FULL CLAIM: “The pH for the coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5. What we need to do to defeat the coronavirus is to consume more alkaline foods above the virus’ pH level.” An image containing the claim that eating alkaline foods can “defeat” SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been shared at least 800,000...
by Johannes Angerer, Medical University of Vienna According to Statistics Austria about 5,600 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Austria every year, meaning it accounts for roughly a quarter of all cancers in men. For some the cancer develops slowly and requires minimal treatment, but others have aggressive forms of the disease which progress...
It may open the door to new treatments and explain why previous ones failed By Karen Weintraub on January 16, 2020 Alzheimer’s disease has long been characterized by the buildup of two distinct proteins in the brain: first beta-amyloid, which accumulates in clumps, or plaques, and then tau, which forms toxic tangles that lead to...
by Stephen Lyons, Children’s Hospital Boston If you’ve never heard of the choroid plexus, you’re not alone. In fact, few neuroscientists know much about this part of the brain. In the words of the late comedian Rodney Dangerfield, the choroid plexus “don’t get no respect.” But that’s beginning to change, thanks in part to Maria Lehtinen, Ph.D., who has made the choroid plexus the focus of her research....
By Tim Boughton, M.Sc.Reviewed by Dr. Mary Cooke, Ph.D. Bursitis and osteoarthritis are two conditions which cause significant joint pain and can reduce your ability to perform physical activities or everyday tasks. The conditions share many similarities in terms of their symptoms and treatment. This can make it hard to distinguish between them, as people with either condition may describe a near...
by Universidad Politécnica de Madrid An international team of researchers, in which a researcher from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid is involved, has identified one of the main causes of food allergy in the Mediterranean area. Recently, a research team led by Dr. Araceli Díaz Perales from Centre for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics (CBGP, UPM-INIA), in collaboration with other...
