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National minorities in the US have the potential to become majority in the future

National minorities in the United States have a chance to become a majority in the foreseeable future. According to a new report by the Brookings Institute for the past ten years, the white population of the United States has increased by only one two-tenth percent.
06 September 2011, 22:16

38% of Europe's population suffer from mental disorders every year

The most common among these ailments are anxiety, insomnia, depression. The total damage from diseases of this group, applied to 30 European countries, is € 0.8 trillion.
05 September 2011, 20:17

Healthcare reform will increase the average life expectancy of a resident of Kiev for 7 years

The reform of urban healthcare, which began in the capital and is envisaged in the draft Strategy for the Development of Kyiv until 2025, will increase the average life expectancy of the resident of Kiev for 7 years.
02 September 2011, 23:42

The number of victims of experimental infection with syphilis in Guatemala can reach 2500 people

The number of victims of the medical experiment, during which Guatemalans deliberately infect syphilis and gonorrhea, can reach 2.5 thousand people. To such conclusion, as informs BBC, the Guatemalan medical association has come
02 September 2011, 23:17

Zimbabwean parliamentarians ignore call for circumcision

Zimbabwe's parliamentarians ignored the vice prime minister's call for circumcision to prevent HIV infection. According to the correspondent of the BBC News, 7 out of 8 Zimbabwean male deputies interviewed rejected this method of fighting HIV.
01 September 2011, 22:26

The harm from smoking to the female body is 5: 1 compared with the male

"Tobacco smoke literally hates women: the proportion of harm caused to smoking by the female body compared to the male is 5: 1.
30 August 2011, 16:32

Seven-billionth inhabitant of the Earth will be born in October

Demographers from around the world are arguing about exactly where the historic event of the birth of a seven-billion citizen of the Earth will take place. By all estimates, this will happen not on the European continent
30 August 2011, 15:00

American teenage girls refuse to vaccinate against human papillomavirus

American epidemiologists have found that less than half of adolescent girls underwent recommended vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) virus, which causes cervical cancer.
28 August 2011, 23:21

Scientists: Vitamin A will significantly reduce morbidity and mortality

Children in low- and middle-income countries should receive nutritional supplements with vitamin A, which will significantly reduce morbidity and mortality.
28 August 2011, 23:06

Scientists have proven the link between religion and epidemics

Religious beliefs can change a person's behavior in a way that evolutionary theory can not predict, especially when it comes to fighting the disease, says David Hughes, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Pennsylvania (USA).
24 August 2011, 23:39

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