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eLife – a new biomedical journal in the public domain

The Wellcome Trust Charitable Foundation supported the desire of scientists to publish their works in open access and announced the scientific biomedical journal eLife, articles from which will be available to everyone.

12.04.2012
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600 children, and all – in the pope

B. Wiesner, who founded an artificial insemination clinic and promised childless couples "intellectual" children, acted as a donor himself in more than half of the cases. However, they went to the pope face, not mind:(

09.04.2012
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Antibacterial flashlight

A group of scientists from Australia and China has built a prototype of a portable "flashlight" – a cold plasma generator that does not cause any harm to the skin, but effectively fights bacteria.

06.04.2012
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Cyborg-diagnostician floats on the body

The length of the prototype of the biomechanical robot "Cyberplasm", which will someday be able to diagnose diseases while inside the human body, is less than 1 cm, but scientists hope to reduce its size to 1 mm or even less.

02.04.2012
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Healthcare in a mousetrap

The myth of free medicine, which has been fed to us for many years at various official levels, turned out to be quite tenacious. But at the next collision it becomes obvious: free medicine has long been paid.

19.03.2012
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Passion for pensions

The proximity of unpopular events on the pension front is not at all obvious. After all, only the government can go to them, which is not pretending, but really confident in popular support.

22.02.2012
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Nurse-on-a-chip

The 3x5x1 cm device implanted under the skin, which injects the necessary drugs into the patient's body according to a pre-prepared program or by a radio signal from outside, has passed the first clinical trials.

20.02.2012
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Murderous inequality

Social inequality is killing us. And in the literal sense of the word. Scientists have finally found an explanation for this phenomenon.

30.01.2012
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A free donor or a sex maniac?

Women who use the services of a voluntary sperm donor save a couple hundred dollars, but take on a risk comparable to conception from a casual relationship.

30.01.2012
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Economy and diseases: the prognosis is unfavorable

Increasingly, public organizations and governments regard the increase in the incidence of non-communicable pathology as a dangerous medical and social problem and one of the main threats to the growth of the world economy.

26.01.2012
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The epidemic of fake medicines

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 25% of medicines consumed in emerging economies are counterfeit, and Russia is at the epicenter of this epidemic of falsification of medicines.

19.01.2012
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Buy "smart pills"!

Soon, British pharmacies will start selling "smart" pills that will monitor not only whether the patient took them on time, but also monitor several indicators of his health and even behavior.

19.01.2012
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Deodorants and breast cancer: it's not that simple

Traces of parabens were found in 99% of the analyzed breast tissue samples of patients diagnosed with breast cancer. At the same time, parabens are found even in the tissues of patients who have never used deodorants.

16.01.2012
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Resveratrol: Beware of fakes!

Over the course of 7 years, Dr. Deepak Das fabricated and falsified data on 145 cases of the beneficial effects of resveratrol on the human body, officials from the University of Connecticut said.

13.01.2012
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Grandfather 's Garden

In a few years, the number of Russians over the age of 80 will grow several times – to about 6 million. In Europe, it was calculated: at this age, every tenth person needs professional help. The state will simply have to turn to private owners.

21.12.2011