Science and Technology

Viagra can help you lose weight

During the study of the drug, scientists found out that sildenafil, which is part of the well-known Viagra, can be used as a drug for effective weight loss and even for the treatment of obesity. Such a side effect, which may subsequently prove useful, was previously unknown.

21 March 2013, 09:18

Foods that can help stop an asthma attack have been named

Almost all asthmatics know the products that should be avoided because they can provoke an attack of the disease, but recently American scientists have found that there are substances that can have the opposite effect. Researchers from US universities (Massachusetts) reported that bitter-tasting products can prevent an attack of bronchial asthma.

18 March 2013, 09:37

A new way to grow teeth from gum cells has been discovered

Experts from foggy London claim that in the near future it will be possible to restore patients' molars and replace missing ones with new teeth grown from gum cells.

12 March 2013, 09:18

Autoimmune diseases can be caused by overly salty foods

European scientists have reported that excessive consumption of table salt may be one of the reasons for the rapid development of an autoimmune disease. Among the most common autoimmune diseases, doctors named multiple sclerosis, asthma, and eczema.

09 March 2013, 09:40

Psychiatric illnesses share common genetic "roots"

Six years ago, a team of geneticists from nineteen different countries began a large-scale genetic-psychiatric study aimed at studying the nature of common psychiatric diseases. The goal of the study was to determine the genetic characteristics that suggest the occurrence of nervous disorders and psychoneurological diseases. In the course of the study, doctors found out how a person's genetic characteristics could influence the occurrence of psychiatric diseases.

04 March 2013, 02:53

Fatty and fried foods lead to prostate cancer

Scientists from the UK have determined that too frequent consumption of fried and fatty foods can provoke the development of cancer.

25 February 2013, 09:23

Next-generation antibiotics to be found on the ocean floor

Today, doctors all over the world say that due to the widespread and thoughtless use of antibiotics, the so-called apocalypse will soon come to the planet. The alarm is caused by the fact that even now the human body refuses to perceive some antibiotics as drugs. Doctors claim that the human body is able to get used to the action of antibiotics, and literally in a few decades many drugs will not cope with infections. Bacteria do not react to drugs, which, however, have an adverse effect on the functioning of human internal organs.

22 February 2013, 09:35

Medics have discovered why women's hands are constantly freezing

Many people may have noticed that women's hands and feet are often colder than men's, regardless of the ambient temperature. US experts have found that this pattern is related to the physiological characteristics of the female body and has nothing to do with various diseases.

20 February 2013, 09:02

Tomato juice is an alternative to energy drinks

Scientists have known about the benefits of tomatoes and tomato juice for a long time, tomatoes contain many nutrients and useful substances necessary for the body, recent studies by Greek doctors have proven the undeniable benefits that tomato juice brings to athletes. The Greeks are sure that fresh tomato juice can restore strength after training much more effectively and quickly than energy drinks that are so popular these days. A two-hundred-gram glass of tomato juice is enough to fully restore muscles after several hours in the gym.

19 February 2013, 09:01

An effective way to destroy cancer metastases has been discovered

Researchers from the northern states of the USA have published a method that will make it possible to identify and separate cancer cells from the affected and healthy ones in the human body. Specialists believe that such a discovery will be able to help during the treatment of malignant tumors at the level of metastases.

13 February 2013, 09:09