ACCORDING TO VTsIOM , ALMOST 80% OF RUSSIANS CONSIDER genetically modified organisms ( GMOs ) dangerous and harmful to health. Such popular sentiments agree with the policy of the state: in Russia it is forbidden to grow and breed genetically modified plants and animals ( except for situations when this is done for the purpose of scientific research). The government also plans to gradually abandon the import of such products. “We definitely don’t need GMOs ” […]
Read MoreALTHOUGH VIRGINITY IS A SOCIAL Phenomenon Rather than physiological (we have already argued that the phrase “loss of virginity” should be banned, and one person can have an infinite number of virgins), many women have experiences associated with pain or discomfort during the first attempts at vaginal penetration. Today we know that tearing the hymen and bleeding is not […]
Read MoreAUTOIMMUNE DISEASES ARE MUCH MUCH MORE IN WOMEN than in men, and much less well-studied, perhaps because historically fewer resources have been devoted to studying women’s health risks. But in recent years, the picture has changed: technologies allow studying what is happening in the human body at a previously inaccessible level, and researchers have finally realized the importance of the problem of autoimmune diseases […]
Read MoreALLERGY ARISES WHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM produces antibodies – molecules that attack a specific substance, an allergen, as dangerous. It is believed that allergic conditions occur in about a quarter of people, and they can manifest themselves in very different ways. The mechanisms of allergy development have been studied well, but it has not yet been possible to understand why it […]
Read MoreIN COLD WEATHER, WITHOUT NECESSITY, you do not want to leave the house. Even if you work out in the gym as usual, you probably walk less in winter than in summer. And when we move less, it can negatively affect our mood and well-being. Here’s how to make winter activities more comfortable, stay motivated and learn something new, despite […]
Read MoreON THE Eve of 2020, WE ARE SUMMING UP THE RESULTS OF A DECADE – and in the “Health” heading we understand how medicine, people’s health and the health care system in Russia and the world have changed over this decade. The news is contradictory: we learn about a complete cure of HIV infection or a successful face transplant, then about epidemics of measles or tuberculosis . Scientific breakthroughs do not immediately (and not always) lead to changes in real medical practice, effective drugs are unavailable in the country, […]
Read MoreOn the last day of 2019, the World Health Organization received information that in the Chinese city of Wuhan, several people fell ill with pneumonia caused by unknown causes. It soon became clear that the cause of the disease was a new virus. WHO is involved at three levels at once: country, region and headquarters. On January 22, a statement by the WHO […]
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