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A few months ago the United Nations published a report about illicit drugs consumption during the year of 2007. The conclusion was that 208 million people – 4,8% of the World’s adult population – had used illicit drugs, at least, once a year. It was also found that the “regulars” – classified as drugs addicts [...]

A group of scientists from many countries of the world currently works on one of the largest international projects in modern-day science. The goal of the project is to extend the period of human youth. The biochemical laboratory of Russia’s Southern Federal University joined the project during the test period to find out how the [...]

U.S. researchers have linked hot flashes and night sweats at the beginning of menopause to a reduced risk of future heart attacks and strokes, according to a study published Thursday. Women who had hot flashes at the start of menopause seemed to have a lower risk for heart attack and death than women who never [...]

Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Healthcare is expanding its voluntary recall to include all lots of Tylenol’s 100 count bottles of arthritis pain caplets because of consumer reports of an unusual moldy, musty odor. The company voluntarily issued a recall for five lots of this same Tylenol product last year and the recall has been [...]

A test was conducted on foodstuffs in a kitchen after an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning which left dozens of people ill. Was it the seafood, the eggs, the fish, the meat or the salad? It was the salad. Studies reveal that what people perceive as the “healthiest” foods may in fact be the most [...]

    A person’s lifetime risk of getting heart disease may be much higher than previously thought, according to a major US study published on Wednesday. A single risk factor — such as smoking, having diabetes, high blood pressure or elevated cholesterol — can significantly boost one’s likelihood of having a heart attack or stroke [...]

The introduction of effective drugs against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has not changed gay men’s risk of contracting the virus during a single act of anal sex, new research from Australia shows. This finding was “unexpected,” the study’s authors admit, given that treatment with AIDS drugs sharply reduces the concentration of HIV in [...]

    Middle-aged white women drinking alcohol moderately are more likely to stay healthy than nondrinkers, according to a new study from Harvard. The study has followed about 14,000 mostly white women since 1976. As a result, compared with teetotalers, those who had 3 to 15 alcoholic drinks weekly in their late 50s were 28 [...]

Youth and beauty will always be in fashion. This makes the interest to Botox injections remain acute for many years. Wrinkles-free face looks youthful and charming. There is much debate about Botox, some good, some bad. Its application in cosmetology is a great achievement but not a miracle. It does have certain disadvantages. In 1970, [...]