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Science and Technology

Flossing can cause cancer

It is possible that we expose ourselves to carcinogens precisely at those moments when we seem to be caring about our own health.
20 June 2012, 10:49

Tears can help in early cancer diagnosis

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Scientists have set out to find out whether human tears could be useful for the early diagnosis of prostate and breast cancer, as well as for confirming a predisposition to developing these diseases.
20 June 2012, 10:30

Today is the day of the summer solstice

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Litha is translated from Anglo-Saxon as "the longest day of the year".
20 June 2012, 10:22

Chocolate enhances the effectiveness of medications

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Chocolate can enhance the effectiveness of drugs, say scientists from the United Kingdom. According to researchers from the British biotech company Lycotec, who conducted experiments in Cambridge, a way has been found to combine chocolate products with some drugs not only to improve the taste of the medications, but also to enhance their medicinal properties. In particular, this involves combining chocolate with drugs to combat cholesterol, insulin resistance, and systemic inflammatory response syndrome.
19 June 2012, 10:33

Scientists may soon be able to extend human life by 30-35 years

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Specialists from the Center for Biotechnology and Gene Therapy at the University of Barcelona have managed to create a unique method, which was successfully tested on a group of experimental mice. Geneticists are convinced that human life can be extended by 30-35 years using such technologies, in a realistic and harmless manner.
19 June 2012, 10:27

Scientists have learned how to create a map of a person's movements by analyzing their hair

Scientists have learned to create a clear map of a person's movements by analyzing their hair; the method is based on the fact that the isotopic composition of water is unique for each area and is reflected in the atomic composition of hair when this moisture enters the human body, according to the website of the University of Alaska (UAF, USA).
19 June 2012, 10:16

Scientists on the verge of creating oral vaccines for gut diseases

As a result of joint work, Japanese and American scientists have discovered a gene that is responsible for the differentiation of unstudied intestinal cells - M-cells. Studying the development of these cells may help in creating an oral vaccine. The results of the work of scientists from Emory University (USA) and the Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (Japan) are published in the journal Nature Immunology.
19 June 2012, 09:14

Four vitamins recognized as the best for sex

The list of nutrients that can increase libido and significantly improve the quality of sexual life includes vitamins that can be bought at almost any pharmacy. A decrease in the level of sex hormones in men and women is very often associated with a lack of specific vitamins, doctors said the other day. In their opinion, the most important for a full intimate life are 4 components: vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin B complex and vitamin A.
18 June 2012, 09:58

The hidden health benefits of coconut oil

Coconut oil is still an exotic product, so few people know about its powerful healing properties. Currently, coconut oil is used for various cosmetic and industrial purposes, for many centuries it served as an excellent source of nutrients in the tropics.
18 June 2012, 09:45

The current will conduct the drugs into the body

American scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a syringe that injects drugs into the human body without using a needle. The results of the work of Professor Ian Hunter and his colleagues were published in the journal Medical Engineering & Physics.
18 June 2012, 09:32