pave the way for better drugs and treatments for this very common disease: about one third of women in Canada will experience a fracture during this lifetime due to this pathological rarefaction. bone tissue….
Would you accept $1000 to leave Facebook?
One Thousand dollars. This is the minimum amount that should be given to an average Facebook user to convince him to leave the social network for a year. This is at least the conclusion of a study published Wednesday in the scientific journal PLOS One,…
study shows how ants combat disease in a colony
During their evolution, ants adapted their social organization and developed defense mechanisms to counter disease, according to research from Swiss biologists. All the factors that favor the spread of diseases are gathered in the anthill: a dense population and frequent contacts between individuals. Biologist Nathalie…