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Resuscitation of the industry

In 1978, our medicine was the best in the world. And now what? "The country expects the best healthcare system in the world from us," Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova addressed leading Russian doctors with these words.

23.04.2014
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Senile dementia in Russian

Elderly people who have relatives are not accepted into state nursing homes. The most inexpensive private nursing homes cost from 40 thousand rubles a month, improved ones – twice as much. But there are not enough places there either.

18.04.2014
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The wonders and possibilities of plastic surgery

It is quite possible that your natural face and figure, subject to age-related changes, will soon become as indecent as worn clothes or an old car. Moreover, the beauty industry is now accessible to the middle class.

16.04.2014
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What makes up the price of medicines

In theory, drug prices should be clear and logical, but in fact, even experts cannot always explain why medicines with the same active ingredient may differ in price thousands of times.

15.04.2014
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Children's photos can be easily aged

A new computer program does this in half a minute. And this is not just a game that parents can use to satisfy their curiosity: such a program can be useful, for example, when searching for children who disappeared many years ago.

11.04.2014
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The life line crept up

Over the past 20 years – from 1994 to 2013 - the average life expectancy in the country has increased by more than six years. But this is, firstly, statistics, and secondly, even if we believe it, in fact we have returned to the indicators of 1964.

09.04.2014
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For prolonging life!

The main objective of the III International Conference "Genetics of Aging and Longevity", its organizers – the charity foundation "Science for Life Extension" – consider an increase in human life expectancy.

03.04.2014
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Medicines in Russian

Why are good and high-quality medicines sold in Europe and the USA, but this is not the case in Russia? How do outdated or inactive drugs get into the Russian pharmaceutical market and, accordingly, into pharmacies and clinics?

12.03.2014
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Coming soon on screen: "The Immortalists"

In the new film, two eccentric researchers are trying to achieve eternal youth. As they struggle with their own aging and suffer the loss of loved ones, their scientific search turns into a personal mission.

03.03.2014
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Science Slam in "Moscow Hall"

On February 2, Science Slam was held in Moscow on the stage of the Moscow Hall club, a popular science event of a new format that is still gaining popularity in Russia.

03.03.2014
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Nothing that wounded, he will not die…

Russian scientists have created a special tourniquet for the military, capable of using ultrasound to stop internal bleeding in the field without the risk of complications. There are no analogues of such protection in the world yet.

26.02.2014
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DIY: Synthetic muscles from fishing line and thread

Synthetic fibers created from twisted polyethylene fishing line and sewing thread turned out to be a hundred times stronger than real muscles. And any student can twist them during normal laboratory work.

24.02.2014