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Your health

What you need to know about atherosclerosis

Cardiovascular diseases, the main cause of which are atherosclerotic vascular lesions, occupy a leading place as a cause of mortality in most economically developed countries of the world.

02.09.2008
Note to the businessman

How to make subordinates happy

There is still no miracle cure that could make employees happy. But there are things that can create an environment in which people will thrive.

02.09.2008
Healthy skepticism

"Malakhov minus"

Gennady Petrovich's methods of recovery bring viewers to the hospital.

02.09.2008
Healthy skepticism

Not all yogurts are equally healthy

The fact that our people love to self–medicate is an indisputable fact. Food manufacturers have recently realized this and have begun to actively use it for their own good. The milkmen were especially excited. No, not those mustachioed guys from advertising, but companies that produce the corresponding products – yoghurts, kefirs and so on.

16.07.2008
Healthy skepticism

Sunscreens do not save from cancer :(

Most sun protection products do not filter ultraviolet light and do not block the penetration of dangerous rays into the skin, and many of these creams themselves can lead to the formation of toxic components.

16.07.2008
Your health

What you need to know about prostatitis

Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland (prostate). It is the most common urological disease in men under 50 years of age and the third most common urological diagnosis in men over 50 years of age (after benign hyperplasia and prostate cancer), accounting for 8% of outpatient visits to the doctor. The incidence of prostatitis increases with age and reaches 30-73%.

16.07.2008
Your health

Fighting obesity: expert advice

It is known that waste recycling has a positive effect on the state of the entire planet. A cellular version of this process may be useful in the fight against cancer. Stanford University scientists have identified a molecule that uses one of the methods of self–purification of the body – autophagy - to selectively destroy tumor cells.

16.07.2008
Controversial

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

15.07.2008
New in Gerontology

Ordered to live a long time

Comparing the mortality charts of human populations in different regions of the world and calculating them according to a special program, the researchers got the result: 95 years. It is this age that corresponds to the specific duration of human life.

15.07.2008
Your health

Brain Food

Diet, exercise and sleep can change the state of our brain and mental functions. This statement points to an inspiring perspective: the ability to improve cognitive abilities, protect the brain from damage and slow down the aging process through changes in the principles of nutrition.

15.07.2008
Cloning

Cloning benefits a person

From a practical point of view, human cloning has two purposes. The first is reproductive cloning to produce offspring. Especially acute issues of reproductive cloning affect infertile people, as well as people of non-standard sexual orientation who are unable or unwilling to have children sexually. The second purpose is therapeutic cloning, obtaining embryonic stem cells, for the treatment of diseases.

14.07.2008
Genetics

Dr. Watson's visit

The legendary James Dewey Watson, the one who, together with Francis Crick, proposed a model of the DNA molecule in the form of a double helix, came to Moscow at the invitation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and his lecture at the House of Scientists on Prechistenka was organized by the Dynasty Foundation.

14.07.2008
Innovative Russia

Venture capitalists break records

The sector of the biomedical industry, which combines biotechnologies and the production of medical equipment, set its absolute record in 2007, receiving $ 9.1 billion (or 31% of all investments) in the course of 862 venture deals.

11.07.2008
Innovative Russia

The exhibition-fair "RosBioTech-2007" was held in Moscow

To talk about the complete death of domestic biotechnology would be a clear exaggeration. But now, in terms of development, it is inferior even to the Soviet years, not to mention competition with foreign colleagues.

11.07.2008
Innovative Russia

Entrepreneurial competition "Business of Innovative Technologies" (BIT-2008)

Make the investor believe in you! Under this motto, the Business of Innovative Technologies Business competition is being held in Russia for the fifth time. Its goal is to initiate the creation of new technology companies and promote the development of a culture of entrepreneurship in the Russian high tech sector.

11.07.2008