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The number of bodybuilding fans in Brazil is growing. Currently, there are approximately 20 thousand competitors in the country and 90 events per year. The activity is not yet considered a sport, but it continues to gain space. Carlos Bueno…

More than 2 million cases of dengue fever, a disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, have already been recorded , and several capitals have already declared a state of emergency, including the city of São Paulo. …

The Nutrition and Food Guides Collection proposes inverting the base of the food pyramid from cereals to the consumption of fruits and vegetables, in the 4th edition of the book Food Pyramid: Basic Fundamentals of Nutrition . …

According to data from the Ministry of Health, in January 2024 alone, Brazil recorded more than 217 thousand cases of dengue, triple the number of cases in 2023 in the same period. In the State of São Paulo alone, there are already more…

Shell middens are mounds built with shells thousands of years ago. By excavating these structures, it is possible to find various evidence of the activities of the people who inhabited Brazilian territory in the past. They are…

Bipolar disorder is a chronic illness in which the individual repeatedly experiences mood swings throughout their life, alternating between periods of depression, euphoria or both together. This change is identified as mania and hypomania,…

Like all technology, artificial intelligence can be used for good or for bad. Currently, AI has been widely used in electronic commerce, especially by banks, to detect procedures that show fraud attempts. It is worth remembering that…

It is very common for music, sounds and melodies to be present in places such as hospitals, offices or clinics, but did you know that this has a scientific reason? A study , published by the scientific journal Lancet , found that listening…

The price of olive oil never seems to go down. With the increase in inputs, it is normal for Brazilian consumers to look for more affordable alternatives and one of them is peanut oil, extracted from the Arachis hypogaea  plant , a legume…

A new survey carried out by doctor Cristina Grassiotto, pediatrician coordinator of the Infirmary of the Institute for Children and Adolescents at the Hospital das Clínicas of the Faculty of Medicine of USP, and by Magda Carneiro Sampaio,…