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Depression And Pain Increase Fatigue In Breast Cancer Survivors

In Spain, 5-year survival following breast cancer diagnosis is more than 83%. Around 66% suffer fatigue following treatment. A Spanish research establishes the factors associated with tiredness in cancer survivors to improve their quality of life and rehabilitation. “Cancer-related fatigue is the symptom that most limits quality of life and is most common in patients… Seguir Leyendo Depression And Pain Increase Fatigue In Breast Cancer Survivors

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A New Therapy Without Side Effects Could Improve Dramatically Chemotherapy

This significant progress –based on nanotechnology– has been achieved by researchers of the universities of Granada, Edimbourgh and Kebangsaan (Malaisie). This therapy is based on the encapsulation of a catalyst (palladium) into microspheres, to synthesize artificial materials or activate drugs into human cells, thus avoiding any toxicity. Researchers of the University of Granada and Edimbourgh… Seguir Leyendo A New Therapy Without Side Effects Could Improve Dramatically Chemotherapy

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Scientific Study Proves That Goat Milk Can Be Considered As Functional Food

Researchers at the University of Granada have found that goat milk has nutritional characteristics beneficial to health. They have determined that goat milk has many nutrients that make it similar to human milk The research group AGR 206 at the University of Granada Department of Physiology and Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology «Jose Matáix»,… Seguir Leyendo Scientific Study Proves That Goat Milk Can Be Considered As Functional Food

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A Virus Similar To Herpes Could Be A Risk Factor For Multiple Sclerosis

At present, while there is no cause known for this condition, patients with MS seem to have genetic vulnerability to certain environmental factors that could trigger this condition, such as the Epstein-Barr virus. Scientists at the University of Granada have found a relation between the Epstein-Barr virus –which belongs to the herpesviruses family–and the development… Seguir Leyendo A Virus Similar To Herpes Could Be A Risk Factor For Multiple Sclerosis

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University Of Granada Researchers Make The First Bioartificial Organ In Spain

A University of Granada research group composed of professors Antonio Campos and Miguel Alaminos (histologists), María del Mar Pérez, Ana Ionescu and Juan de la Cruz Cardona (opticians) and the ophthalmologist Miguel González Andrades, University Hospital San Cecilio, Granada, have made the first bioartificial organ in Spain. Researchers extracted pig corneal cells and replaced them… Seguir Leyendo University Of Granada Researchers Make The First Bioartificial Organ In Spain

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The Use Of Drones Against Al-Qaeda Is Inefficient To Prevent New Attacks In Europe And USA

Javier Jordán, an expert in jihadism and a University of Granada professor states that, although drones are not efficient in preventing terrorist attacks in Europe and USA, they are the only instrument that USA has to undermine Al-Quaeda’s leadership and operativity in Pakistan The unmanned aerial vehicles –also named “drones”– that the CIA is employing… Seguir Leyendo The Use Of Drones Against Al-Qaeda Is Inefficient To Prevent New Attacks In Europe And USA

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Half The Patients With Bipolar Disorder Suffers Work, Social Or Family Disabilities

Such was the conclusion obtained in a study conducted at the University of Granada that was recently awarded a prize in the IV Spain-Portugal Meeting on Therapeutical Adherence held in Oporto (Portugal). This research study analyzed the factors associated to higher work, social and family disabilities in a sample of 108 patients suffering from bipolar… Seguir Leyendo Half The Patients With Bipolar Disorder Suffers Work, Social Or Family Disabilities

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Gene Combinations Are Found To Be Related To Hip Osteoporosis In Postmenopausal Women

Women with osteoporosis in their hip suffer menopause two years earlier than healthy women, a study conducted at the University of Granada says. Additionally, although further study is required, researchers have found at least three genetic markers associated with osteoporosis in the hip in postmenopausal women. Osteoporosis in the hip increases the risk of suffering… Seguir Leyendo Gene Combinations Are Found To Be Related To Hip Osteoporosis In Postmenopausal Women

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Researchers Develop A Halometer That Tests Alterations In Night Vision

Researchers from the Department of Optics of the University of Granada, belonging to the Laboratorio de Ciencias de la Visión y Aplicaciones, have developed a programme for testing alterations in night vision, and the tool required to implement it, which has been named «halometer». This instrument consists on a software named Software Halo v1.0, and… Seguir Leyendo Researchers Develop A Halometer That Tests Alterations In Night Vision