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In Moscow, more than 250 magnetic beads were removed from a two-year-old girl’s stomach

On October 8 in Moscow, doctors at the Morozov Children's Hospital removed more than 250 magnetic beads from the stomach of a two-year-old girl. The child was brought in by her parents with a severe cough, and the operation was successful.

#children #Curiosities #medicine #Moscow #Russia

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Scientists described the mechanism of brain vessel damage in Alzheimer’s disease due to APOE4

American molecular biologists reported that the APOE4 mutation associated with Alzheimer’s disease contributes to damage to brain blood vessels. According to the researchers, pericytes in the vessel walls more often turn into myofibroblasts, which is linked to the accumulation of beta-amyloid.

#Alzheimersdisease #geneticmutations #medicine #Thescience #scientificdiscoveries

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Gref reported to Putin about a medical suitcase for at-home examinations

Sber head German Gref told Vladimir Putin about a medical suitcase that makes it possible to carry out at-home examinations available at a district clinic. Sber says the kit has already been tested in Izhevsk and refined after a three-month experiment.

#VladimirPutin #GermanGref #Izhevsk #medicine #Russia #sber

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Karolinska Institute links TORCH infections during pregnancy to increased autism risk in children

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden reported that TORCH infections contracted during pregnancy are associated with more than a threefold increase in a child’s risk of autism. According to their data, these children were also more likely to be diagnosed with intellectual developmental delays.

#TORCHinfections #autism #pregnancy #infectiousdiseases #medicine #Thescience #scientificdiscoveries #Sweden

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«That’s like banning everyone with a big nose from driving a car»

Today is World Autism Awareness Day. It’s a good reason to talk about a new form of discrimination against people with this diagnosis in Russia: recently, they have been banned from driving cars. The updated list of medical contraindications for driving now includes autism spectrum disorders. We spoke with ASD experts about why this ban is absurd and harmful.

#autism #state #discrimination #medicine #society #psychiatry #autismdisorder #Russia

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