Category Archives: Medical news

What to eat in winter: 10 healthy foods

WE ARE SLOWLY BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD, which means that you should look for heat sources everywhere – not only in your wardrobe . In addition to woolen socks, hot chocolate and New Year’s dreams, simple and affordable foods can keep you warm and energized. We’ve compiled a list of fruits and vegetables to take vitamins and inspiration from… Read More »

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Write upwind: Why it’s time to remove the taboo from the toilet topic

Those who have been to Barcelona on New Year’s Eve could not help but pay attention to the figurines of kaganers sold in every souvenir shop – little men squatting without trousers and peeing in great need (in fact, the word caganer is translated as “pooping”). For tourists from Russia, they evoke mixed feelings – from the… Read More »

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No Time to Get Sick: Why We Feel So Bad in Winter

WHEN FOR ALMOST SIX-A-YEAR, THE NUMBER OF SUNNY DAYS IS CLOSE TO ZERO, and outside the window there is something in between rain and snow, it is increasingly difficult to perceive winter as a time of miracles and joys. Even if you do not freeze and get a flu shot on time , the number of perfectly healthy people during this period… Read More »

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How doping works

DUE TO THE DEVELOPED DOPING SCANDAL, Russian athletes will be able to take part in the Olympics only under a neutral flag . While others argue whether the reason was a “political conspiracy against Russia” and whether it is humiliating to act in a neutral status, we decided to figure out what doping is, why and how it is… Read More »

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Chronic fatigue syndrome

THE FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN ARTHHOUSES 2A17 , starting today in Moscow, will show the documentary ” Unrest” , directed by the scriptwriter and the main character of which Jennifer Brea is a person with chronic fatigue syndrome. We watched the film and tell us what kind of disease it is, who has it more often and why the very name of the… Read More »

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Question to an expert: Is it really necessary to drink rainwater?

We are used to searching online for ANSWERS TO MOST OF THE QUESTIONS OF EXCITING US . In the new series of materials, we ask just such questions: burning, unexpected or common – to professionals in various fields. We have dismantled several myths associated with drinking water, and found that carbonated water is safe for the stomach and the kidneys, drink… Read More »

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Blossom: Do Vitamins for Hair and Nails Work 

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF FOOD ADDITIVES AND VITAMIN-MINERAL COMPLEXES that promise to improve the condition of nails and hair, and if you follow the advertising claims, it seems that from such tablets and capsules useful substances go directly to the right places, bypassing the intestines, bloodstream and liver. We figure out why hair and nails can suffer… Read More »

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Space Science: Why Mice, Beer and Sperm Are Sent into Orbit 

APRIL 12, 1961 YURI GAGARIN became the first person in history to fly into space. After a few decades, the incredible became almost commonplace – the world started talking about space tourism. True, it did not start very smoothly: in 1986, the first space tourist was supposed to be the American teacher Christa McAuliffe, who died 73 seconds after the launch of the Challenger shuttle,… Read More »

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“Adrenaline addiction” does not exist 

The doctor, of course, will not diagnose “adrenaline addiction” (there is no such disease in the classification), but the obsessive desire to experience extreme sensations in people is quite common. In contrast, for example, alcohol dependence, where the “source of pleasure” an external factor, in the case of thirst adrenaline cause “dependency” lies within. Adrenaline is produced by the adrenal glands very quickly – and… Read More »

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Back to the Roots: Have People Been Happier and Healthier Before 

WE DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE FUTURE , but one way or another we imagine the past: we remember recent events and can find scientific information about very distant antiquity. One can hear about “returning to the roots” in a variety of contexts: some believe that for health we need to eat as in the Paleolithic , and… Read More »

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