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By Ana Espino | Published on June 03, 2026 | 4 min read


Little known to the general public, hantavirus is nevertheless responsible for one of the most feared viral infections in intensive care medicine. It is mainly transmitted through the inhalation of contaminated particles from the excreta of infected rodents and can cause a severe Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) chara...

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By Ana Espino | Published on June 02, 2026 | 4 min read


Abdominal obesity, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels, and insulin resistance are appearing increasingly early in life. These cardiometabolic risk factors, once considered primarily adult health concerns, now affect a growing proportion of children and adolescents. Early detection is essential to help prevent the...

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By Ana Espino | Published on June 02, 2026 | 4 min read


Long regarded as one of the most common cancers affecting women worldwide, cervical cancer could become the first cancer to be eliminated as a public health problem in some countries. Australia is now on track to become the first country in the world to achieve this goal through a strategy built on three pillars: human papillom...

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By Ana Espino | Published on June 01, 2026 | 4 min read

Ebola virus disease remains one of the deadliest infections in the world. Despite significant advances in supportive care and the recent introduction of targeted therapies such as monoclonal antibodies, its mortality rate remains high and varies considerably from one outbreak to another. This variability can be partly explained by...

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By Ana Espino | Published on June 01, 2026 | 4 min read


When human papillomavirus (HPV) is mentioned, cervical cancer is usually the first condition that comes to mind. For decades, prevention campaigns, screening programs, and vaccination strategies have primarily focused on women. Yet men are also affected by this extremely common sexually transmitted infection.

Today,...

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By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 21, 2026 | 4 min read


Depression remains one of the major challenges of contemporary psychiatry. Despite the proven effectiveness of certain treatments, the precise biological mechanisms that allow the brain to recover from a depressive state remain largely unclear. A team from UCLA Health now claims to have reached a major milestone. In a study pu...

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2026-05-20

Diabetes: the gut, a new target of metformin

Endocrinology and Metabolism

By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 20, 2026 | 4 min read  


For decades, metformin has been regarded as a drug that acts primarily on the liver to reduce glucose production. But a new study conducted by Northwestern University and published on May 8 in Nature Metabolism challenges this paradigm: the true site of its action may actually be the intestine. In mice, resea...

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2026-05-19

Glioblastoma: testosterone could slow tumor progression in men

Endocrinology and Metabolism

By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 19, 2026 | 4 min read    


A study conducted by researchers at Cleveland Clinic offers unexpected insight into the interactions between male hormones and brain cancer. Published on May 6 in the journal Nature, the work shows that androgens, particularly testosterone, could limit the growth of glioblastoma in men, contradictin...

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By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 18, 2026 | 4 min read      


Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. This progressive optic neuropathy, characterized by damage to the optic nerve often linked to elevated intraocular pressure, still raises many questions about its underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. Among the...

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By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 13, 2026 | 4 min read


Epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are two neurodevelopmental conditions that are frequently associated. Although their coexistence has been known for several years, the underlying mechanisms remain widely debated. A study published on May 6 in the journal Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology provides new...

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By Ana Espino | Published on May 13, 2026 | 4 min read


Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, severe fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive difficulties. This disorder mainly affects women and significantly impairs patients’ quality of life. Although the exact mechanisms remain poorly understood, central sensitization of pain appear...

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By Ana Espino | Published on May 13, 2026 | 3 min read


Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain, severe fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive difficulties. Eating disorders (EDs), such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, are psychiatric conditions associated with disturbances in eating behavior and body image.

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By Ana Espino | Published on May 12, 2026 | 4 min read


COVID-19 is a respiratory infection caused by SARS-CoV-2, responsible for a global pandemic that led to millions of hospitalizations and deaths. Severe forms of the disease can cause significant pneumonia, acute respiratory failure, and may require oxygen therapy or mechanical ventilation.

At the beginning of the pand...

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By Elodie Vaz | Published on May 12, 2026 | 4 min read


The placenta is a temporary yet essential organ for the proper progression of pregnancy. Acting as the interface between mother and fetus, it ensures the gaseous, nutritional, and hormonal exchanges necessary for embryonic development. Despite its central role, however, clinical monitoring of the placenta remains indirect,...

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2026-05-11

How can hantaviruses be stopped?

Infectiology

By Ana Espino | Published on May 11, 2026 | 4 min read


Hantaviruses are zoonotic, single-stranded, segmented, negative-sense RNA viruses belonging to the Hantaviridae family. They are primarily transmitted to humans by rodents through inhalation of aerosols contaminated with urine, feces, or saliva. These viruses cause two major syndromes: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFR...

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