Anaesthesia affects the development of children

Scientists conducted a study in which it was shown that general anesthesia affects the development of the nervous system, cognitive functions and the ability to socialize. However, experiments related to applicable anesthesia were carried out on animals.

To confirm the side anesthesia experiments were subjected to monkey and rodents. It turned out what to do at an early age anesthesia acts   negatively, leading to the death of brain cells.

At the same time, macaques left under anesthesia for 24 hours, began to experience problems with memory, attention and lost the inclination to learn. The same conclusion was reached by scientists working with rodents. They injected the seven-day Young three drugs for anesthesia, which led to the death of brain cells. Later the animals had problems with memory and with the ability to learn.

Concluding anesthesia Scientists drew an analogy with young children and offered to conduct appropriate studies. It should be noted that after anesthesia is held annually more than four million children.

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The color of the teeth affects the sexual life

British researchers from the University of Leeds discovered why people should have white teeth. This is a sign of good health and the additional indicator appeal.

Pope with their mothers were right when we were forced to brush your teeth and achieve a snow-white smile. Perhaps they did not have a scientific explanation for his advice, but today it is received by researchers. Experts have proven that it was known for many years - people with white teeth look more attractive.

From a scientific point of view, White teeth   a person anyway, like the tail of a peacock. This same sign of health and "valuable genetic material", which automatically writes us into the category of desirable partners. British researchers recruited 150 young men and women to show them pictures of models, with a photo editor that have changed the color of the teeth.

Total models were presented to the three colors of the teeth - yellowish-white, just white and unreal white, which can only be achieved by bleaching. Volunteers were asked to identify the most attractive from the point of view of their models. Not surprisingly, the least attracted the attention of participants in the study holders yellowish-white teeth. Do not enjoyed much success and people with hollow between the teeth (in the style of Vanessa Paradis), who some time were considered sexy. But white and simply unrealistic White teeth   measured at exactly the same degree of attractiveness.

This means that it is not necessary to spend a fortune to create smiles Hollywood. Healthy, natural white will look no less worthy. So do not forget to brush your teeth twice a day, use mouthwash and dental floss!

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Question about anesthesia

Many people refuse to lie down on the operating table because of fear of anesthesia. Are these fears justified?

Our expert - anesthesiologist branch number 6 of the Central Military Clinical Hospital № 3 them. AA Vishnevsky Russian Defense Ministry Alexander Rabuhin .

Despite the fact that today the majority of people consider themselves very "advanced" in matters of medicine, the word "anesthesia" for them often have sharply negative connotation. Even those who, in principle, is not afraid of surgery, anesthesia is usually fear. And how: because according to popular myth philistine general anesthesia supposedly can not fully awake, or have a chance to suddenly wake up directly during surgery. And many fear that by sleep medication can not wake up at all. Also still alive opinion that "anesthesia takes away a few years of life." It hardly needs to take seriously all the various rumors and prejudices that have no relation to contemporary reality. Moreover, it is necessary to emphasize - that to date, because some basis for these fears are still there. But, fortunately, it is associated with a rather distant history.

By trial and error

Although general anesthesia (anesthesia) has been used in medicine since the middle of the XIX century, for decades this area was purely practical, that is based on the method of trial and error. Anesthesiology as a science began to develop only in the middle of the XX century. Even some fifty years ago, in the Soviet Union, professional anesthetists not trained. Carrying anesthesia in those days most trusted surgeon - usually the losers of which were of little use in the operating room. But if the person was unable to learn to handle a scalpel, it was hard to expect from him an ideal work and in other areas of medicine. So it's really different complications during anesthesia (including death) in those days were common. And the quality applied in the distant past of drugs for general anesthesia and equipment left, right to say much to be desired.

No absolute contraindications

Now, when the professionally trained experts, as well as high-tech equipment and modern drugs, anesthesia really become one of the most secure things in our lives. For those who are best to convince the figures can give an example: in relatively healthy people (it is clear that 100% but a healthy person usually does not need surgery), the probability of severe complications from the use of anesthesia - one case per 200,000 operations. That is, the risk of dying on the way to the hospital (for example, had an accident or received on the head with bricks or icicle from the roof) is 25 times higher than the risk of dying as a result of general anesthesia.

Some patients may experience such unpleasant consequences of anesthesia, such as nausea, dizziness, temporary memory loss, sore throat, hoarseness, and so on. N. But these feelings usually pass quickly and do not cause harm to the body. And with the competent anesthetist and an individual approach to the patient such things do not happen.

It lacked a basis in reality, and the point of view that is particularly harmful to the health of some anesthesia, transferred over a short period of time. For example, it is known that patients with severe burns often receive general anesthesia and long (because they need regular dressings, and skin grafting and plastic), and while there are no reliable statistical evidence that anesthesia causes them serious complications.

Perhaps someone confused about the word "relatively healthy patients." It is clear that among those who routinely gets on the operating table, young and perfectly healthy people are not as often. Concomitant diseases - hypertension, angina, asthma, and so on. N. - Could complicate the work of the anesthesiologist. But this including consists professionalism anesthesiologist. After all, this person must receive before the operation is not a formal piece of paper from a neurologist, cardiologist or physician with the words "shown anesthesia" or "counter-anesthesia", and objective information about the state of human health.

Absolute contraindications to the use of anesthesia does not exist, but in some related diseases is still some degree of risk, which can and should be minimized. If the anesthesiologist considers that at the moment the patient's health is not optimal for the anesthesia, he will direct the patient to a specialist to rectify the situation (for example, to stabilize his blood pressure).

Not everyone in the teeth

In recent years it became fashionable to treat teeth under general anesthesia. View a huge number of large and small health centers that actively advertise this treatment, however, they are often unprepared for the safe conduct of anesthesia. Meanwhile dentistry - the only area where general anesthesia may often be associated with significant risk. Even in the United States and Europe, where the level of medicine is much higher than in Russia, doctors try to avoid anesthesia during dental procedures. The fact that in this case, the anesthesiologist does not have access to the respiratory tract, are unable to control their protective reflexes can not always prevent the leaking fluid (blood, pus) in the trachea, - and similar situations dangerous to life.

Unfortunately, in our country, willingness to pay is often the main indication - so to speak, 'every whim for your money. " Dental treatment under general anesthesia - just the case when no compelling reason to act up is not worth the price can be prohibitive. And if there is a real need for this, it is necessary to apply to the specialized centers, which have an operating unit with the necessary equipment, it is possible to provide emergency assistance in case of emergency put the patient in intensive care, or at least to the House postanesthetic observation.

In all other cases of contraindications to general anesthesia is not. On the contrary - some medical procedures and examinations much easier and safer to do under general anesthesia. For example, colonoscopy (bowel study) throughout the civilized world is a necessary procedure in the clinical examination in people over 50 years and it is mandatory performed under anesthesia. And not only that without anesthesia it can be painful and psychologically uncomfortable. And also the fact that if the patient has a heart condition or high blood pressure, you endure pain for it rather dangerous, and it can often lead to complications than competently anesthesia.

Of course, the risk of side effects from the use of anesthesia, the smaller the higher the qualification of anesthesiologist. And the output is the same: to prepare for surgery or examination under general anesthesia, it is necessary to as closely as possible to choose the medical establishment does not apply where "cheaper and closer to home," and to those professionals who are credible. It is best not to rely on the hype, and objective information on the experience of relatives and friends. It is not worth striving to ensure that your anesthesiologist has been a candidate or doctor of sciences, more importantly, that he was a great experience, extensive practice.

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"Surrogate tourism" under control

Indian authorities will regulate the so-called "surrogate tourism". A growing number of childless women in developed countries come to India to choose a surrogate mother to her unborn child.

Until recently, " surrogate tourism "Not governed by the laws of the country. Thousands of Indian women chose the opportunity to significantly improve their financial situation, to move out of the slums into decent quarters to buy a car and furniture. This practice was fully legalized in 2002, after which India quickly became the world center" surrogacy tourism ".

Prices for the services of Indian surrogate mother   75% cheaper than in the US or Western Europe, and in addition, this area is not controlled by the authorities. That's what attracted to India thousands of childless couples from the West. Indian pregnancy planning clinics booming visitors. According to experts, the industry surrogate mother d by 2012 will be a year to accumulate $ 2, 3 billion.

But now the authorities have decided to adopt measures to regulate " surrogacy tourism . "Thus, one of the measures will become law by which the child of a surrogate mother automatically becomes a citizen of India - this will help prevent numerous trials.

In addition, the clinics will forbid yourself to look for girls and women to the role of surrogate mothers . Most medical schools have been transformed into a kind of job centers expectant mothers - are held by the endless interviews with the candidates, who were attracted by advertising. Now search soiskatelnits will have to engage parents and the clinic will only pursue IVF.

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What is there to give birth to a girl?

Do you want to have a girl? Then you should be excluded from the diet of salt and bananas, as well as frequently as possible to have sex.

Scientists have put forward a new "food" theory of the separation of the sexes in the womb. Various versions of what to eat and what there is is not necessary to be born a boy or a girl, announced by doctors, traditional healers and ordinary people for many centuries. Now, researchers from the University of Maastricht, the Dutch made their own point of view on this issue.

They found that the combination of the "correct" time eating and sex is a key factor in the sexing   unborn child. So, wishing baby girl   We must take care to exclude from your diet foods rich in soda and calcium, such as potatoes, olives, bacon, salami, bananas, smoked salmon, prawns, savory rice, cheese, anchovies, processed meats, bread and pastries.

A lean necessary to food rich in calcium and magnesium. This category includes yogurt, hard cheese, canned salmon, rhubarb, spinach, tofu, almonds, oatmeal, broccoli, oranges, nuts and cashew nuts, whole grains, rice and beans. It is this diet and affects the formation of the child's sex, according to scientists from the Netherlands.

In addition, they recommend that women wishing baby girl Regularly have sex, but not directly in the days before and after ovulation. These conclusions were based on observations of 172 women from Western Europe at the age of 23 to 42 years old. Previously, all these ladies give birth to boys (in one case, just four) and all want this one to give birth to girls. Change of diet, as described above, gave a result of 80% of cases.

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"Where I ureaplasmas ?! "

Thousands of patients have hundreds of gynecologists ask this question every day: "Doctor, why I have ureaplasma? It's his fault ?! Or maybe I '...

Ureaplasmas   (Ureaplasma spp., Ureaplasma urealyticum, Ureaplasma parvum) and mycoplasma   (Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium) are very small organisms that live in the human urogenital system. Disputes about their pathogenicity (ability to cause disease) do not stop for a couple of decades. The number of "sad cowboy stories" about the failed or absurd attempts to treat the hundreds of thousands. I must say that the medical community is not in vain so exaggerates the subject. Indeed, data obtained by researchers to date, largely contradictory. While we will use domestic recommendations.

Where did ureaplasma?

Infection occurs primarily through sexual contact. We prove the transmission of infection from mother to fetus during pregnancy and during labor. Kotaktno-household transmission is considered unproven. However, human curiosity has no borders, and around the world published the results of several studies, which have been the objects of public toilets toilet seats. An experienced reader realizes that, say, a public toilet in Israel differs from the average Russian toilet. Nevertheless, results are disappointing. Despite the visible sheen and a pleasant smell, the researchers found on toilet seats and mycoplasma and ureaplasma. And in the women's restrooms, they are much more common.

The authors concluded that genital mycoplasma They survive on the toilet seat, which can lead to infection of domestic when visiting public restrooms. Let's look at the problem more broadly and will be considered "public" does not belong to you all toilets. The good news - ureaplasmas can not catch at the swimming pool, ponds and through the linen.

Ureaplasmas and semen

Numerous studies prove conclusively that ureaplazmennogo infection leads to the deterioration of semen - sperm becomes less, and they are worse than running around. I think the wonderful ability ureaplasmas "hugging" the sperm neck and ride. Of course, this sperm is much less likely to reach the egg. In addition, ureaplasmas release substances that make sperm thicker.

Of all the family is recognized as absolutely pathogenic Mycoplasma genitalium. By the way, it is not as common. This whimsical "lady" not grow on nutrient media, so the diagnosis is used PCR or other molecular-biological methods (NASBA, real-time PCR).

Signs that you need to be tested for M. genitalium:

• Inflammatory processes in the lower urinary tract.
• Complications (inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs, infertility and so on.) That are possible when infected with M. genitalium.

• Your sexual partner Identification of M. genitalium.
• change of sexual partners without the use of barrier methods of protection (condom).
• When planning and during pregnancy.

Signs that you need to be treated for M. genitalium:

• confirmation of infection M.genitalium any location.

• The presence of M. genitalium from a sexual partner.

• If the possibility of carrying out tests for M. genitalium is not, and clinical manifestations of inflammatory diseases of the lower genital tract is.

Others mycoplasma   (U. urealyticum, U. parvum, M. hominis) - recognized as opportunistic. What does it mean? These pathogens can be detected in perfectly healthy people and do not cause the time any disease. Moreover, they can leave alone the human body without any treatment.

Signs that should be tested for these kinds of mycoplasmas:

• clinical and laboratory signs of inflammation of the urogenital tract, in the absence of pathogenic microorganisms;

• burdened obstetric and gynecological history (miscarriage, infertility, perinatal losses and other.);

• complicated course of this pregnancy, suggesting a possible infection of the fetus.

Signs that need to be treated (if other than mycoplasmas and other pathogens have been identified)

• clinical and laboratory signs of inflammation of the urogenital system;

• Upcoming operational or other invasive diagnostic and treatment manipulations in the urinary organs (abortion insertion of an IUD, treatment of cervical pathology, the study of tubal patency, etc.);

• burdened obstetric and gynecological history (miscarriage, infertility, perinatal losses and other.);

• complicated course of this pregnancy, suggests the possibility of infection of the fetus.

The treatment should be administered in the presence of clinical manifestations of the inflammatory process, and in the event that U. urealyticum and M. hominis detected in an amount of more than 10x4 CFU / ml in the culture titer study.

Here not all so easy. Challenged and the need of quantification (because it is the number of the pathogen in vitro, but not in the genital tract), and the need to determine the sensitivity to antibiotics (in a lab dish and in vivo sensitivity may be different), and somehow it is not clear what to do if one partner asymptomatic carriage, and another - "eternal" inflammation. And so on to infinity.

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Forceps - there is no alternative?

Because forceps brain the boy turned irreversibly damaged. Why is this archaic instrument still used by doctors?

Having a baby should be the happiest moment of your life. But for an English Portogallo Emma and her partner Daniel Kutillo the birth of their son Xavier December 21 last year was the worst nightmare of all, they managed to survive. During birth, which took place in the district hospital in Scunthorpe, an obstetrician so zealous to forceps That unhappy 22-year-old Emma pulls back many times on the operating table. So much so that she had the bruises on the body.

Therefore, there was nothing to be surprised and that child also was damaged. All the baby was covered in blood when he finally learned to light. One eyeball he practically clambered out. Alas, the eye injury is not cost - forceps damaged skull, causing bleeding. And this in turn led to a brain damage .

During his 10 months Xavier suffered three operations on his left eye, in front of two surgical intervention. "Daniel was so horrified by what he saw, that was not even able to take his son in his arms in the operating room - crying Emma. - It is the first 7 months was afraid to approach him. Now Dan and will not hear of her second child. She says that the second time through a hell does not intend to take. We have already said that Xavier could soon be in a wheelchair. It is difficult at this stage to assess the full extent brain damage ".

How routine birth in one of the most developed countries of Europe of the 21st century could turn into a horror film? The answer to this one - forceps . About 35 thousand young Britons are still every year are born with this surgical know-how from the 18th century - one of every 20 newborns.

Ask most women in labor that they think about the forceps, and you'll hear a lot of horror stories. Let us put aside a lot of injuries, which are applied to children. Application forceps leading to post-traumatic stress in young mothers. Often develops and maieusiophobia - the strongest fear of childbirth, because of which the women refuse to even think about re pregnant.

So why forceps   They are still in the arsenal of physicians? Really, even with the current level of medical technology they did not appeared no alternative?

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Delicate decision intimate problems

For any woman a feeling of cleanliness and comfort is very important, especially when it comes to the intimate sphere. But it is no secret that the delicate problems occur quite often. Generally speaking they are not adopted, many hesitate to ask advice from a pharmacist in a pharmacy and even a gynecologist. Today we tell about the intimate discomfort - a state familiar to most women. Discomfort manifests irritation, itching, burning and dryness of the vagina. These unpleasant symptoms are often able to deliver real suffering. But even tolerable symptoms may be a sign of beginning on or protracted violations in the intimate area.

Cause trouble

First of all, an intimate discomfort lies in wait for women who took antibiotics. It is important to remember that antibiotics can cause not only a violation of intestinal microflora, but also the natural flora of the vagina. The most useful microorganisms are vaginal lactobacilli. They create a physiological acidic environment that inhibits the growth of "bad" bacteria. When antibiotics lactobacilli are suppressed, and their place is occupied by "foreign" bacteria, including pathogens. This condition is called dysbiosis. When dysbiosis increased risk of infections and inflammation of the vagina.

By the same effects could result in treatment of thrush and antifungal drugs. Generally, any vaginal antibacterial drugs (in the form of suppositories, vaginal tablets) may inhibit the natural flora and provide chemical irritation to the delicate mucous membrane, which further causes the unpleasant symptoms of discomfort.

Other causes of violations of the acidity of the vagina and the imbalance of microflora are the reduction of local immunity and hormonal disorders. This often occurs at physiological conditions such as pregnancy and postpartum period.

The natural solution

Fortunately, the solution to this delicate problem exists. Protect yourself from unpleasant symptoms curative gels Ginokomfort® Specifically created to address all the problems associated with intimate discomfort.

Gels Ginokomfort® :

• quickly eliminate all unpleasant symptoms: irritation, itching, and dryness of the vagina;

• contribute to the normalization of the natural microflora and maintain an acidic pH;

• restore the mucous after antibiotic treatment and after infectious processes of the vagina (eg, thrush);

• provide long-term feeling of moisture and comfort;

• have anti-inflammatory effects and accelerate the healing of micro.

In case of unpleasant symptoms: irritation, itching, burning and dryness - use   Gel Ginokomfort® with essential oils of tea tree. It has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity, and is used in the recovery period following treatment with antibiotics and antifungals. Also Gel Ginokomfort®   tea tree oil is recommended for getting rid of the discomfort that arises during pregnancy or after childbirth.

After thoroughly eliminates all symptoms of use Gel Ginokomfort® mallow extract.

In addition to anti-inflammatory, it has a shielding effect and maintains the natural defense of the vagina. Gel Ginokomfort®   mallow extract suitable for permanent use as a preventive care of mucosa prone to irritation and dryness.

Gels Ginokomfort®   It contains only natural ingredients and have no side effects.

Using gels Ginokomfort®   will forget about the unpleasant discomfort and give a sense of intimate harmony.

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Three simple treatment for a sore throat

In urban drugstores hundreds of different means for treating a sore throat, many of which cost is quite expensive. But the high price does not always mean efficiency, and some very effective drugs, you may find right in your kitchen.

Sore throat

Rinse honey

Honey coats the throat and has mild antibacterial properties. Add two or three teaspoons of honey one cup of warm water. The resulting solution must be gargle several once a day, and sore throat   held fast enough. It is known that honey has and restorative properties.

Gargle with salt water

Salt water rinse people sore throat   For many centuries, because it is one of the most effective ways to treat cold symptoms. Salt It helps remove moisture from mucous membranes, thus diluting the mucus. it It helps cleanse the throat of phlegm, which causes the characteristic cough. Dissolve half a teaspoon of salt in a glass of warm water and rinse a sore throat three or four times daily.

Rinse mint

The peppermint oil contained in mint, there are substances that help open the nasal passages. Especially well this the effect is noticeable when you use for rinsing saturated mint tea. In one cup of boiled water you need to put two bags of mint tea and give it brew for 4-5 minutes. Drink should be cooled down to rinse a sore throat several times a day. Essential oil based mint can be used for rubbing with a strong cold. (READ MORE)

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10 ways to beat a sore throat

Although colds often accompany us in the winter, summer with Russia it is extremely changeable weather also often causes the patient throat. And now the 10 most effective ways to quickly get rid of the ailment.

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1. Anti-inflammatory drugs

This is the most effective means of treatment of sore throat . The drugs in this group are widely sold without a prescription, not only eliminate pain, but also reduce inflammation.

2. Rinse with salt water

Several scientific studies have confirmed that This technique gives a good effect in the fight against sore throat, reducing inflammation and helping to get rid of bacteria. In a cup of water it is recommended to add half a teaspoon of salt. If salty taste is not very pleasant to you, then add a little honey.

3. lozenges and sprays

These products stimulate saliva production, which makes it moisten the throat. Choose candy with a cooling effect, such as menthol and eucalyptus.

4. Cough syrup

Even if your sore throat is not accompanied by a cough, the Syrup can still help. It envelops a sore throat and temporarily reduces the intensity of the pain.

5. Water and other liquids

AT treatment of sore throat   it is essential to consume a lot of water, that urine was slightly yellow or transparent. This moisturizes laryngeal mucosa and more effective control of bacteria.

6. Tea

If you are tired of drinking water, drink hot tea herbs. It provides almost instant soothing effect on sore throat. Antioxidants strengthen the immune system and help fight infections.

7. Chicken Soup

Favorite means of our grandmothers, who were completely right. Chicken soup has anti-inflammatory properties.

8. Marshmallow

Accurate scientific evidence of its effectiveness is not, but the marshmallow used to combat sore throat for hundreds of years, and quite successfully.

9. Recreation

It's not the fastest way to treat, but one of the most reliable. Just lie down in bed and read a book. Give your body a rest.

10. Antibiotics

Approximately 10% of cases of sore throat caused by bacterial infection, such as Streptococcus pyogenes. Only if this tests infection were positive (and in any other way!), you can try antibiotics. (READ MORE)

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Scientists: the Urals synthesized cure for Ebola

The drug is capable to win deadly virus, was developed by the Ural scientists 30 years ago an agent for treatment of influenza. Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said that the potential of this vaccine in the fight against Ebola It is very high, as evidenced by the results of the first test.

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  Currently, the drug Triazavirin synthesized decades ago, experts from Institute of Organic Synthesis. I.Ya.Postovskogo Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, in clinical trials. The action of the drug is investigated in several exotic viruses.
 
  It was decided to test start after there were comforting evidence that the the vaccine can be very effective in the treatment of patients infected Ebola. The head of the Ministry of Health Veronika Skvortsova has confirmed that the drug Triazavirin, which was originally developed as a treatment for 15 different strains of influenza (including the "bird flu"), has shown great promise as funds from the Ebola virus.

"Now Triazavirin investigated on several exotic viruses. The first data show that it is very effective against Ebola virus ", - he explained Skvortsova.

  Also, the head of department added that the final results of these tests, researchers will close by 2015.
 
  The Minister explained why a cure for influenza, created the Ural scientists 30 years ago today It allows us to consider it and the cure for the deadly fever, frightening the whole world. According to Veronica Skortsovoy, physicians already convinced of the high efficiency of the vaccine in the treatment of fever Marburg - disease, which is a "sister" of Ebola. Affirmative result from the use of the drug in the treatment of the above amounted fever 90%.
 
  It also reported that effective drug interested in the World Health Organisation. It is planned, in early 2015 to begin a clinical trial in volunteers West Africa - an agreement on this among the Russian Ministry of Health and the authorities Guinea is already there. (READ MORE)

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Every day, 200 people in Russia infected with HIV

Russian specialists were recorded daily about 200 cases of HIV infection. The main sources of infection in our country are sex and heterosexual transmission of disease through drug use.

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By the end of 2015 the number of infected HIV infection   in Russia could exceed a million. Since 1987, the Federal Centre for the Prevention and Control of AIDS was reported 864, 4 thousand. HIV-infected citizens of Russia and about 22, 4 ths. HIV-positive foreigners. Over the past four years, especially a lot of new registered cases of infection, there is a tendency of growth. For example, in 2011 there were 60 thousand, in 2012 - 70 thousand, in 2013 - 80 thousand, this year we expect even more, plus about 30 thousand infected people living in the Crimea.

"The order of 200 cases, we registered HIV infections daily, and infections may be more. I'm not kidding - it was a day. And somewhere in the 49% - are women, mostly young, from 25 to 35 years ", - said the head of the Federal Research and Methodological Center for Prevention and Control of AIDS Vadim Pokrovsky at a press conference at the central office of" Interfax ".

Academician also emphasized that Russia's major carriers HIV infection   They are not gay, as in many other countries, and drug addicts. In second place are sex between a man and a woman. The share of male homosexuals account for only 1 1 percent of infections.

Every year increases not only the number of cases, but the mortality rate among HIV-infected. In 2011, 18 thousand people died in 2012 - 20 thousand, in 2013 - 22 thousand. The total number of deaths in 1986 was about 170 thousand people. Die most people under the age of 35 years, which adversely affects the demographics of the country.

Approximately 0, 5 percent of the population are officially registered as HIV carriers. But as the disease is 10 years, asymptomatic, HIV-infected   Russians can be twice as much. The highest number of infected noted in Irkutsk, Samara and Sverdlovsk regions. (READ MORE)

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The virus that eats flesh, still incurable

In Guinea, says a new outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic disease, which has killed 59 people. The virus that eats flesh and causing massive internal and external bleeding, unfortunately, is incurable.

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At least 59 residents of Guinea died, infected Ebola As experts say the United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF. The first cases of a deadly virus disease were reported in the country last year. Because of the fever no vaccines or drugs, the only way to protect is to isolate the sick and the lack of direct contact with them. Therefore, the government asks victims of the disease do not leave the house.

Ebola

  Ebola   It spreads from person to person by direct contact with blood, body fluids and tissues of the carriers of the virus. The disease kills between 25% and 90% of those infected, and its characteristic symptoms are internal and external bleeding, vomiting and diarrhea. UNICEF Representative in Guinea said that in this country with a very low level of development of the medical infrastructure impact of the epidemic could be disastrous, so the international community should immediately come to the rescue.

UNICEF has already started deliveries of medicines and food, and to send experts to train local medical staff in Guinea the basics of defense against infection. Analysts, meanwhile, note that this is the first such outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, since this disease had often observed in countries such as Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Guinean authorities asked citizens to remain calm, wash hands thoroughly and to report any cases of infection. (READ MORE)

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The Ebola virus can be transmitted through the air to start

Experts fear that the virus Ebola can be spread through the air, not only through the direct exchange body fluid. In this case, the epidemic may be catastrophic.

Ebola virus

Until recently, people said that Ebola virus transmitted only by direct contact of a healthy person and a patient - at exchange of body fluids, ie by sputum, blood and other secretions. it many times reduces the potential scale of the epidemic, but now experts say likelihood that air transmission is not excluded.

Several researchers area of ​​the disease suggest that virus Ebola   mutates and the next generation of this severe disease may be much more dangerous for mankind. So an expert in virology Charles Bailey, who in 1989 helped the US government to fight outbreak of Ebola virus among rhesus macaques, told the LA Times: "We know as a fact that the virus occurs in the sputum, but no one He has not proved that coughing and sneezing is the only way to transfer virus. Persistent allegations that the Ebola virus is transmitted only when direct contact and spreads through the air, not groundless! "

I agree with him and Dr. CJ Peters, who conducted research on the Ebola virus for the Centre for the Control and Disease prevention. "We have no evidence that could exclude the possibility of transmission of the virus through the air, "- he said. Meanwhile, virologist Philip Russell, the former head of the US Army Medical and Research Center, said: "I see that the authorities want to reduce fears in society, but from a scientific point of view, we are in the midst of the first experimental multiple serial transmission of the virus among humans. And only God knows, how the disease will be after that. I personally do not know. "

So far, the Ebola virus killed more than 3,800 people in West Africa, it infected about 8000 people. The first sick and the dead were in the United States and Europe. (READ MORE)

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How to protect aging immune system

It does not grow old if your immune system is too soon? Here's how we can slow down this unpleasant process.

We all know about the typical signs of aging such as pain in the knees, with gray hair and wrinkles on the face. But scientists say that the age is evident not only on the skin and joints. Our the immune system   also aging, and its ability to repel the attacks of bacteria are becoming increasingly limited. The aging of the immune system, it loses its own "memory", which stores information on how to deal with various infections and viruses.

Weakened immune system confronts us with the threat of becoming victims of a variety of diseases - from colds to cancer. And just as some people have gray hair appears ahead of time, the aging process immune system   also, in some cases, start early. A man of 50 years may be immune 80th. Fortunately, there are ways to stop premature aging.

We know that lifestyle changes (diet, sports, healthy sleep) can have a positive impact on strengthening the immune system. Now scientists are actively exploring other options, including hormone therapy. Many of these techniques are slow or reverse let decrease thymus - thymus, which matures in protective T cells. For example, scientists have been able to increase the size of the thymus and increase the production of T cells by using human growth hormone. It ensures the growth and reproduction of notches.

In addition, the immune system strengthened and seasonal vaccines, from which most Russians still somehow refrain. For example, the flu shot is especially useful for children and the elderly, because they increase the body's defenses. Do not forget about a sufficient amount of vitamins and minerals in the diet, which ensure the effectiveness of certain immune cells.

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Massage affects the immune system

New research has confirmed all the benefits of regular massage. With it strengthens the immune system, as established researchers from Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.

The researchers focused on the immune and neuroendocrine level, decided to follow the impact here will have regular sessions Massage . It was decided to continue monitoring for five weeks. During this period volunteers received one or two times a week or buffet massage Or therapy with a soft touch.

The result of research shows conclusively favor massage immune system . With the help of this ancient therapy sessions can effectively deal with depression, anxiety and fear, asthma, back pain, fatigue, and even HIV, as the researchers note. A study leader Dr. Mark Rapoport believes that if observations were continued for more than five weeks, that science has at its disposal to even more convincing evidence of the effectiveness of massage and its impact on immune system .

Today, massage is recognized as one of the oldest methods of healing with which relax the muscles of the body, improves blood circulation, provided the stimulation of nerve endings. The first documented description of massage in the text of medicine, whose age has 4000 years. The importance of massage mentioned in the fourth century BC, the great Greek doctor, the "father of medicine" Hippocrates.

In one of his writings he found the phrase: "The physician must be able to do a lot of different things, and, of course, master the art of friction of the human body."

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Red wine preserve vision

Nutritionists have long been proven to be beneficial for the body of red wine. Now found yet another useful feature: red wine helps keep vision.

Researchers from the School of Medicine at the University of Washington (USA) found that red wine   contains components Resveratrol . He is able to prevent some of the disease leading to blindness. Resveratrol   It was also found in grapes, blueberries, peanuts.

Scientists conducted a study on laboratory animals. It was found that p esveratrol   monitors and prevents damage to the retinal blood vessels and helping preserve vision . Initially, they planned to find out whether the component can slow down the aging process. As a result, scientists have discovered another surprising effect.

According to the research group, these data can be the basis of a completely new kind of therapy. The advantage of this component is that patients can use it with a meal or a drink and avoid injuries. Work has begun on tablets. Scientists plan to create the desired concentration of resveratrol in the preparations. They also suggest that the substance may be used for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and some cancers.

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Meditation enhances the brain in the past month

Meditation improves the performance of the neural network of the brain in just a month, as established researchers. This opens up new possibilities in the treatment of mental disorders.

Researchers from the University of Oregon found that only four weeks or 11:00 Meditation   sufficient to cause actual physical changes in the human brain. They are attracted to the experimental group of students who started regularly practicing meditation sessions during the month.

The nerve fibers in the brain, known as the white matter, with regular meditation   acquired greater density, which led to the creation of a larger number of connections between neurons of the brain. At the same time, and there was an increase in myelin - the protective layer of nerve fibers.

This effect was observed in the anterior lumbar cortex, which helps to regulate human behavior. Low nerve activity in this area of ​​the brain is associated with a variety of mental problems, including attention deficit disorder, dementia, depression, and even schizophrenia.

"Our research has given a clear picture of what happens in the human brain under the influence of regular meditation - says study author Professor Michael Posner. - We have confirmed the exact location of the areas in which there are changes in the white matter, which we found earlier. These changes are quite comparable to the processes that occur in childhood brain passing through the process of formation and development. The data obtained can be used in the treatment of various psychiatric disorders and diseases. "

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Antibiotics are dangerous for children

Sometimes the best medicine for our children is the absence of any drug. Doctors continue to distribute antibiotics to the right and to the left at any diseases, and mothers continue to treat their cough and runny nose. Not realizing thereby exposing the health and life of his child far more danger.

If you ask your doctor to prescribe child antibiotics He will do it in 60-70 cases out of a hundred, even if it is known that these drugs do not help the little patient. Parents continue with perseverance worthy of a better cause, cure antibiotics viruses And it is in vain. This can cause the appearance of serious side effects, dangerous not only for health, but also for children, as indicated by the well-known American expert in the field of Health Dr. Richard Besser.

In 62% of cases, doctors prescribe antibiotics at the request of the parents, and only 7% (!), based on their feelings of the need of these drugs. And it is in America. In Russia, most of the antibiotics can be bought without a prescription at all, than parents are very active. They treat their children's runny nose, cough and even infections in the ear.

Psychologists warn that in most cases when the parents ask the doctor to write Children antibiotics In fact, they ask for help. Do not blindly follow their desires. How often do any mother giving her son a cold antibiotic, then assigns the recovery of the child medication, but in fact it happened. In the future this will be the mother of the baby stuff antibiotics for any illness that will eventually lead to the birth of a mega-resistant strain of bacteria against which any antibiotics will be powerless.

In many cases, children themselves organisms cope with the disease. Their struggle can be supported with vitamins or hot broth, but in any case no antibiotics. Sometimes the best medicine for the child to be the absence of any drug.

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Researchers have found a way to make the brain clear

For a more precise study of tissues of the human body, scientists from Stanford University have invented a new technology research and analysis of the brain that allows you to make it "transparent".

Firstly, the new technology proposed by researchers from Stanford, will allow more qualitatively to study the human brain. Secondly, it will reduce the risk of damage to the brain tissue to a minimum.

New brain research is nerentgenovskoe "candling" brain based on the use of a special gel that is going to lipid membranes. Scientists introduced into this substance luminous reagents that hardens allow most clearly see all the changes.

The technology is relevant, however, only to the brain, which is already removed from the body, but scientists promise will soon offer an improved version of analogue and MRI for the "closed" the study of the human brain.

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Laysan Utiasheva secretly became a mother

According to media reports, his first-born the famous gymnast and TV presenter Laysan Utiasheva gave birth at the beginning of May. TV star now with the little boy is in Europe. But the childbirth Uiyasheva prefer to entrust all the American doctors.

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According to the newspaper "" 7D "at the end of pregnancy, 27-year-old gymnast was advised by the same doctors that were previously addressed Zhanna Friske. Having learned that over the years of career, Laysan case of serious sports injuries, doctors established telediva for special surveillance. After complicated fractures in athletes run the risk of not bear a child, but fortunately with Utyasheva this did not happen. Her birth safely held in one of the private clinics in Miami, and soon with the newborn son gymnast returned to Europe.

That Utyasheva prepares to become a mother, the press reported in April. The news came as a surprise even to know the athletes, who decided not to bring to the attention of her pregnancy. Laysan itself already was then in Europe, where allegedly went on vacation.

Carefully hides her personal life TV star start after several failed romances. At various times Utyasheva associated relationship with the musician Peter Drang, businessman Valery Lomadze. Romancing the Drang has not turned into a wedding, which wanted to Laysan. Lomadze after breaking Utyasheva filed for the court, demanding the return of their donated cars and jewelry.

And now the athlete prefers not to open until the name of the father of the child, despite the fact that the media has long been reported about her relationship with showman Paul Will and their wedding. All the secrets Utyasheva promised to reveal when he returns to Russia with a child on his birthday, June 28.

Earlier Laysan recognized that it plays an important role Zulfiya opinion of her mother if she did not approve polkonnika, she gave him the heave-ho. The mother believed that her daughter should not succumb to the minute of passion and immediately catches the senses with his head. (READ MORE)

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Russian Ministry of Health will update the list of essential drugs

Major reform awaits VED list (vital and essential drugs). This was on Friday informed the head of the federal system of Health Veronika Skvortsova.

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Currently, the list of essential drugs provided free Russians, appear 7, 5000 trade name drugs, with species of little more than 500 medications.

"This diversity and breadth of guarantees of any country in the world over did not take" - said the head of the Ministry of Health in an interview.

To solve this problem, officials want to review VED list   in terms of effectiveness prescribed medication therein. "We want to include in it those medications that really help patients, as evidenced by the results of the research," - said Veronika Skvortsova, promising that the amended list will be the same for residents of all regions of the country.

If this initiative of the Ministry of Health will support the government, experts will be engaged immediately revision approved drugs in inpatient and outpatient segment for privileged categories of citizens. According to the head of the federal agency, the document is left to Dmitry Medvedev to sign.

"I hope that this will be done in the coming days," - she said, noting that the VED list will not be reduced.

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"Personal e-mail account of the patient" will be available to Russians in April

This was told the head of the Ministry of Health Veronika Skvortsova, speaking at an enlarged meeting of the board of the federal agency. The long-awaited service will be available to Russians in the middle of next week.

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Through the program "Personal e-mail office patient "Any citizen of the country will be able to look at your medical records, without leaving home. Tools developed at the initiative of the Ministry of Health, allows you to store the results of surveys made in different clinics, in one place, thanks to the patient receives full information about their health status and previously therapeutic procedures.

The latest IT-development saves time and nerves, because now learn the diagnosis, make a doctor, call the emergency care at any time and in any place, provided that there is internet.

"Before the end of this year will be implemented throughout another very useful service," - promised the head of the Ministry of Health, referring to the "workplace of the doctor."

This system has been tested at the beginning of last year. Since then, access to it received 27 thousand health workers, who, according to Veronica Skvortsova, praised this resource.

Service "physician jobs" offers quick access to registered users to normative bases, scientific library, electronic forms, etc., which significantly saves time paramedics to fill official papers and locating any necessary background information.

In his speech, Veronika Skvortsova, shared data, and the popularity of the service

"Electronic record to the doctor," which was launched in December 2012 goals.

"Currently registered almost 255 visits. At the same time 49 million Russians made an appointment through a single portal of public services ", - she said.

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In medical institutions the wish to reduce the budget places

Graduates of medical schools today is more than you need - as stated recently the Minister of Health Veronika Skvortsova. Therefore, the agency does not rule out that the number of budget places in medical schools will be reduced.

According to the Ministry of Health, every year Russia produced more than 50 thousand young physicians, of whom 22 thousand out of the walls of public schools and about 30 thousand - of private universities. Veronika Skvortsova argues that such a number of graduates exceeds the needs of the health sector of the country in the new frames. "But I must say that not all of them (graduates) are going in the industry", - explained while Madam Minister.

Says Veronika Skvortsova, Russian Ministry of Health is considering the possibility that the low places in medical schools could be curtailed, since it has a pool. At the same time the head of the health ministry complained about the level of training of doctors in Russian medical schools .

"I appreciate (it) is ugly, it is the biggest problem today. The level of training of doctors is not just down, he shamelessly low. Unfortunately, this applies not only to private medical schools, but also a large number of well-known universities, "- said Skvortsov.

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Alcohol will stop Alzheimer's

Older people, who enjoy a small amount of alcohol, less likely to fall victim to dementia. That is the conclusion drawn by researchers.

It turns out, the moderate alcohol consumption It can be a good protection Alzheimer   and other types of dementia. Researchers from the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim, Germany found that retirees over 75 years, daily drink a glass of wine, 40% less likely to become victims of this terrible and incurable disease, which is the scourge of the elderly.

The study involved 3200 people over 75 years, which at the start of observations had no evidence Alzheimer   and regular visits to GPs. At first they were being watched and a half years, and three years later conducted a follow-up study. At 217 pensioners at that time manifested dementia. And best of all things were precisely those who enjoy a glass alcohol   in a day.

"There were no significant differences in the type of alcohol we did not find, - said in the conclusion of scientists. - It can be wine, beer, cognac or something else. It is important that really was moderate consumption."

Over the past 71 '31 entire study, which was attended by 153,856 people sought link between moderate alcohol   and the preservation of cognitive function in the elderly. The vast majority of these studies proved that such a link exists. Alcohol actually reduces the risk of Alzheimer And vascular and other dementias.

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Shock: alcohol strengthens immunnitet

Alcohol can strengthen the immune system, such as American scientists have found. However, it is only a moderate use of alcoholic beverages.

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In the authoritative scientific journal Vaccine reported how researchers decided to vaccinate the animals, and then to provide them with access to alcohol. It turned out that   use of alcohol   It helps the body to experiment participants to develop a rapid immune response to the vaccine. As the scientists hope this discovery will enable science to more clearly understand the immune system and its response to various kinds of infections and vaccines.

This is not the first scientific study that shows use of alcohol   to human health. Previously, scientists have proved that drinking alcoholic beverages is associated with lower levels of premature mortality. But it is only a moderate use (no more than 1-2 glasses of wine per day). If this bracket increases, the health is endangered, and the mortality rate, by contrast, is growing.

Cautious use of alcohol   It strengthens the immune system, and even suppresses excessive immune response to the vaccine. The difference between moderate and excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages is set by the National Institute of struggle with alcoholism and alcohol abuse USA. Its experts believe that the problems begin, if a man regularly drinks during the day more than 4 servings of alcohol, and a woman more than three.

According to the publication British Medical Journal, alcohol abuse is a global problem. 4% of deaths worldwide are linked with alcohol. (READ MORE)

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A glass of wine - for mental health

Moderate alcohol consumption reduces the risk of dementia, as established by scientists from the United States. To achieve this effect is not necessary to use more than two drinks per day for men and one for women.

If the specified dose is not exceeded, then the person will receive additional protection from the threat of dementia and cognitive disorders. Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics School of Medicine Stitch at Loyola University in Chicago Edward Nifsi and Michael Collins analyzed 143 studies conducted in the period from 1977 to the present day. During this time they have taken part more than 365 thousand people.

Final data are published in the journal Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. It is reported that moderate alcohol consumption on people 23% less likely to become victims of cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The greatest defense in this case has the wine, although most of the studies did not mention the type of alcohol.

Abuse of alcohol, which begins after consuming 3-5 doses per day, on the contrary, increases the risk of cognitive impairment and dementia. However, this finding was not considered statistically significant, based on available data.

"We do not recommend non-drinker begin to drink - says Professor Nifsi. - But moderate alcohol consumption And I'm talking about moderation, can be beneficial. "

The benefits of small doses of alcohol persisted after controlling for other factors, including age, education, and smoking. No difference in the effects of alcohol on men and women in this respect, the researchers found.

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Ideal birth five children in three minutes

These genera accurately be called God's blessing when you consider that children born to a pair of Christian missionaries. Quintuplets were born one after the other for three minutes.

Doctors at the University of Chicago Medical Center referred to the childbirth perfect and impeccable. The birth of five children at once, usually passes is not easy, there are complications that threaten both for children and for mothers. Even the kids are not sufficiently strong, and many of their bodies are underdeveloped.

But this time it was different. Although childbirth   carried out for a period of 27 weeks, and the weight of infants ranged from 500 g to 1 kg, and their 34-year-old mother gave birth to John Kerry surprisingly fast and easy. The woman spent an hour under anesthesia, and themselves births took about three minutes.

Thus were born brothers Will, David and Seth and sister Alice and Grace. All the kids are in satisfactory condition, their lives and health are not threatened. Perhaps the main reason for such ideal birth was to prepare them medical staff, which began in the weeks before the event.

Even then it was formed by a team of doctors and nurses, who expect to receive specific signals to pagers, as well as the announcement of the color code on the loudspeaker at the hospital to immediately rushed to the maternity care. Brigade conducted several training and the role of each of its members has been learned by heart.

Carrie felt herself that her birth will be easy, but she did not expect that everything will happen so quickly and easily. Baby was born by caesarean section a few days ago, but happy parents have already put their pictures on their website.

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Childbirth predict blood

The latest blood test that can tell about the risk of premature birth, can help millions of expectant mothers. It is expected that soon it will go into wide practice.

According to scientists, 80% premature birth   It can detect even before they start using blood test That should be taken during the second trimester. At present, the risk is automatically entered, only those women who have already appeared in the light of a premature baby, or those who experienced complications during childbirth.

So expectant mothers are advised to reduce risks   premature birth   due to changes in lifestyle. They recommended more rest, and in addition, doctors give pregnant hormones that help to keep the baby in the womb longer. Premature births are considered to occur before the 37th week of pregnancy. According to statistics, accounting for 8% of all births.

Now US researchers from the University of Utah discovered three new peptide in the blood of eight out of every ten women who have passed through the premature birth.   Total attention of experts in the field of 160 were pregnant for a period of 24 to 28 weeks, of which about half of the baby was born prematurely. With an accuracy of 80%   blood test   the presence of the peptides reported risk of premature birth, which is a very high figure.

In the future, scientists will try to develop a therapy based on the results of the test, which will help avoid the risk of birth of preterm infants. As for the blood test, it can be used to start a year later. Since this is not a new drug, it is not required to undergo long-term testing, to find out the side effects, etc.

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Sport makes the fathers of the men, and the TV - impotent

Regular exercise increases the chances of men on paternity, as scientists have found out Harvard University. And the less the stronger sex is sitting in front of TV, the better its ability to engage in the offspring.

Harvard scientists have noticed that men who spend watching television three hours a day and more, almost half thereby reducing their chances of paternity . But regular exercise in this matter are very useful. What is surprising, because earlier researchers found poor sperm quality among professional cyclists, runners and participants in the triathlon.

It has even been suggested that the decline sperm count   and the fall of the speed of their movement due to the fact that these athletes spend many hours on the narrow bicycle saddles and move in tight lycra suits that have a compressive force in the genital area. But Harvard scientists believe that male fertility grueling hours of physical activity are harmful in themselves, regardless of their species.

Researchers have shown that moderate load, on the contrary, lead to the highest sperm count . This is most clearly when compared sperm physically active men with those of their peers, who prefer to spend their free time on the couch. So, exercise for a total of 15 hours per week (exercises from moderate to severe in intensity) lead to the fact that adhering to this rhythm male sperm count is 73% higher than those who engaged in less than five hours per week. Weak load does not have any effect at all.

But watching television 20 or more hours per week reduces the sperm count by 44% compared to those men who barely pay attention to the TV. These studies are published in the journal British Journal of Sports Medicine. Moreover, scientists thought the sperm are not middle-aged men, and students from 18 to 22 years, that is, by definition, the most fertile of the stronger sex. (READ MORE)

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Andrei Malakhov nearly died of an overdose

Every day, appearing on television, the famous Russian TV presenter Andrey Malakhov anxiously watching the appearance and physical form. But it is a passionate desire to have a beautiful athletic figure almost cost him his life.

The press has become known fact from the biography of Andrew, which occurred a few years ago. It turns out, host of the popular talk show "Let Them Talk" was so obsessed with the dream of an ideal figure that was carried away by special additives that help build muscles.

As recognized by the presenter himself, tempted to try steroids did not appear immediately.

"I honestly went to the gym for six years without eating anything. I thought that the "pure sport" will help. But then I realized that everything is not so: it says about my stupidity and provincialism ... "- leads words of the media crowd favorite.

  Apparently frustrated by the "pure" fitness, does not bring the desired results, it was too large, and the desire to have a prominent biceps - too strong, because he started taking steroids is very active. However, this enthusiasm for costly Andrew - one day he felt so bad that he was in intensive care.

Doctors put Malakhov diagnosis - an overdose of chemicals and literally returned to him from the world, then presenter vowed never to use dangerous stimulants. Currently, Andrew continued to regularly visit a fitness club, exercise extremely satisfied.

"I think in every area is a" bell ", which calls and warns you about something ... Something like that was me. I did not leave the fitness - I still do - but without chemistry, "- said TV presenter.

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Parents cold "does not take"

American researchers from Carnegie Mellon University argue that the presence of children safeguard adults from rhinovirus. To explain this finding, scientists have not been able, however, the facts presented by them, can not be questioned.

Employees Univertiteta subjected to contact with rhinovirus 795 physically healthy adults aged 18 to 55 years. Preliminary study participants passed tests for determining their immunity to infections and underwent questioning. They had to indicate their sex, weight, date of birth, education, activity, marital status and presence of children.
As it turned out during the experiment, people who had offspring, the possibility to pick up colds decreased on average by 52%. In families where brought up one or two children, the parents were resistant to the virus by 48%, and many children mothers and fathers - 61%. At the same time adults living apart from their offspring, resistance to disease was even higher - 73%.
However, high immunity to colds acted only in people older than 24 years. Younger subjects were equally ill, regardless, they had children or not.
The study authors hypothesized that resistance to colds is explained by the psychological satisfaction of adults on the presence of a child.

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Infections during pregnancy cause autism in children

Bacterial infections during pregnancy diagnosed by doctors in hospitals, increasing the risk of having a child with autism. This conclusion was American scientists from the Research Center at the insurance company Kaiser Permanente.

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A group of researchers led by Dr. Lisa Kron studied 407 children with autism in 2075 of their peers who did not have the disorder, which is selected in the control group. To the attention of the researchers were children born from January 1995 to June 1999, covered by Kaiser Permanente health insurance for at least the first two years of life.

"Although infection in pregnant women were quite common, our study showed that the vast majority of them does not increase the risk of autism in children - says Lisa Kron. - Only those bacterial infection Who have been diagnosed by doctors in a hospital, is dangerous. We found that these mothers often give birth to babies with ASD ".

Among infections increase the risk of autism by 58%, that women are in the hospital, the study mentions bacterial infection   the genitals, urinary tract and amniotic fluid. However, the percentage of children born with autism, even taking into account this risk factor was low. So women, faced with bacterial infections, children with ASD   born in the 1, 5% of cases, while women in the control group at 0, 5%.

The greatest danger is posed by bacterial infections during the second trimester. In this case, the risk of autism in a child increased more than threefold. (READ MORE)

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Maxim Galkin has given his first interview about their children

Young father became the hero of the "Live with Boris Korchevnikovym" on TV channel "Russia 1". 37-year-old comedian answered numerous questions about his personal life and told how a newborn is controlled by his wife, Alla Pugacheva.

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The fact that in 2002 Primadonna freeze their ova, Maxim Galkin learned only after their wedding (in 2011).

"I am extremely happy that at the time Alla provided for the birth of our children together", - he said.

How to name the baby, Pugachev also solved itself. Her young husband could only approve liked the combination. "My name is - not very good middle name, but the woman was able to find interesting options. Elizabeth and Harry Maksimovna Galkin - sounds good and is well remembered! "- Said the young father.

Maxim Galkin confessed - despite the fact that the children were born more September 18, he still remains in seventh heaven. His unceasing euphoria actor explains that long dreamed of posterity.

"Now I know what feelings are experiencing loving parents when held in the hands of a small gift of fate" - said the happy father.

The name of the biological mother of Lisa and Harry, he did not name. This information is still kept in secret. "We were pleasantly surprised that the news about adding to our family leaked to the media after a delay of three weeks. All those with whom we had to communicate, and that doctors, lawyers and members of the registrar, turned decent people ", - said Maxim.

The fact that the surrogate mother will be born twins, Galkin and Pugacheva   I could not even dream. For them it was a pleasant surprise.

"Those who are familiar with the technology of surrogacy, know that a female uterus implanted two eggs - in case one is not accustomed. In our case, both developed and it is a miracle! "- Told the new father.

According to him, Alla - wonderful mother. Despite the fact that the kids have a professional nurse, she feeds the Diva, a veil and goes to him at night. "Of course, she was very worried - afraid to do something wrong, but this is understandable - the last time she did a child when born Christine" - explained humorist, without mentioning how many years ago it was. (READ MORE)

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Sensation: Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin became parents

One of the most striking pair of Russian show business appeared twins. Boys and girls famous surrogate gave birth to the couple. The news media has confirmed a spokesman for Christina Aguilera.

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Shestidesyatichetyrehletnyaya Diva has repeatedly said that her husband wants to give the children. However, Alla always aware of the chances and knew that she could not bear a child.

And the long-awaited event in the star family there - for example, the former wife of Philip Kirkorov Alla and Maxim Galkin decided to seek the services of a surrogate mother. Media claim that the boy and girl were born as early as last weekend.

The first news of the addition to the family of the singer and humorist said Igor Nikolayev's wife Julia Proskuryakova. "We are shocked with Igor, just learned this firsthand. First, we do not believe it! "- She wrote in her Twitter.

Later this information was confirmed by an official representative Christina Aguilera Daria Burlakov "

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  happy to congratulate all of them, we are very happy for them! "

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Alla Pugacheva and Maxim Galkin have been together for 12 years. About a year ago in an interview Diva admitted that she thought seriously about adoption, but abandoned the idea because she was afraid not cope with motherhood for health reasons. However, as it turned out, the desire to have children is still tipped the scales. (READ MORE)

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Open the unusual property of earwax

Earwax is much substance more important than it might seem - as evidenced by the research specialists from the Center for Chemical «Monell» in Philadelphia. Researchers We found that sulfur from the ears can play the role of these "secret materials" organism, contains information about the health, eating habits, diseases and not only.

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"Our previous research It proved that the smell of sweat can transmit large amounts of information person, including information about sex, health status and sexual orientation. We believe that earwax may contain information of a similar nature on the man "- said in its report author Dr. George Preti.

The team of experts supervised by Preti collected earwax in 16 men - Europeans and Asians. Test samples He showed that Caucasians volunteers earwax has more on-board molecules, making it more moist and fragrant. Scientists have discovered that the type of earwax responsible single nucleotide mutation gene ABCC11. People of East Asian origin are carriers of variation this gene, so have a dry white earwax. They also have less intense, compared to other ethnic groups, the smell of the axillary sweat, so the researchers believe that the same gene controls the sweat, and earwax.
 
  At the same time the smell of sweat individual and can be used for identification. Scientists believe that can provide a similar function and earwax.
 
  Analysis of earwax can give details of the person unique.

"The smell of wax can tell us that people ate and where he was. Ear Sulphur - it's a secret, whose potential as a source of information human hitherto never been involved "- reported concerning George Preti

The researchers say fat base wax is a receptacle for fat-soluble odorous chemicals that accompany various associated metabolic disorder disease - is what makes it great "developer" hidden human diseases. By At least two diseases - maple syrup urine disease and homogentisuria - earwax allows identify before urine and blood. (READ MORE)

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