Category: Medicine

Konstantin Krulev, a cardiologist, named the most common mistakes that can happen when using automatic tonometers. According to him, such devices have drawbacks, but they “turn a blind eye” to this, as they are very convenient.- In Russia, the process of measuring blood pressure is regulated by orde

Oncologist-mammologist Danail Nazliev said that washing powder can cause skin cancer. He wrote about this in his blog.It may surprise you that the laundry detergent you use to clean your clothes can cause skin cancer. One of the main culprits that laundry detergent can cause skin cancer is a chemica

Dietitian Irina Pisareva spoke about products that have zero and negative calories. We are talking about food, the digestion of which takes as many or more calories than they contain. These are greens, cucumbers, seaweed, celery, cabbage, asparagus, cucumbers, zucchini.— For example, in a piece of c

Infectious disease doctor Andrey Pozdnyakov spoke about the dangerous pathogens of deadly diseases - prions.Prion diseases are progressive degenerative, incurable and ultimately fatal lesions brain. According to Pozdnyakov, prion diseases are primary cerebral amyloidoses, which are conformational di

The right breakfast can be a great way to start the day and start the weight loss process. Dr. Michael Mosley, a nutrition expert, shares his experience.m.He advises "starting the day with eggs" - hard-boiled, soft-boiled, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, and so on.

Toxicologist Mikhail Kutushov spoke about the dangers of baking food in foil.He noted in his blog that foil contains xenoestrogens , which can lead to hormonal imbalance.- These are chemicals that, getting into the human body, "masquerade" as female hormones - estrogens. When they accumulate, they l

The study showed that smoking both tobacco and electronic cigarettes causes increased inflammation.Vaping (from English vaping - soaring) - vaping or inhaling the vapor of electronic cigarettes, vaporizers and other similar devices. People have known about the health risks associated with tobacco sm

62-year-old guitarist of the rock band Duran Duran Andy Taylor spoke about life with the fourth stage of prostate cancer and about the first signs of the disease. The musician told People that once while jogging, he felt pain, like with sore joints, that is, arthritis. This began to repeat itself. T

High cholesterol means that there is too much cholesterol in the blood, which is a fatty substance. If this condition is not controlled, it can lead to a heart attack and stroke.Often, people are unaware that they have high cholesterol, because symptoms may not be present for a long time. The only s

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the most common chronic liver diseases in the world. As the disease's name suggests, it occurs in people who do not abuse alcohol.Researchers have concluded that exercise reduces fat in the liver by three and a half times compared to convention