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American doctors have listed 3 habits that can trigger diabetes. One of them is the reluctance to drink coffee. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common diseases nowadays. At the same time, the disease affects people of all ages. As explained by US doctors, despite the genetic predisposition to the disease, bad habits can […]
SMS messaging for e-prescriptions has been restored in Ukraine. Patients will continue to be able to receive the necessary prescription medicines by providing the prescription number and redemption code. It is noted that recently, due to delays in the work of one of the mobile network operators, temporary changes in the issuance of e-prescriptions were […]
The World Health Organization has reported a 52% increase in COVID-19 cases over the course of almost a month. This was reported by the agency. It is noted that the number of new cases in the world increased by 52% from November 20 to December 17, 2023, compared to the previous similar period, when more […]
Members of the Verkhovna Rada supported the draft law on medical cannabis in the second reading on Thursday, December 21. This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak. The decision was supported by 248 MPs. The law will come into force six months after its publication, approximately in the second half of 2024. It provides for […]
The discovery has important implications for the treatment of herpes simplex virus, as well as many other viruses that replicate in the cell nucleus, such as HIV and hepatitis. Scientists can now develop more effective drugs because they better understand the mechanism of the virus’s attack on cells and the immune system’s work against the […]
The bizarre white lines on the man’s fingernails were a sign that he was taking cancer medication – as doctors say, fingernails can be a window into your health. Recently, quite by accident, a man discovered an unexpected connection between cancer treatment and his nails. At the age of 30, he noticed unusual white lines […]
If implants could be injected into the body in liquid form and then made solid on the spot, operations would become less invasive. The new 3D printing technique will allow creating implants inside the body using biocompatible ink activated by ultrasonic waves. It works like this: a special ink is injected into the desired area […]
American scientists from the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania have confirmed the effectiveness of proton radiation therapy for cancer, in which the entire course of treatment takes less than a second. The method is described in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics. Radiation therapy is one of the types […]
Since the beginning of October, almost 80 thousand cases have been recorded in Ukraine. cases of COVID-19. At the same time, an average of 4 thousand people are hospitalized per week. patients. This was announced at a briefing at the Ukraine-Ukrinform Media Center by Deputy Minister of Health, Chief State Sanitary Doctor of Ukraine Ihor […]
Android phones now automatically send medical data when you call emergency services. Service specialists receive data on a person’s name, age, blood type, and emergency contacts through the RapidSOS function. Last year, Google expanded the capabilities of Personal Safety in Android by enabling a potentially “life-saving” feature that can transfer important medical data (age, weight, […]