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Is the cause of menopause a demon in the rib?

According to the researchers, natural selection is to blame for everything: men prefer to look for younger women as a sexual partner, so older women "get out of the game" with the help of menopause.

19.06.2013
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Generals – they are also generals in England

The report of Her Majesty's Ministry of Defense "Global Strategic Trends for the period up to 2040" describes what monsters British soldiers will soon turn into. Terminator is resting…

30.04.2013
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Amyloids are not always bad?

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a firm course to restore the reputation of these proteins that form the so-called amyloid plaques. It looks like they're going to turn the whole neuroscience upside down.

23.04.2013
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Are the benefits of antioxidants a myth?

The myth of antioxidants feeds itself: you no longer need a direct statement about their usefulness, but just say the word "antioxidant" to convince a person to drink, or eat, or smear it on his face.

11.01.2013
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Get fat on your health?

The results of a large meta-analysis proved that mild and moderate obesity (body mass index less than 35) does not significantly affect life expectancy. However, BMI is not the best criterion for obesity…

10.01.2013
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Humanity will be killed by biohackers

Nature will no longer be able to create a disease capable of destroying humanity. Biotechnologies will cope with this task – in 10 years, deadly viruses will create biohackers on cheap home devices. Myvseumrem!

12.12.2012
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Kurosaurs or dinokurs?

An American paleontologist promises to turn chickens into something similar to dinosaurs in 5 years using genetic engineering methods.

08.11.2012
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Are medical examinations a waste of time?

A meta-analysis of 14 studies involving almost 183,000 people showed that regular medical examinations do not reduce either overall mortality or mortality from serious diseases such as cancer and heart disease.

18.10.2012
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Cancer and aging – is everything not as we thought?

According to the author of the new hypothesis, the reason for the age-related increase in cancer risk is not the accumulation of mutations, but changes that occur with tissues during aging.

09.07.2012
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Cancer promised to win in 10 years

The President of the University of Radiological Technologies of the USA B. Murphy made such a loud statement at the conference "Modern problems of biomaterials, nanomaterials and nanomedicine". However, these more than audacious statements are still very controversial.

26.04.2012
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Calotherapy without borders

French scientists have proposed using stool transplantation for the treatment and prevention of diabetes mellitus.

20.04.2012
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Once again about the benefits of parasites

James Logan, an employee of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, deliberately became infected with helminths in order to study their effect on the severity of allergic reactions.

20.04.2012
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A billion for brain powder?

Professor Markram still hopes to receive a billion euros to continue the project on computer modeling of the human brain, despite the negative reviews of colleagues to the point of unprintability.

16.04.2012
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Good Doctor Askarid

Another publication that intestinal parasites are necessary to maintain our health and that many diseases can be cured with their help. Maybe it's not really an anti-scientific idea?

20.03.2012