Three in Ten Americans Delay Medical Treatment Due to Costs – Poll
December 19, 2018 at 03:15 PM
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Nearly one-third of Americans delay medical treatment due to costs, including many who have private health insurance plans, a new Gallup poll showed on Monday. Read More »
Iran Offers to Provide Health Services to Yemen, Syria
December 14, 2018 at 10:46 AM
Iranian Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi said that the country is ready to provide health services to the war-torn regions of Yemen and Syria. Read More »
New Zealand Passes Bill to Authorise Use of Medical Marijuana - Reports
December 13, 2018 at 10:52 AM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - New Zealand's parliament on Tuesday passed a bill authorising the use of marijuana for medical purposes for chronically and terminally ill people, local media reported. Read More »
Over 60 percent of deaths in Russia related to unhealthy diet – watchdog
December 10, 2018 at 02:42 PM
Some 63 percent of deaths in Russia are caused by illnesses related to poor diet, the country’s consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said, while promoting its voluntary ‘traffic lights’ food markings. Read More »
Circle of life: World’s first baby ‘miraculously’ born using womb transplanted from dead woman
December 07, 2018 at 10:40 AM
A baby girl was born from the womb of a deceased woman in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, in a world-first which could bring hope to countless infertile women. Read More »
South Korea - First East Asian Country to Legalize Medical Marijuana
December 06, 2018 at 02:40 PM
According to anti-drug laws in force in South Korea, the country's citizens who smoke, possess, buy, or sell cannabis face imprisonment of up to 5 years or are obligated to pay a fine of up to 100,000 million Korean won (around $88,000). Despite the existing legislation, South Korean authorities approved the medical use of cannabis this week. Read More »
Krasnoyarsk Scientists Discover Fish With the Greatest Health Benefits
November 16, 2018 at 10:42 AM
Scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU) and Biophysics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian branch have recently discovered record levels of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in boganida char, fish endemic to Siberia’s Arctic region. Read More »
Winter is Coming: WATCH snow tsunami devour Siberian city
November 12, 2018 at 02:30 PM
An ominous video of a snow tsunami covering the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk reminds us to brace ourselves for the coming winter. Read More »
Teary-Eyed Shock: Man Terrifies Doctors as He Weeps Blood Non-Stop for Hour
November 06, 2018 at 10:50 AM
A middle-aged Italian man had not suspected any serious medical condition before blood began pouring from his eyes for a couple of hours prompting him to rush to an emergency department for a check-up. Read More »
Russian Scientists Discover Way to Detect Early-Stage Lung Cancer in Record Time
October 24, 2018 at 02:39 PM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian scientists have invented a biohybrid device that uses rats to detect early-stage lung cancer in record time, Alexander Panfilov, who leads medical research at the FPI state foundation, told Sputnik. Read More »
