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Alcohol and cancer

Almost 30 years after identifying the relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of developing certain types of cancer, scientists have received the first results explaining the mechanism of the carcinogenic effect of alcoholic beverages.

28.08.2012
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The harm of smoking in all details

Psychiatrist Pavel Beschastnov about nicotine addiction, the effect of nicotine on thinking and the dangers of smoking.

24.08.2012
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Sexual life of those "who are over..."

Moscow's chief urologist Armais Kamalov: "Good men's health should become prestigious, like, for example, an expensive car." He also tells a lot of interesting things about age-related problems with sex in women.

23.08.2012
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Overweight: think for yourself, decide for yourself…

Only 60% of overweight people will be able to live to 60 years, and only a third – to seventy. Many underestimate the harmful effects of obesity and do not take timely measures to normalize body weight.

16.08.2012
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Preventing overdiagnosis

Overdiagnosis is not only a serious threat to human health. The resources spent on unnecessary medications and medical procedures can be much more usefully used for the treatment and prevention of real diseases.

13.07.2012
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How to prevent osteoporosis

What is the danger of osteoporosis, how to treat it and, most importantly, prevent it? The head of the Department of Osteoporosis Prevention of the State Research Center for Preventive Medicine I.Skripnikova is responsible.

10.07.2012
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Cancer in Russia: the truth from the first hand

D.G.Zaridze, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Deputy. Director of the N.N.Blokhin Cancer Research Center, visiting professor at Oxford University: "Cancer mortality is declining in Russia, but there is no merit of healthcare in this."

26.06.2012
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Blood pressure: measured correctly

It would seem that there is nothing easier than to measure the pressure, especially with an electronic tonometer. But here, as in every case, there are pitfalls. If you stumble upon such a one, you will miss or overdo 10-20 mm Hg.

25.06.2012
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We are forced to poison you, Russians

Farmers and producers of agricultural products in private conversations say that most of the products on the Russian markets are counterfeit.

22.06.2012
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Treat diabetes – stay sane longer

In elderly people with diabetes (especially those who do not care about lowering blood sugar), senile dementia progresses much faster than in their healthy peers.

22.06.2012
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Once again about dirt and allergies

Western doctors claim that people who have grown up have the highest immunity... in unsanitary conditions. In a word, if today you forbid your child to dig in the dirt from morning to evening, then tomorrow you will have to take him to an allergist...

19.06.2012