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Geriatric offices for elderly Muscovites

Therapists' offices for pensioners have been opened in three metropolitan polyclinics. Over time, geriatric offices will be opened in all outpatient centers of the city.

13.09.2013
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Either Roche stole, or Roche was stolen…

Despite the investigation being conducted against Roche, none of its drugs are being withdrawn from the market and no restrictions are imposed on their use, since there is no confirmed evidence of the negative consequences of taking them.

26.10.2012
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Infect cancer with a virus

In all six patients, the virus caused the death of cancer cells, and there were no signs of its reproduction in healthy tissues.

12.03.2010
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Ghrelin – a cure for parkinsonism?

As it turned out, the "hunger hormone" ghrelin protects the neurons that produce dopamine, and can become the basis for the development of a new method of treating Parkinson's disease.

02.12.2009
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Good sleep is a means of preventing Alzheimer's disease

According to preliminary (but quite convincing) data, chronic lack of sleep increases the concentration of beta-amyloid in brain tissues and increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease in old age.

02.10.2009
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Alcohol against Alzheimer's: useful, but in moderation and on time

"Most studies of the effect of alcohol on health eventually produce a two–horned curve – that is, the risk is increased for people who do not drink at all and for alcoholics, and for people who drink alcohol moderately, it decreases," comments William Thies, head of the scientific and medical department of the Alzheimer's Association.

15.07.2009
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Healthy life in Russia

In terms of healthy life expectancy, Russia is noticeably ahead of, among others, the Netherlands, Finland and Austria.

17.11.2020
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What to expect on OpenBio?

TASS (Novosibirsk) will host an online press conference on the program of the open communications platform OpenBio-2020.

21.10.2020
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Unreliable tests

Tests for antibodies to coronavirus can be wrong in half of the cases, and they should not be used when lifting quarantine measures.

01.06.2020
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DNA database and human rights

Human rights activists and scientists are calling on the Government of Kuwait to abandon plans to create a DNA database of all citizens, expatriates and visitors to the country.

15.09.2016
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Tablets from a 3D printer

In the USA, the world's first drug created with the help of 3D printing has gone on sale - the drug for the treatment of epilepsy Spritam.

25.03.2016
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Ebola vaccine: preliminary results

Scientists from the US National Institutes of Health have reported successful results of the first human testing of an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus being developed by GlaxoSmithKline.

27.11.2014
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Sugar substitutes? You can't fool the brain!

Despite the fact that sugar and sweeteners initiate the same taste recognition mechanisms (people are not able to distinguish their solutions by taste), sugar activates the brain regions associated with the formation of a sense of pleasure more strongly.

09.06.2008
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The government will fight antibiotic resistance

The Presidential Council for the Development of Science and Technology called on the government to double funding for the fight against drug resistance, allocating $1.8 billion for this purpose, as well as annually investing $ 800 million in the development of new antibiotics.

22.09.2014