Medicine

Worldwide drug use has reached record levels  World cocaine production reached a peak of approximately 1,410 tons in 2017; the main producer is Colombia. Also for the two – year period, 2016-2017, world opium production increased by 65% and reached a record level of 10,500 tons. In 2017, cannabis (marijuana) became the most common drug: between 2007 and 2017, the …

If life is a game, then why is my level so complicated?  How and why do people become addicts? There are many myths around this topic. Some people think that drugs are from poverty and dysfunctional life; others believe that “the rich have extra money to spend”.  Also, often, spreading of drug addiction is associated with drug trafficking and availability …

Nowadays the diagnosis of breast cancer has ceased to be a life sentence. A tumor that is detected early can be removed, and subsequent chemotherapy can significantly reduce the chance of the tumor recurring. But unfortunately, in many cases the malignant process can spread. In the case of breast cancer, the most dangerous form of this process is bone metastasis …

Nowadays, an epidemic of diabetes is observed throughout the world. At the same time, most people have type 2 diabetes, and a much smaller number have type 1 diabetes. Despite the fact that there is a lot in common between these two types of diabetes, the causes of diabetes and its treatment depends on the type. However, the chronic complications …

We wake up in the morning, get up, go to the bathroom and meet ourselves in the mirror. Morning! We have to spend the whole day together, make a lot of decisions. Do we live this unique today ourselves, or does something live in us and plays us like a puppet? Most often it is the second. And we often …

Sobriety is the natural, normal state of a person, society, and humanity as a whole. There is no, and cannot be, any benefit from consuming alcohol since the basis of any alcoholic beverage, ethanol, is a narcotic poison. Open any encyclopedia or do a search the term “alcohol” on the Internet and you will find out that alcohol is often …

The concept of truth is practically not used in natural sciences. Natural science operates with facts  or general truths, they have no moral connotation and therefore the concept of truth is superfluous. However, it turns out to be useful in the field of social sciences. Forecasts made by sociologists and stories written by historians about past events could be called …

What is Seasonal Depression? Seasonal depression, often called seasonal affective disorder (SAD), is a depression that occurs each year at the same time, usually starting in fall, worsening in winter, and ending in spring. It is more than just “the winter blues” or “cabin fever.” What are the symptoms of the seasonal affective disorder? People who suffer from SAD have …

Toothbrushes are designed to clean the visible tooth surfaces in your mouth. That sounds like it should be enough, but there is more to the story. Gum disease starts between your teeth where a toothbrush can’t clean. Not only that, most of us think we brush thoroughly. But most people only do a fair job of brushing. We develop patterns …