Editorial – Thou shalt NOT prescribe antibiotics …
Ian Ellul
Vivian Maier : the real in everyday banality
Francesco Carelli “For all the dinners are coke, the plates and cups washed, the children sent to school and gone out into the world. All has vanished.. No biography or history has a word to say about it. “ Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s…
Too little food from animal sources may increase risk of preterm birth
Pregnant women increase their chances of vitamin B12 deficiency if they don’t consume enough meat, milk or eggs. This vitamin is found only in animal products. A deficiency of the vitamin during pregnancy could have dramatic consequences for the foetus.In an in-depth study of 11,216…
Study Finds Association Between Eating Hot Peppers and Decreased Mortality
Like spicy food? If so, you might live longer, say researchers at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, who found that consumption of hot red chili peppers is associated with a 13 percent reduction in total mortality – primarily in deaths…
DALI’ EXPERIENCE – A new immersive creative cultural experience, so productive also in teaching and learning
Francesco Carelli, University of Milan This exhibition, at Palazzo Belloni in Bologna (Italy) from 25 November 2016 to 7 May 2017, is really a new , “diffuse” and immersive cultural experience.
The Nun of Monza – Ecstasy and Grace
Francesco Carelli, University Milan, Rome “I want now to tell what happened to a person, who although had been immoral in the past, afterwards deserved for many years the name of perfect penitent and no less. Because of her sins and severe punishment, she lived…
The role of NSAIDs in colorectal cancer prevention: a literature review
Abstract Inflammation has long been associated with cancer. COX enzymes play an integral role in inflammation. NSAIDs act on COX enzymes to reduce inflammation. The efficacy of NSAIDs was considered in cancer prevention and on survival thereafter. Aspirin was found to be the most superior…
Imaging the Cervix – Part II
by Pierre Vassallo – This article follows on Part I, which appeared in the last issue of The Synapse Journal. It will discuss imaging of endometriosis in the cervical canal and also cervical cancer. The importance of imaging in staging of cervical cancer will be stressed.
Brexit & UK’s negative Flynn Effect
Ian Ellul – On average, IQ test scores worldwide are on the increase. This means that younger generations perform better than older ones. This is called the Flynn effect, named after Prof. James Robert Flynn at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand who…