American researchers have discovered new medicinal properties in rosemary. It has also become a great ally for mental agility and can be used to combat and treat Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, that affects more than 5 million people worldwide. To test for yourself the result of this study, try to crush, […]
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The first successful lung transplant took place in Toronto, Canada, in 1983. In Brazil, the technique was only used a few years later in 1989. The complexity of this kind of surgery is so great that it was only 30 years after the first organ transplant, which took place in 1954. The goal of transplantation […]
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Facial transplants are rare. The procedure, which requires a very well trained team, is not easy to accomplish – and is relatively new: the first one was conducted in November 2005, and to date around the world, fewer than 40 such operations have taken place. France was the first country to successfully carry out the […]
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HIV remains one of the most difficult health challenges on the African continent. Tremendous progress is being made to understand the virus, the immunological mechanisms that contribute to its control, and the development of new antiretroviral drugs and vaccines that treat and prevent HIV. But much remains to be done to overcome the economic and […]
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