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Prolonging youth

To live forever and not grow old: to be continued

The desire to find the elixir of eternal youth haunts humanity throughout the history of its existence. But the first drugs that can prolong a person's life are unlikely to appear in this, or even in the next decade.

31.08.2012
New in Gerontology

A healthy lifestyle is also useful in old age

It is a well–known truth that being overweight, smoking, low physical activity, loneliness and alcohol abuse shorten life. However, until now it was unclear whether this pattern applies to those over 75.

31.08.2012
New in Gerontology

Age and wisdom: ethnic features

Of course, it's nice to think that old age benefits at least the mind, if not the body. However, do we really become wiser with age?

31.08.2012
Your health

Have you become weak-eyed in your old age?

In addition to hyperopia, there are 4 serious eye diseases, the occurrence of which is often associated with aging of the body – cataract, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.

31.08.2012
Note to the businessman

Medicine + IT = profitable business

If you don't have millions for a new drug, you can try to combine two promising trends and offer additional IT services to the medical market. In Russia, this direction has been actively developing recently.

31.08.2012
Nanotechnology

Don't forget about nanosecurity!

We were once again clearly demonstrated that nanomaterials, even based on "harmless" carbon, can harbor many unexpected dangers for living cells, that is, for you and me, and for the entire environment.

31.08.2012
Cellular technologies

Cell therapy of urinary incontinence

Amniotic fluid stem cells are able to repair damaged urethral sphincter muscles and, since they do not cause an immune response or tumor formation, they can give a new development to urinary incontinence therapy.

31.08.2012
Healthy skepticism

Homeopathy, placebo and Nanopurga

In the Canterbury Tales of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Placebo name is a sly, insincere character. Previously, supporters of homeopathy tended to believe that the mechanism of this approach is based on the memory of water, but not so long ago there was a theory that, at its core, homeopathy is ... nanomedicine.

30.08.2012
Genetics

The secret of women's happiness

Scientists have identified a gene whose low activity makes women happy. Unfortunately, in men, the effect of this gene is blocked by high levels of testosterone.

30.08.2012
Various

Against scrap…

For the second time in history, a man survived with almost no consequences after a metal pin pierced through his head.

30.08.2012