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Ocytocine hormone: a drug of faith?
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Ocytocine hormone: a drug of faith?

The brain regions associated with trust have been identified. The results published in the journal Neuron show the effect of ocytocine hormones on the mechanism of trust.

December 14, 2018
New method to cure blindness
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New method to cure blindness

The 18-year-old Stephen Howarth, from Bolton, England, was blind almost completely, for the first time going home from the train station at night. That is the result of…

December 14, 2018
Lack of sleep is not good for the heart
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Lack of sleep is not good for the heart

That was the conclusion of the University of Pittsburgh medicine department (USA) after following up on 1,210 people aged 30-54 years.

December 14, 2018
Short limbs are related to the risk of dementia
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Short limbs are related to the risk of dementia

According to a study published in the American Academy of Neuroscience's medical journal in June 2008, people with shorter limbs had a higher risk of dementia at an olde…

December 14, 2018
Milk bottles can cause ... obesity!
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Milk bottles can cause ... obesity!

Chemicals used to produce baby bottles or plastic wrap can lead to obesity. That is the unifying result of three separate studies presented on May 14 at the European Con…

December 14, 2018
Miracle from prayer
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Miracle from prayer

We can really recover after praying! Russian scientists have demonstrated and discovered the physical mechanism of this phenomenon

December 14, 2018