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08.08 18:16 Russia to lift prohibition on supply of vegetables from EU August 9

Russia is going to lift all restrictions on the supply of fresh vegetables from the EU on August 9. This was stated by the chief sanitary doctor of Russia, Gennady Onishchenko.

07.06 18:28 Federal Human Welfare Service recommends not to eat vegetables from Germany

The Saratov Regional Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare) recommends the residents of the region not to eat fresh vegetables and other produce coming from Germany.

20.05 12:19 Russian doctors do first pig heart valve implants

The Bakulev RAMS Scientific Center for Cardiovascular Surgery has conducted a unique operation. A heart valve made from biological material taken from an animal was implanted in a patient, said a representative of the Scientific Center.

18.05 09:50 Nano-bandage developed in Tomsk, West Siberia, to replace antibiotics

In Tomsk, experts have developed a special bandage, which helps in the treatment of septic and burn wounds. A resident of the Tomsk Special Economic Zone, OOO Akvelit, produces the fabric for these bandages.

23.03 11:15 Golikova acknowledges corruption in Russian medicine

Minister for Health and Social Development of Russia, Tatyana Golikova, has acknowledged corruption in Russian medicine.

18.03 10:16 Head of Russia’s Human Welfare: Aircraft from Japan to be checked for radioactivity

The head of Rospotrebnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare), Gennady Onishchenko, said that Russia's Health Service was going to introduce radiation control of all flights coming from Japan. So far, he said, the Service was preparing for radiation monitoring of all people returning from the country that had experienced earthquakes, tsunamis, and a most serious ecological catastrophe.

26.01 17:42 Russian Government sets price caps on medicines

On November 11, 2010, with its Executive Order No 1938-p, the Russian Government approved the list of vital and essential medicines for 2011.

30.11 16:08 Special performance to be organized on AIDS Day in St. Petersburg

"We are going to involve mannequins in the stage adaptation. We are doing this to show that soon there may be no living people left", said the organizers of the rally today at the news conference.

19.11 14:12 State Duma to consider several bills on health insurance Friday

The insured person will be entitled to free medical care in medical organizations if the insured event occurs, on the entire territory of the Russian Federation, as well as in the region that issued the CHI policy, to the amount of territorial CHI programs.

18.11 15:18 According to Health Ministry, number of addicts in Russia is waning

Head of Ministry for Health and Social Development, Tatyana Golikova said at the Presidium of the Russian Government that since 2009, the number of addicted people has started to decline. According to her, before 2000 the number of drug addicts in Russia increased annually by 14-15%, whereas from 2000 to 2008, this growth made only 0.7%, and then the curve finally went down.

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18.11 13:56 No time to give birth? Buy a baby!

Surrogate motherhood has recently come to enjoy increasing popularity. Now not only infertile couples, but also those who did not want to waste time on carrying a child and preferred to build a career turn for help to women ab extra.

02.11 17:10 City dwellers are sick less often than villagers

I'm sure many of you think that health "hails from the village". You must have heard many times that "clean air, fresh milk and vegetables grown on garden beds influence health to the best advantage". However, this opinion is erroneous!

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23.03 11:15 Golikova acknowledges corruption in Russian medicine

Minister for Health and Social Development of Russia, Tatyana Golikova, has acknowledged corruption in Russian medicine.

18.11 15:18 According to Health Ministry, number of addicts in Russia is waning

Head of Ministry for Health and Social Development, Tatyana Golikova said at the Presidium of the Russian Government that since 2009, the number of addicted people has started to decline. According to her, before 2000 the number of drug addicts in Russia increased annually by 14-15%, whereas from 2000 to 2008, this growth made only 0.7%, and then the curve finally went down.

20.10 15:40 1,062 people were hospitalized last week in Moscow with diagnosis of flu

The Territorial Administration of Federal Service "Rospotrebnadzor" in Moscow reports that the incidence of ARVI and influenza in Moscow in the period from 11 to 17 October rose by 30%.