Science & Tech

How Does Social Media Affect Mental Health? Using The Breeze App to Combat Social Media’s Negative Effects

As helpful as social media can be, excessive or unbalanced use comes with a cost. Heavy social media engagement is ...

International Day of Persons with Disabilities: why is inclusion an essential condition for progress?

Without inclusion there is no economic and social progress: this is the theme chosen by the UN for the International ...

What were the first transplants?

The first kidney transplant dates back to 1954: the doctor received the Nobel Prize. While the latest is a bladder ...

Whatsapp is increasingly social. The “information” section is back: here’s how to use it

The “information” section of Whatsapp is back: you can share text, photos and emojis with your contacts. Each update is ...

Sport in the city: poor health reduces (but does not eliminate) the benefits of physical activity

A study published in BMC Medicine reveals that long-term exposure to polluted air can contribute to reducing the benefits of ...

World AIDS Day: united beyond difficulties

The fight against AIDS is going through a crisis between cuts in international aid and denied rights: but we have ...

Accident in Baikonur: damage to the Soyuz ramp, space station in difficulty?

Serious failure on the Soyuz 31 ramp after a launch: a 20-ton platform crashed. It is the only operational Russian ...

Are CAR-Ts the new frontier against autoimmune diseases?

CAR-T cells have been used to treat several autoimmune diseases, starting with lupus: in many cases patients have gone into ...

The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine also appears to protect against asthma

Early syncytial virus (RSV) infections significantly increase the risk of asthma. The good news is that we have a vaccine ...