Medications against drugs
May 30, 2021
Substance use disorder (SUD) is a significant public health concern. Unfortunately, there are few safe and effective medications to treat SUD and efficacy is suboptimal.
Etiqueta: medicine
Why do colourblind people see colours differently?
Jul 20, 2020
Colourblind people see colours differently because they do not have all the necessary information from the L, M and S cones. A simile would be to try to obtain different paint colours by mixing only two primary colours: we would never be able to obtain the full range of existing colours.
Why do ears and nose grow when we are old?
Jul 13, 2020
In the early 1990s, a group of English doctors set out to study whether the perception that ears and noses grow over time was true. Àngels Royo explains the results of this research project.
Who wants your DNA?
Mar 06, 2020
By giving away our DNA and genetic data, we are giving away the DNA and genetic data of our entire biological family. We have to think if the objective we are pursuing is worthwhile.
Retractions
Mar 06, 2020
Retraction is a compulsory literary genre: it is only written by one who has no other choice, and it does not pursue fame. Except for a few media cases, retractions go unnoticed by the public. What makes for hot news?
Mercedes Maestre: revolution from healthcare
Dec 02, 2019
Mercedes Maestre was a republican doctor who developed exceptional activism for social reform and the right to health.
A particular heritage
Jun 01, 2019
One of the main pillars of bioanthropological studies are identified osteological collections. The goal of this article is to describe this heritage and show its importance.
Interview with Leo van Bergen
Feb 07, 2019
Interview with Leo van Bergen, historian and military-medical expert, on the occasion of the centenary of Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War I.
From the jungle to the operating theatre
Nov 15, 2018
The active ingredient of curare, a poison used by the Amazon tribes, became for years a vital drug in surgery and to treat illnesses that involved muscle pains and contractions.
Interview with Ada Yonath
Jun 18, 2018
We talk about ribosomes, bacteria, and drugs with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2009.