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Move Grandma across the street!

76% of elderly men and 85% of elderly women are not able to cross the road in time for a green traffic light.

18.06.2012
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Happiness Index

The British non-governmental organization New Economics Foundation has published the World Happiness Index. Do you want to calculate how happy you are personally and compare the results with the average values?

14.06.2012
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How to protect yourself from genetic discrimination

The American Association for the Study of Heart Diseases has issued a list of recommendations concerning the protection of patients from discrimination for genetic reasons, the possibility of which is rapidly becoming a reality.

04.06.2012
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Pharmaceutical companies

The percentage of reviews of pharmaceutical articles based on suspicion of negligence – from plagiarism to falsification and the use of fabricated data – is higher than any other biomedical research.

01.06.2012
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Scientists demand access to drugs

A well-known advocate of "narcotic" research, Professor David Nutt, stated the need for new amendments to the laws that will help scientists do their job, and pharmaceutical companies produce "clean", licensed drugs.

01.06.2012
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Virtual vision

Glasses, the prototype for which was a virtual reality helmet, will provide a visually impaired person with almost full-fledged fields of vision.

30.05.2012
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The adventures of a Nobel laureate in Siberia

The 2006 Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Kornberg was in Siberia for the first time, as a member of the Advisory Scientific Council of the Skolkovo Foundation, whose visiting session is taking place these days in Novosibirsk.

18.05.2012
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Scammers in white coats

Almost half a billion dollars were stolen from the state program of free medical care for the elderly.

15.05.2012
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Patch-heart monitor

A disposable device resembling a patch measuring 5 by 13 cm, slightly more than 10 mm thick and weighing 34 g, can continuously record an ECG for two weeks.

14.05.2012
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The rich also get sick and die, but…

Billionaires can get into the history of medicine as patients who have opened access to new drugs and treatment methods for their fellow diagnoses.

28.04.2012
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Stem Scandal

Without a license for biotechnological medical care, the doctor injected stem cells of unknown origin to two hundred patients in three years, earning 22 million rubles on this fashionable procedure.

27.04.2012
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Russia against Breast cancer

Within the framework of the Russia against Breast Cancer project, a joint action plan has been developed to address topical issues of reducing disability and mortality of women from breast cancer.

25.04.2012
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The old gymnast will not spoil the bars

The 86-year-old gymnast, despite her advanced age, broke a storm of applause, surprising the audience with the performance of complex somersaults on the uneven bars.

20.04.2012