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Seven unexplained mysteries of medicine

Allergy to water, chimera people, foreign accent syndrome, Morgellonian disease, King George madness, stinking finger and tree man.

Does heavy water prolong life?

After an unintelligible description of the idea, the author of the article gives responses from representatives of the scientific community about prolonging life with the help of heavy water – from intrigue to doubts about another crazy hypothesis.

Is "healthy eating" harmful to health?

"Most people consume foods that are unusual for human beings," says Barry Groves, a doctoral candidate in dietetics, who recently wrote the book "How Healthy Eating Makes Us Sick."

Religion: a useful adaptation, a by-product of evolution or a "brain virus"?

"Evolutionary ethics" is already a fully formed and recognized scientific direction, and today, before our eyes, "evolutionary religious studies" is also rapidly gaining strength. Interest in this topic is growing not only in the scientific community, but also among the general public.

About the dangers of physical activity

In some cases, physical exercise is certainly useful. However, in some cases, the path to longevity does not lie through gyms, exhausting races and bathing in cold water. For many people, the best simulator can be... a favorite sofa, the best exercise is daytime sleep, the best motivation for "classes" is simple healthy laziness.

Does a person need immortality?

Sergey Roganov, a writer, candidate of philosophical sciences, author of the concept of "mortal man", numerous works on the philosophy and psychology of death, answered the questions of the readers of "AIF".

The drunk will survive

As soon as large settlements began to form, dysentery and other water-borne diseases immediately became the main deterrent to population growth. And almost always the solution to this problem was not water purification, but its replacement with alcoholic beverages

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From "magic mushrooms" to evidence-based medicine

A single intake of the hallucinogen psilocybin contained in "magic mushrooms", carried out in conditions of proper training and support of a specialist, increases the feeling of well-being and satisfaction with life, and this effect persists for a long period of time.

Is obesity transmitted by airborne droplets?

None of the experts on obesity problems could dismiss the fact that some cases of obesity may be caused by a virus, although they were in a hurry to add that this idea has not yet been confirmed in experiments "on humans".

Tomorrow came yesterday

Humanity has come to a turning point in its history. It will either find a way to survive in a world that will be changed by global warming and the robotoom, or it will plunge into the era of obscurantism, says English futurist James Martin.