The California Medical Association called for the legalization of marijuana. The California Medical Association, which unites about 35,000 physicians, became the first organization in the US that made such an offer.
The vast majority of officials because of the high level of falsification of medicines in Ukraine, purchases medicines in the EU. This was said by People's Deputy of Ukraine Valery Konovalyuk.
The incidence of measles in Russia increased by more than 1.5 times during the year. This is stated in the decision of the chief sanitary doctor of the Russian Federation Gennady Onishchenko.
According to the representative of UNICEF, about 85 000 cases of cholera were recorded in Africa this year, 2500 of which ended lethal. This mortality rate is not acceptable high.
Approximately 40 million smokers can die from tuberculosis by 2050. According to the British Medical Journal, the risk of tuberculosis in people who have nicotine dependence is two times higher than those who do not smoke.
Today is World Heart Day, which was first held in 1999 on the initiative of the World Heart Federation, the WHF (World Heart Federation) and was supported by WHO and UNESCO.
