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sábado, 8 de dezembro de 2018

Depressão e electricidade?

https://zap.aeiou.pt/depressao-tratada-ajuda-eletricidade-229621

Citando:
"“Descobrimos que a estimulação unilateral do córtex orbitofrontal lateral produziu uma melhoria aguda e dependente da dose nos pacientes com depressão”, indica o estudo. Conforme detalhado pela National Public Radio, o efeito do procedimento desapareceu pouco depois.

“Quanto mais sabemos sobre a depressão ao nível dos circuitos cerebrais, mais opções podemos oferecer aos pacientes como tratamentos eficazes com baixo risco de efeitos colaterais”, disse Helen Mayberg em um comunicado no site da universidade. “Talvez se percebermos como é que os circuitos emotivos correm mal, um dia poderemos ajudar o cérebro a ‘desaprender’ a depressão”"


quinta-feira, 30 de março de 2017

Relação de ELA (ALS) com exposição a radiação electromagnética

Estudo (observacional, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis):
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2126263-als-linked-to-occupational-exposure-to-electromagnetic-fields/

Citando:
"'Jobs with relatively highe extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields levels include electric line installers, welders, sewing-machine operators, and aircraft pilots, says Vermuelen. “These are essentially jobs where workers are placed in close proximity to appliances that use a lot of electricity.”

Causal link?

The team have stressed that this study is observational – it has not proven that the fields themselves cause ALS, just that this factor is linked to a person’s likelihood of developing the disease.

However, it provides the best evidence yet that magnetic fields could be to blame for the disease. “This study has much better information on exposure to magnetic fields than previous studies,” says Pearce. “It shows that the increased risk of ALS in electrical workers is most likely due to magnetic field exposure, rather than to electrical shocks.”

But Christian Holscher, at Lancaster University, UK, says the results should be interpreted with caution. “The effect of extremely low frequency magnetic fields on ALS development is not clear,” he says. The study only just crosses the threshold for statistical significance, and because only 82 people in the analysis developed the disease, the finding may well be a false positive, he says."