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Khaki gum

The US Military Institute of Surgical Research has begun testing a product called "combat gum", created specifically to prevent oral diseases in the US military.

21.03.2014
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GoBe: let's catch up and overtake!

The project of a "smart" GoBe physical activity monitor developed by the Russian company Healbe has been funded with great success in the Indiegogo crowdfunding system.

19.03.2014
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Another problem of the elderly

Approximately three quarters of elderly patients suffer from several chronic diseases at the same time. Of these, one in four takes incompatible medications.

17.03.2014
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What is more dangerous: GMO or DGMO?

Although they don't wave their fists after a fight (a broadcast of the Mir TV channel), the author who participated in it considers it necessary to summarize what he knows about safe nutrition and the information space around him.

11.03.2014
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Who is recommended preventive ovariectomy?

Preventive removal of the ovaries (preventive ovariectomy) reduces the risk of malignant neoplasms by 80% and the risk of premature death by 77% in carriers of oncogenic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.

27.02.2014
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Measure your shapes

A new method for assessing the risk of premature death associated with abdominal fat deposits – the body shape index – is a more effective prognostic factor than the body mass index commonly used as a health indicator.

25.02.2014
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Lose weight and die?

Despite the dangerous side effects, over the past hundred years, dinitrophenol has caused a stir around itself several times as the strongest means for weight loss. And every time it ended in deaths and lawsuits.

07.02.2014
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General medical examination: what, when and how much

It is important to protect yourself from consultations, examinations and analyses that are commercially profitable for clinics, but not always medically expedient. At the same time, it is necessary not to miss those events whose effectiveness has been proven.

31.01.2014
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Protect your brain from colds

It is not necessary that the infection directly affects the brain: it makes itself felt in a variety of organs. In younger people, such disorders can quickly disappear, and in older people, inflammation can become a trigger for dementia.

28.01.2014
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Our service is both dangerous and difficult…

Although a brick will not fall on an office worker, as it can happen on a construction site, it will not burn with splashes of molten metal, as in a metallurgical workshop, etc., office work also carries quite real health hazards.

28.01.2014
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Inactivity disrupts the work of the vasomotor center

A sedentary lifestyle makes the neurons of the brain responsible for the work of blood vessels too sensitive to any stimuli. Because of this, the regulation of blood pressure may be disrupted, which, in turn, increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

24.01.2014
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HIV and AIDS: facts and myths

For example, among the surveyed students of Turkish universities, 16% believe that HIV infection and AIDS are a punishment for sins, 8% - that proper nutrition and sports will protect them from the virus, and 9% – that strong and passionate love is stronger than the disease.

20.01.2014
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A simple test for early diagnosis of senile dementia

The test does not allow to determine the cause of the deterioration of cognitive functions, but it is able to identify it at the very initial stages and conduct a more thorough diagnosis in a timely manner.

15.01.2014
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Obesity is contagious. But only psychologically

You can "get infected" with obesity – but only the agent of the disease here will not be a virus or a bacterium, but the social norms of our environment that force us to eat a lot and harmfully.

09.01.2014
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They don't lose weight from sex

Do not overestimate the energy expenditure on sex: if you really want to lose a couple of kilograms, then it's better to work on a treadmill for a month.

09.01.2014
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Half a century of anti-smoking

About 8 million lives have been saved over 50 years of the anti-smoking campaign in the United States. The total number of years of life saved is estimated at about 157 million.

09.01.2014