El período que comprendió el auge y caída de los regímenes totalitarios fue testigo de infinidad de películas que ensalzaban o juzgaban duramente a estos gobiernos. A 75 años del inicio de la II Guerra Mundial, los debates sobre el rol del cine a la hora de retratar los horrores del genocidio nazi...

En pocos lugares como en la Patagonia las mujeres son los pilares de los movimientos vecinales, campesinos y ambientalistas en Chile. Es un rol social que la historia las forzó a asumir en este territorio inhóspito y segregado de la zona austral del país. “Las mujeres patagonas tuvieron que parir...

A technique that can detect malarial parasite's waste in infected blood cells has been developed by researchers. "There is real potential to make this into a field-deployable system, especially since you don't need any kind of labels or dye. It's based on a naturally occurring biomarker that does...

Early, fast, turbulent mixing of gas within giant molecular clouds -- the birthplaces of stars -- means all stars formed from a single cloud bear the same unique chemical 'tag' or 'DNA fingerprint,' write astrophysicists. Could such chemical tags help astronomers identify our own Sun's long-lost...

According to a generally-accepted model of synaptic plasticity, a neuron that communicates with others of the same kind emits an electrical impulse as well as activating its synapses transiently. This electrical pulse, combined with the signal received from other neurons, acts to stimulate the synapses. How is it that some...

Healthier diets and reducing food waste are part of a combination of solutions needed to ensure food security and avoid dangerous climate change, say the team behind a new study. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/4...

A new study of satellite data from the last 19 years reveals that fresh water from melting glaciers has caused the sea-level around the coast of Antarctica to rise by 2cm more than the global average of 6cm. Researchers detected the rapid rise in sea-level by studying satellite scans of a region that spans more than a million...

18/10/2014 — 21/10/2014, Europe’s most important psychiatry conference, the 27th European Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) will take place in Berlin from 18 to 21 October, 2014. Neuropsychopharmacology includes many fields which attract significant press attention, such as...

BARCELONA, Spain – Sunday 31 August: Long term results for the investigational monoclonal antibody alirocumab, show that in addition to significantly reducing cholesterol on top of regular statin therapy, it also reduced the incidence of cardiovascular events, researchers reported in a Hot Line...

BARCELONA, Spain – Sunday 31 August: An investigational lipid-lowering agent called alirocumab produced superior results compared to placebo in Hot Line studies reported today at ESC Congress 2014. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

BARCELONA, Spain – Sunday 31 August: The investigational drug alirocumab significantly improved cholesterol levels compared to ezetimibe, when added to regular statin therapy in patients with high cholesterol and elevated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to the ODYSSEY COMBO II...

BARCELONA, Spain – Sunday 31 August: A new phase III study evaluating the investigational agent darapladib in patients with an acute coronary syndrome (heart attack or unstable angina) has failed to show a reduction in major coronary events compared to placebo. Results of the double-blind,...

BARCELONA, Spain – Saturday 30 August: Heart failure patients with iron deficiency can experience significant and sustainable improvements in functional capacity and quality of life as well as reduced risk of hospital admission for worsening heart failure by receiving just one to two intravenous...

BARCELONA, Spain – Saturday 30 August: An investigational new heart failure drug could be poised to change the face of cardiology based on Hot Line results presented today at ESC Congress 2014. Fuente : http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=1...

BARCELONA, Spain – Saturday 30 August: Use of a quadripolar left ventricular (LV) lead instead of a bipolar option during cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) can decrease complications at six months according to preliminary Hot Line results presented today at ESC Congress 2014. Fuente :...

BARCELONA, Spain – Saturday 30 August: Stimulating the vagus nerve, which regulates the body’s internal organ systems including the heart, does not improve cardiac function in heart failure patients, according to results of the NEural Cardiac TherApy foR Heart Failure (NECTAR-HF) trial. Fuente :...

BARCELONA, Spain – Saturday 30 August: The anti-inflammatory drug colchicine is not an effective treatment for cardiac patients who develop a condition called post-operative pericardial effusion (POPE) – a build-up of fluid around the heart, according to a new study. The POPE-2 study, presented as...

A factor in naked mole rat cells could be one of the secrets to how the rodent defies aging, researchers say. Naked mole rats, which burrow through underground tunnels in their native East Africa, are nearly hairless rodents. They live as long as 32 years. Naked mole rats maintain cancer-free good...

Some surprising discoveries about the body's initial responses to HIV infection have been made by researchers. One of the biggest obstacles to complete viral eradication and immune recovery is the stable HIV reservoir in the gut. There is very little information about the early viral invasion and...

A new report identifies ways to improve the mental health training and education that police personnel receive. "The most important part of the report and what comes after is making sure people living with mental illness are involved in the delivery of training," says one expert. Fuente :...

Anesthesiologists examine studies where antidepressants were prescribed for pain after surgery. Clinical trials are often used to answer questions about the efficacy of the off-label uses of drugs. In the case of antidepressants, their effects on postsurgical pain continue to be an area of research...

'Invadopodia' play a key role in the spread of cancer, a team of researchers reports. The study shows preventing these tentacle-like structures from forming can stop the spread of cancer entirely. Fuente : http://feeds.sciencedaily.com/~r/sciencedaily/~3/-...

Gene therapy may offer significant advantages in prevention and treatment of botulism exposure over current methods, new research shows. "We envision this treatment approach having a broad range of applications such as protecting military personnel from biothreat agents or protecting the public...

To learn more about this outbreak and the creation of new human vaccines, infectious disease experts who have led vaccine studies for such global pathogens as cholera, West Nile virus, dengue, typhoid fever and anthrax speak to reporters and answer questions. Fuente :...

La agencia de noticias Inter Press Service (IPS) experimentó graves ataques políticos y tempestades financieras desde 1964, cuando Roberto Savio y Pablo Piacentini sentaron las bases de este sistema de información y de comunicación singular y desafiante.  Cincuenta años después, IPS continúa proporcionando noticias y análisis...

Con una de las mayores tasas de mortalidad materna y a pocos meses del vencimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio de las Naciones Unidas, el gobierno de Sierra Leona capacitó parteras tradicionales para llevar servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva a las aldeas más remotas. Los...

Making something new is never easy. Scientists constantly theorize about new materials, but when the material is manufactured it doesn't always work as expected. To create a new strategy for designing materials, scientists combined two different approaches at two different facilities to synthesize...

“Migración de supervivencia” no es un reality show, sino una descripción de los desplazamientos humanos causados por miedo y desesperación. ¿Cuán desesperados están esos contingentes que migran? Basta mirar las cifras de niños centroamericanos que viajan solos. Los penosos trayectos de niñas, niños...

In the September issue of GSA Today, Paul Bierman of the University of Vermont–Burlington and colleagues present a cosmogenic view of erosion, relief generation, and the age of faulting in southernmost Africa. By measuring beryllium-10 (10Be) in river sediment samples, they show that south-central...