Scientists at Cambridge University have discovered the ‘pain gene’ known as SCN9A which makes some people more sensitive to and less able to tolerate pain. This gene may greatly increase the ability to control and conquer various pains, from back pain to osteoporosis. →
A ban prohibiting the import and sale of toy weapons has taken effect in Venezuela. According to the deputies of the National Assembly, this should protect the younger generation from expressions of violence. The Venezuelan state ABN agency reported that bullets are the major causes of death for young people 15-26 years old. The law provides for a... →
President Medvedev has instructed the authorities to provide all school students with free hot meals and upgrade the technological facilities in school canteens. The president made this announcement as he was visiting a school in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic in the North Caucasus, and he said these requirements should apply... →
Chief epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko said on Wednesday that there is no current threat of the swine flu epidemic in Russia, which saw an outbreak of the disease late last year, when the A/H1N1 flu cases were not uncommon all across the country. This is a far cry from what the situation is like now, Onishchenko said, calling for more preventive... →
Central Moscow has seen a demonstration by anti-tobacco and anti-smoking activists histrionically dressed as Death. They shouted demands for tough government action as well as kind media persuasion. Smoking afflicts two thirds of this country’s men and one third of its women. A third of a million die every year from smoking-related... →
Columbian funeral service employees were shocked, when a supposedly dead 45-year-old woman they were about to embalm moved her arms. According to the reports from ITAR-TASS with reference to the local mass media, housewife Noelia Serna Rivera was taken to the hospital in a critical condition early this week and pronounced dead after a respiratory... →
Japanese scientists have invented a new type of an extra-fine syringe needle, which inflicts almost no pain on the patients. 0.23 millimeters in diameter, this needle is meant for blood drawing. Characteristic of the invention is that the needle consists of several inner channels, which, according to the scientists, allows the painless drawing of... →
Eating premium dark chocolate regularly reduces a stroke risk by 20 percent, London’s "Daily Telegraph" newspaper informs quoting an international group of scientists. They are to publish their researches in the American Academy of Neurology. According to the survey featuring 50 thousand people, chocolate reduces the risk of... →
A ban prohibiting the import and sale of toy weapons has taken effect in Venezuela. According to the deputies of the National Assembly, this should protect the younger generation from expressions of violence. The Venezuelan state ABN agency reported that bullets are the major causes of death for young people 15-26 years old. →
President Medvedev has instructed the authorities to provide all school students with free hot meals and upgrade the technological facilities in school canteens. The president made this announcement as he was visiting a school in Nalchik, the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Republic in the North Caucasus, and he said these requirements should apply to other regions too. →
Chief epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko said on Wednesday that there is no current threat of the swine flu epidemic in Russia, which saw an outbreak of the disease late last year, when the A/H1N1 flu cases were not uncommon all across the country. →
Central Moscow has seen a demonstration by anti-tobacco and anti-smoking activists histrionically dressed as Death. They shouted demands for tough government action as well as kind media persuasion. Smoking afflicts two thirds of this country’s men and one third of its women. A third of a million die every year from smoking-related illnesses. →
Columbian funeral service employees were shocked, when a supposedly dead 45-year-old woman they were about to embalm moved her arms. According to the reports from ITAR-TASS with reference to the local mass media, housewife Noelia Serna Rivera was taken to the hospital in a critical condition early this week and pronounced dead after a respiratory arrest. →
Japanese scientists have invented a new type of an extra-fine syringe needle, which inflicts almost no pain on the patients. 0.23 millimeters in diameter, this needle is meant for blood drawing. →
Eating premium dark chocolate regularly reduces a stroke risk by 20 percent, London’s "Daily Telegraph" newspaper informs quoting an international group of scientists. They are to publish their researches in the American Academy of Neurology. →
Russian medical scientists have developed an advanced computer simulation of the heart which they believe can work in diagnostics. The announcement is from the head of the Urals Branch of the Academy of Sciences Professor Valeri Charushin. →
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cancer is the gretest in the world today. The forecasts are sorrowful. More than 10 million cases of oncologic diseases are registered annually in the world today. And by the year 2013 their number may reach 15 million. Specialists and scientists are making progress in searching for effective methods of treatment. →
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions in Moscow is the same as in Berlin and Helsinki, said Moscow 's land use and environment chief Leonid Bochin. 92% of all emissions are transport-produced. According to Bochin, the rate of emissions in Moscow is 6.5 tons per capita. →
Russia has banned the import and sale of herbal smoking mixtures. The Health Ministry declared smoking herbs dangerous to human health and life as they contain substances having a psychotropic-like effect. Herbal smoking mixtures became very popular among young people in Russia and already have caused numerous cases of intoxication. →
Kazakhstan has banned the import and sale of herbal smoking mixtures. The Health Ministry declared smoking herbs dangerous to human health and life as they contain substances having a psychotropic-like effect like the one produced by tetrahydrocannabinol, a psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant. Earlier, a similar ban was introduced by Russia. →
According to the Independent newspaper, people who watch TV for over 4 hours risk getting cardio-vascular diseases by more →
Children inherit overweight from their fathers. This is the conclusion the Swedish scientists have made on watching 130 children at the age group from 6 months till 6 years old. →
In 31 Russian regions, the seasonal flu is below the epidemic level. In 35 other regions, it’s just above it and on the wane. Accordingly, the chief disease control officer Gennadi Onishchenko expects largely trouble-free school vacations around the New Year and Christmas. At the same time, he predicts a new wave of swine flu next spring. →
Twelve industrialized powers have donated 180 million doses of swine flu vaccine to the World Health Organization for distributing to 32 hard-hit developing countries. The first recipients are Azerbaijan and Mongolia, beginning with next week. They are to immunize 2 percent of their people against the A/H1N1 virus. →
Scientists have succeeded in mapping complete genetic codes of some types of skin and lung cancer. The U.K. Times newspaper hailed the move as a breakthrough in cancer research, which could herald a revolution in tumor treatment. →
China says it has developed a medicine against swine flu. The ‘Jin Hwa’, or ‘Golden Flower’, preparation is said to have drawn on both Western and traditional Chinese medicine. It expels the A/H1N1 virus within one week, with considerable improvement felt before the third day of the course. →
The number of flu infections has been going down in 20 Russian regions. This country’s chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko said on Monday that in 50 Russian regions the incidence of flu and acute respiratory infections remained high, but continued to subside. →
