Women with atrial fibrillation are undertreated compared with men regardless of their stroke risk and comorbidities. This study has revealed a significant gap between guidelines and practice and requires GPs and cardiologists to work together to optimize treatment for women. Fuente :...

Un equipo internacional con participación del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) español ha elaborado un trabajo que describe el comportamiento de los electrones en los contactos puntuales cuánticos, canales a partir de los cuales se construyen prácticamente todos los... Fuente...

Los científicos han demostrado que los rayos ultravioleta (UV) pueden causar lesiones en la piel de las ballenas. Investigadores de varias instituciones inglesas, estadounidenses y mexicanas han recogido ahora, en un artículo que publica Nature, los efectos genéticos de la exposición a rayos UV......

Aggressive treatment with statins reduces the risk of subsequent cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease even if they have very low LDL cholesterol levels, reveals research presented at ESC Congress 2013 today by Dr. Emi Nakano from Japan. Fuente :...

Patients with five or more risk factors have the same stroke risk as patients with atrial fibrillation, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr. Christine Benn Christiansen from Denmark. The study included data on more than 4 million patients from Danish registries over a 10...

Mass screening in more than 25,000 Swedish residents has identified untreated atrial fibrillation in 5 percent of 75-76 year olds, putting them at increased stroke risk. The preliminary findings of the STROKESTOP trial were presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr. Emma Svennberg from Sweden....

The CHADS2 stroke risk scores 0 or 1 assign more than one-third of patients in atrial fibrillation with stroke to low or intermediate risk not mandating oral anticoagulation, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2013 today by Professor Michael Nabauer from Germany. Fuente :...

Statins lower the rate of cataract by 20 percent, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Professor John B. Kostis from New Jersey, USA. The risk of cataract was reduced by 50 percent when treatment was initiated in younger individuals (in their 40s) and the duration of therapy...

The risk of ischemic stroke after acute myocardial infarction in diabetics has dropped over a 10 year period, according to a study of more than 173,000 AMI patients in the Swedish RIKS-HIA register. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/eso...

Eight weeks of smoking cessation reverses the endothelial damage caused by smoking, according to research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr. Yasuaki Dohi from Japan. Serotonin remained elevated, suggesting eight weeks of cessation is insufficient to reverse the risk of myocardial...

Smokers who survive to 70 still lose an average of four years of life, according to findings from the Whitehall study presented at ESC Congress 2013 today by Dr. Jonathan Emberson from the UK. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/eso...

STEMI incidence fell in southern Switzerland after implementation of the smoking ban in public places, reveals research presented at the ESC Congress today by Dr. Alessandra Pia Porretta from Switzerland. Fuente : http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-08/eso...

Women with AF are undertreated compared with men regardless of their stroke risk and comorbidities. This study has revealed a significant gap between guidelines and practice and requires GPs and cardiologists to work together to optimize treatment for women. Fuente :...

The major malaria vector in Africa, the Anopheles gambiae mosquito, is able to smell major human host odorants better at night. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/N...

By viewing particles captured during the 2011 Las Conchas fire in New Mexico under a field emission scanning electron microscope, scientists found that there's more to tar balls and soot than meets the naked eye. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/T...

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Despite the size and severity of the massive 2007 Anaktuvuk River fire on Alaska's North Slope, much of the arctic vegetation has recovered and the tundra is likely to return to its pre-fire condition according to scientists. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/B...

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Images taken with a telephoto-lens camera on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity catch the larger of Mars' two moons, Phobos, passing directly in front of the sun -- the sharpest images of a solar eclipse ever taken at Mars. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/_...

Scientists have revealed the pigment in whale skin increases in response to sunshine, just as we tan. Some species get darker with sun exposure, incurring DNA damage in their skin just like us and they also accumulate damage to the skin as they get older. This provides a better understanding of...

Research findings provide direct evidence that people with chronic diseases are more likely to be food insecure. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/H...

Researchers have found that abundant materials in the Earth's crust can be used to make inexpensive and easily manufactured nanoparticle-based solar cells. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/s...

Researchers show that sea-level rise is a primary factor driving historical shoreline changes (that is, beach erosion or accretion) in Hawaii and that historical rates of shoreline change are about two orders of magnitude greater than sea-level rise. Fuente :...

If the idea of hookworms makes you shudder, consider this: Those pesky intestinal parasites may actually help your body ward off other infections, and perhaps even prevent autoimmune and other diseases. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/Z...

Two days on an ice floe may not seem like paradise, but for a team of scientists on the multinational 2013 Oden Arctic Technology Research Cruise, it was the achievement of an important research goal. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/M...

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La divulgación de la ciencia puede llevarse a cabo desde diversas plataformas: libros, web, radio, televisión, etc. El cómic no podía quedar fuera de este ámbito, como los álbumes que realiza Jordi Bayarri fehacientemente demuestran.Los trabajos de Bayarri, en efecto, son un ejemplo de... Fuente :...