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Your health

The shape of baldness as a marker of prostate cancer

Baldness of the anterior region of the head, together with moderate thinning of the hair on the crown at the age of about 45 years, increases the risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer by 40% in the future.

17.09.2014
New in Gerontology

Intelligence and aging

Scientists have come to the conclusion that intensive intellectual activity and high IQ have different effects on the life expectancy of men and women: the "strong sex" rejuvenates, and the "weak", on the contrary, ages.

16.09.2014
Nanotechnology

Nanosheets for blood cleansing

To prevent sepsis, the patient's blood is passed through an "artificial spleen" in which bacteria adhere to nanoparticles coated with a protein that recognizes pathogens and endotoxins.

16.09.2014
Various

Why is retirement harmful to health

As a number of studies show, retirement has a bad effect on health. A BBC Capital correspondent tried to figure out why.

16.09.2014
Nanotechnology

Nanofilm for early breast cancer diagnosis

A film tactile device consisting of nanoparticles and polymers determines the presence and shape of tumors smaller than 10 millimeters in the mammary gland. Its use will increase the survival rate of patients with breast cancer by almost 2 times.

16.09.2014
Cellular technologies

Cell re-education

The new method of cell retraining is quite simple, takes little time and causes fewer complications compared to already common methods involving the transformation of cells into induced pluripotent stem cells.

15.09.2014
Grants and competitions

Another competition for DAAD grants

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) announces the next round of applications for participation in the program of scientific internships in Germany.

15.09.2014
Your health

Dietary supplement for the liver

Toxic hepatitis caused by taking non-specialized dietary supplements requires liver transplantation and leads to death 4.3 times more often than liver damage due to taking medications.

15.09.2014
Genetics

How genes help to survive dehydration

Russian scientists with their colleagues from Japan and the USA have studied the genetic adaptations of the body to dehydration.

12.09.2014
Biomedicine

New features of Skulachev ions

Mitochondrially targeted antioxidants provide new opportunities in the fight against various pathologies. Recently, researchers from Moscow State University have shown that Skulachev ions can also help with acute pyelonephritis.

12.09.2014
Healthy skepticism

Do you want to drink at the taxpayers' expense?

Of particular note is a study in which subjects were supplied with booze, put to play poker and compared the achievements of a drunk and sober player. Almost 155 thousand dollars were spent on this.

12.09.2014
Note to the businessman

Trends in the development of medicine

HSE specialists consider the use of RNA aptamers for targeted drug delivery, implantable microchips for monitoring the treatment of chronic diseases and "pocket" biosensors for the diagnosis of acute respiratory viral infections to be the most promising trends in medicine.

12.09.2014