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Girls are blind for 3 days per week
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Girls are blind for 3 days per week

An Australian girl has one of the most bizarre phenomena in the world: her eyes are closed every 3 days, then opened again in 3 days.

December 14, 2018
Premature babies survive by scratching their feet
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Premature babies survive by scratching their feet

Emma's baby girl was born at the 25th week with a weight of less than 0.5 kg. Her parents lived in a state of simmering for weeks because the child constantly stopped br…

December 14, 2018
Eat more cauliflower to prevent prostate cancer
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Eat more cauliflower to prevent prostate cancer

According to a new study by British scientists, eating cauliflower or broccoli once a week will help men reduce their risk of invasive prostate cancer by 52%.

December 14, 2018
Detecting birth defects from the seventh week
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Detecting birth defects from the seventh week

Scientists at the Center for Research, Medicine and Pharmacology (Military Medical Academy) have successfully studied the method of prenatal diagnosis from the 7th week…

December 14, 2018
Slow down obesity
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Slow down obesity

Exercise runs on skis for 15 minutes, within 15 weeks for a group of mice. The other mouse groups are completely inactive. The results showed that the first group of mic…

December 14, 2018
Unusual fetal findings from 7 weeks of age
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Unusual fetal findings from 7 weeks of age

The group of researchers from the Military Medical Academy has just announced success in prenatal diagnosis, helping to detect fetal abnormalities right from 7 weeks of…

December 14, 2018
Live 55 years with a pencil in the head
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Live 55 years with a pencil in the head

A woman in Germany lived with a pencil for the first time in 55 years. Last week doctors had surgery to remove it for her. This 8 cm long pencil went sliding through the…

December 14, 2018
Tobacco changes sperm's DNA
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Tobacco changes sperm's DNA

According to Canadian scientists at McMaster University, smoking can alter the DNA sequences of sperm cells and these genetic changes can be transmitted to offspring.

December 14, 2018
How to avoid back pain?
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How to avoid back pain?

80% of the population suffers from back pain in their lives. In 90% of back pain, the pain will go away after 6 weeks. Therefore, we need to follow some tips to avoid th…

December 14, 2018
Detecting new bacteria can be deadly
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Detecting new bacteria can be deadly

US scientists have reported that a new, potentially dangerous bacterium has been discovered that currently has no specific drugs. This new strain of bacteria, scientific…

December 14, 2018