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Happy hundredth birthday, Doctor!

On December 12, a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, Fred Goldman celebrated his 100th anniversary at his workplace, in the office of a therapist at the city hospital.

The biggest scandal in pharmaceuticals

Over 33 years, more than 5 million patients have received an appointment for therapy with Mediator. As a result of taking the drug, up to 2 thousand patients died, and thousands more were hospitalized.

How the state shortchanges pensioners

The average life expectancy of men in Russia after retirement today is 12 years, women – 22 years. The pension is calculated on the basis of the palpable period of survival, equal to either 17 or 19 years.

The Wonders of Nanomedicine

The "electronic skin" is capable of transmitting data on blood pressure, heart rate and respiration of a person to a computer or mobile phone. About this and other recent achievements of nanomedicine, watch the RIA Novosti video channel.

The first laureates of the project "Foresight of health":

The first award ceremony of the winners of the international project to support innovative pharmacy and medicine "Foresight of Health" took place.

Unhealthy Health Law

The Federation Council approved the law "On the basics of protecting the health of citizens in the Russian Federation", which caused a lot of complaints from patients and professional communities.

Make a diagnosis? Elementary, Watson!

The IBM Watson supercomputer is being retrained from a "connoisseur" into a medical diagnostician.

Smokers and drunkards will be cured with a ruble

The draft amendments to the Tax Code provide that excise taxes on vodka – and hence retail prices – will increase by an average of 30% per year, and on cigarettes – even faster.

Healthy lifestyle: our prime minister is an example to all the guys

The main event of the First Global Ministerial Conference on Healthy Lifestyle and Noncommunicable Diseases under the auspices of WHO: the lungs of the Prime Minister of Russia are like a young one!

Osteoporosis: we will expand and deepen the diagnosis, prevention and treatment!

The conference participants decided to develop a standard for the treatment of patients with hip fractures, implement an algorithm for the actions of a doctor in case of suspected osteoporosis and an increased risk of falls, as well as widely use available methods for diagnosing osteoporosis.

Ten ideas that will define our future

Much of the above looks quite feasible. We will live to see if the earliest of the forecasts are fulfilled. And predicting the future for 100 years ahead – well, it's not harmful to dream...

How to treat the healthcare system?

A titanic task in its complexity – how to make health protection adequate to the challenges of our time without undermining its foundations – is also facing prosperous countries. In Russia, this is even worse...

References to the article "On DNA, digestion and mythology"

The new generation does NOT choose nanotechnology

Most young people, from high school students to students, if they have heard anything about nanotechnology, it is on TV or from friends. And they don't dream of becoming nanotechnologists at all.

A disappearing world Power

This is the name of a study prepared by the Berlin Institute of Population and Development and devoted to demographic trends in Russia and other post-Soviet countries. The main conclusion of the scientists is formulated in the title of the report.

Billions for the development of innovative drugs

In 2010, pharmaceutical companies in the top 10 of the R&D budget rating invested a record-breaking amount in the development of innovative medicines: $ 67.4 billion.

Freeloaders and retired investors

The reasons for the shortage of money in the Pension Fund are in the bad investment, business and legal climate in the country. And only by raising the retirement age and increasing taxes, this disease can no longer be cured.

The brilliance and poverty of Russian biodegradable polymers

From biodegradable materials NIFHI im. Karpov can make medical threads, pins, cotton wool, bandages for burns, packaging for goods, disposable tableware and much more. But this is done only "in vitro", and in the meantime the institute is biodegradable...

Eco-towns for the elderly: we don't believe it!

A good idea – to create good living conditions for elderly people – causes rejection among our fellow citizens. The level of distrust of Russians towards the state is too high, too often they had to face outright fraud on the part of the authorities.

Patients with rare diseases ask for help

The National Association of Organizations of Patients with Rare Diseases "Genetics" appealed to the President with a request to take urgent measures concerning medical care for patients with rare diseases.