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Contradictions of healthy eating

Some recommendations on proper nutrition contradict each other. How to understand the paradoxes of modern dietetics?

08.12.2008
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Why patients don't want to follow doctors' prescriptions

The treatment was prescribed correctly and should have helped the patient, but for some reason it did not help. Why? But because very often patients themselves do not want to be treated. If the medications don't help, check if the patient has taken them.

08.12.2008
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The risk group is humanity

On December 1, humanity celebrates World AIDS Day for the 20th time. The annual number of victims of infection is steadily increasing, and, according to recent forecasts, will increase until 2012, reaching a peak of approximately 2.5 million deaths per year. This year, according to WHO estimates, approximately 2.2 million people on Earth will become victims of HIV.

01.12.2008
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The concept of healthcare development: the voice of the people

The Ministry of Health did not just present the draft for discussion to the general public, but invited "mere mortals" to contribute to the development of the document. The statements are contradictory, often hot-tempered and harsh (it hurts so much!), but this is a living testimony to the indifference of our society, the active citizenship of our people and an undimmed sense of humor. Let's hope that the voice of the people "above" is heard.

27.11.2008
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A clean liver is the key to health

It is difficult to imagine how many different functions the liver performs. But since the liver performs many different jobs, it can suffer from many reasons.

24.11.2008
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Smoking is harmful. And why?

Many smokers realize that they are doing, to put it mildly, not quite right. But in disputes with non-smokers, they usually throw the phrase "And prove to me that smoking is harmful!". Well, they ask – we will prove it.

21.11.2008
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Botulinum toxin in cosmetology — poison or medicine?

The desire of people to rejuvenate and become prettier at all costs and their willingness to pay a lot of money for it has led to the fact that very risky methods are often used in modern cosmetology.

14.11.2008
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Pharmacies poison Russians with cheap ethyl alcohol

Men who consume surrogate alcohol have a 9 times higher chance of dying than moderate drinkers of the same age. The main problem associated with the use of such alcohol lies not only in the presence of toxic impurities, but also in the fact that the surrogates are very concentrated and cheap, and therefore affordable, ethanol.

11.11.2008
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Liver in a hundred-gram way: 10 myths about cirrhosis

The essence of cirrhosis is the destruction of liver tissue due to necrosis and fibrosis of hepatocytes (that is, the death of liver cells and their replacement with collagen fibers). As a result, the liver ceases to be a blood purification factory and becomes a useless accumulation of connective tissue.

06.11.2008
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The myth of "Health"

The national project "Health" is a myth. According to the experts of the Society of Evidence-based Medicine Specialists, there is no special program to improve the level of healthcare in Russia.

29.10.2008
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What affects the quality of sperm

There are two pieces of news for men: bad and good. The bad news is that almost everything affects the quality of sperm, the good news is that everything is fixable.

24.10.2008
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How to survive in a crisis

What is happening in the country now, of course, cannot but worry us. We think, analyze, worry about the future of our contributions, about the present of our work and are nervous, nervous, nervous... There can be many crises, but life is one. Is it worth spending it on a crisis?

24.10.2008
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Self-mutilation

About how justified self-medication is, as well as what dangers are fraught with our favorite painkillers, our conversation today with Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Gerontology and Geriatrics of MGMSU Vladimir Drozdov.

16.10.2008
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Advertising of medicines: harm yourself

Doctors are sure that the more often medicines flash in commercials, the more side effects, exacerbations of chronic diseases and allergies they have to treat.

14.10.2008
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We overestimate medicines and underestimate their specialists

The third scientific Congress "Rational Pharmacotherapy and Clinical Pharmacology" opens in St. Petersburg today. Specialists will gather from all over Russia, whose professional task is to make sure that the attending doctor prescribes you exactly the "right" medicine: researched, effective, as safe as possible.

08.10.2008
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Are biologically active supplements necessary for health?

Biologically active additives, which are often produced in the form of tablets and capsules, look very similar to medicines. However, dietary supplements, unlike medicines, do not pass the standard procedure of laboratory testing and clinical trials, so you should not expect a therapeutic effect from them.

02.10.2008