Fake medicine: Why you shouldn’t drink dietary supplements 

The temptation to IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH by buying a bottle of multivitamins or biologically active additives (dietary supplements) in a pharmacy, store or online, arises easily – especially when it seems that these funds will definitely

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The temptation to IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH by buying a bottle of multivitamins or biologically active additives (dietary supplements) in a pharmacy, store or online, arises easily – especially when it seems that these funds will definitely

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Itching eats away at the body from the inside: I live with atopic dermatitis 

ATOPIC DERMATITIS is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that itches, cracks, crusts or rashes, and becomes hypersensitive to irritants. In most cases, it occurs in children under seven years of age. In about half of those who experienced atopic dermatitis in childhood, symptoms will continue into adulthood – but in a less

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ATOPIC DERMATITIS is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that itches, cracks, crusts or rashes, and becomes hypersensitive to irritants. In most cases, it occurs in children under seven years of age. In about half of those who experienced atopic dermatitis in childhood, symptoms will continue into adulthood – but in a less

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I can’t see with my right eye and did a bunch of operations, but it didn’t help 

WHAT I CAN’T SEE WITH ONE EYE was discovered quite late – in the second or third grade. But actually, I was born that way. A couple of years ago, I got carried away with genealogy and found

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WHAT I CAN’T SEE WITH ONE EYE was discovered quite late – in the second or third grade. But actually, I was born that way. A couple of years ago, I got carried away with genealogy and found

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“Do I have a heart?”: I had a transplant

EVERY YEAR IN RUSSIA, HEART TRANSPLANTATION is expected by more than one and a half thousand people, but, for example, in 2018 only 287 people did it. Ludmila Pimenov not wait for a heart transplant in Russia and moved to India, where she and underwent surgery. She shared her story with us.     

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EVERY YEAR IN RUSSIA, HEART TRANSPLANTATION is expected by more than one and a half thousand people, but, for example, in 2018 only 287 people did it. Ludmila Pimenov not wait for a heart transplant in Russia and moved to India, where she and underwent surgery. She shared her story with us.     

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Equally Evil: Is Vaping Better Than Smoking? 

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON HEALTH has been an actively discussed topic for several years now. And this is understandable: designed to reduce the risks associated with smoking, devices too quickly became popular among the category of people who did not have such risks –

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ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON HEALTH has been an actively discussed topic for several years now. And this is understandable: designed to reduce the risks associated with smoking, devices too quickly became popular among the category of people who did not have such risks –

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Dancing and Cleaning: How to stay active in the summer at home

Most of us are now quarantined to one degree or another – even where there are fewer official bans, people are rightly afraid to spend a lot of time outside the home. Gyms, swimming pools and stadiums are closed,

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Most of us are now quarantined to one degree or another – even where there are fewer official bans, people are rightly afraid to spend a lot of time outside the home. Gyms, swimming pools and stadiums are closed,

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White people in white coats: How racism works in world medicine

THE SECOND WAVE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER – sparked by new high-profile cases of police brutality against African Americans – has been joined by people from all walks of life . Yesterday we wrote about the protest of athletes

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THE SECOND WAVE OF BLACK LIVES MATTER – sparked by new high-profile cases of police brutality against African Americans – has been joined by people from all walks of life . Yesterday we wrote about the protest of athletes

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Study: childhood sex education makes adulthood more comfortable and healthy

The pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter and VTsIOM presented the results of a study in which they interviewed Russian women aged 18 to 45 about the importance of sex education for children. Among them, more than half acquired knowledge of puberty during childhood . The majority of women surveyed (93%)

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The pharmaceutical company Gedeon Richter and VTsIOM presented the results of a study in which they interviewed Russian women aged 18 to 45 about the importance of sex education for children. Among them, more than half acquired knowledge of puberty during childhood . The majority of women surveyed (93%)

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“I Was Disgusted in My Body”: How I Live With an Eating Disorder

EATING DISORDER, OR ERI, is a medical condition traditionally underestimated in severity. According to statistics , one person in the world dies from RPE every hour, and women account for 90 percent of all cases. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality

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EATING DISORDER, OR ERI, is a medical condition traditionally underestimated in severity. According to statistics , one person in the world dies from RPE every hour, and women account for 90 percent of all cases. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality

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What You Need to Know About the Placebo Effect: Why It Works

PLACEBO IS HUNDREDS OF YEARS and is one of the most well-studied methods in the history of medicine. How did it happen? Perhaps because even Plato suggested treating headaches with some kind of “medicine” (nothing to do with modern drugs, of course), complete with a “spell”, without which it

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PLACEBO IS HUNDREDS OF YEARS and is one of the most well-studied methods in the history of medicine. How did it happen? Perhaps because even Plato suggested treating headaches with some kind of “medicine” (nothing to do with modern drugs, of course), complete with a “spell”, without which it

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