Your health

What you need to know about atherosclerosis

Cardiovascular diseases, the main cause of which are atherosclerotic vascular lesions, occupy a leading place as a cause of mortality in most economically developed countries of the world.

What you need to know about prostatitis

Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland (prostate). It is the most common urological disease in men under 50 years of age and the third most common urological diagnosis in men over 50 years of age (after benign hyperplasia and prostate cancer), accounting for 8% of outpatient visits to the doctor. The incidence of prostatitis increases with age and reaches 30-73%.

Fighting obesity: expert advice

It is known that waste recycling has a positive effect on the state of the entire planet. A cellular version of this process may be useful in the fight against cancer. Stanford University scientists have identified a molecule that uses one of the methods of self–purification of the body – autophagy - to selectively destroy tumor cells.

Brain Food

Diet, exercise and sleep can change the state of our brain and mental functions. This statement points to an inspiring perspective: the ability to improve cognitive abilities, protect the brain from damage and slow down the aging process through changes in the principles of nutrition.

Your health

Let's sit down, friends…

Most popular diets are harmful to health, and even the most harmless and scientifically based weight loss programs, as it turned out, generally do more harm than good – including for the waistline.

Dietetics with mythology

In dietetics, there are many heresies – from harmless interpretations of individual chapters of the Cookbook to false teachings, zealous followers of which can cause serious harm to their body and even soul.

We exchange fat for stones

The number of our fellow citizens hooked on the famous Kremlin diet is incalculable. And they really lose weight. But at what cost?

The most pleasant way to keep healthy

Making love, you not only improve your mood. Sex burns calories, strengthens the immune system and may even reduce the risk of cancer.

Lose weight without pills

Despite the fact that a reduced diet is an indispensable condition for any therapeutic regimen for weight loss, the most effective result in most cases is possible only with a comprehensive approach to the treatment of obesity with mandatory consideration of the phases of pathophysiological rearrangements of fat metabolism.

Why almost a million Russians die from heart attacks and strokes every year

Doctors call heart attack and stroke vascular catastrophes – they develop so suddenly and quickly and the consequences are so tragic for the heart or brain.

Get healthy in moderation!

Too healthy lifestyle can lead to mental problems.

Puncture on puncture

In Britain, one in ten adults has a piercing located in non-traditional places on the body. At the same time, more than a quarter of fashionistas (28%) faced various kinds of complications, and 13% had serious health problems due to poor-quality piercings.

Allergy to cosmetics

The loud statement of cosmetics manufacturers that their products are "hypoallergenic" and "allergen–free" is nothing more than an advertising ploy.

Medications + alcohol = ?

In principle, the whole article can fit into one phrase: "Medicines should not be washed down with alcoholic beverages."

Infertility: a lesson that has to be learned too late

In the modern world, every seventh woman faces the problem of infertility. Instead of teaching girls how to prevent pregnancy, it's time to start teaching them how to get pregnant.

When machos cry in vain…

Some serious misconceptions of the "stronger sex" about their health are debunked by andrologist, Professor Armais Kamalov and cardiologist Tamara Ogieva.

Is cholesterol our friend or enemy? (Part 1)

As the results of relatively recent studies have shown, attempts to reduce the cholesterol level in the blood with statins in middle-aged people really reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases. On the contrary, an attempt to reduce cholesterol in the blood in the same way, but in people aged 75-85 years, leads to an increase in their mortality.

Cure obesity? It is possible, but difficult...

Not only patients, but also some doctors do not consider obesity a serious disease and often underestimate its negative impact on health. Often obese patients practice self-medication, which worsens the course of the disease and reduces the effectiveness of therapy.

"Genes of alcoholism" and adequate self-esteem

To date, dozens of genes have been found, the disruption of which is supposed to increase the risk of alcoholism. But a hereditary predisposition to the disease manifests itself if both genes and the environment act in the same direction. We can't change genes yet, but we can change the environmental conditions to reduce the risk.