Histórico

Research carried out by the Department of Criminal Law of the University of Granada has analysed for the first time all the criminal sentences passed in Spain since 1870 in which the defendant was acquitted of the charge or the...

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Even though the causes of depression have not been fully identified yet, the scientific community agrees to affirm that it is produced by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. One of the environmental risk factors that is more commonly...

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Which are the mental mechanisms leading people to develop risk conducts such as illegal overtaking manoeuvres, practicing unsafe sex or to consume drugs knowing the consequences? Such is the aim of a group of scientists of the Department of Experimental...

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There are people who have traditionally been forgotten in the field of health. However, they are vitally important for patients’ well-being: they are the family caregivers in hospitals. A study carried out at the Department of Social Anthropology of the...

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After summer holidays, ‘miracle-diet’ adherents stick to these diets to lose the weight gained in the last months in record time. Gyms also become overcrowded with people making a final sprint of sacrifice whose results do not exactly match previous...

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Seawater intrusion is often the consequence of freshwater aquifers overexploitation. This is a very common and serious phenomenon all over the Mediterranean basin, as well as in other areas with similar weather conditions and population. In Spain, the most severely...

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Research carried out at the Department of Physiology of the University of Granada has revealed that goat milk has more beneficial properties to health than cow milk. Among these properties it helps to prevent ferropenic anaemia (iron deficiency) and bone...

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The doctoral thesis entitled “Efectos a corto plazo de la masoterapia tras estrés físico” (Short-term effects of therapeutic massage after induced physical stress), written by Doctor Manuel Arroyo Morales, from the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Granada, has...

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The science which studies all the aspects of human physical growth is known as auxology. This science has become very important in recent times, as it is being used to classify nutritional level in many countries. Similarly, the science of...

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Lupus is an autoimmune disease which produces antibodies causing injuries to the body’s cells and tissue. It makes the immune system go out of control and the organism attack healthy cells instead of the germs on them. This pathology, which...

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