Chemicals contained in the upholstery of old furniture, affect the levels of sex hormones and increase the number of miscarriages in pregnant women.

We are talking about polybrominated diphenol ethers (PBDEs), flame retardant, which the 70-ies are used in upholstered furniture, automobile parts and home electronics.

There are 209 varieties of PBDEs, but only three compositions were designed for commercial applications. This PentaBDE Octa and Deca-BDE, which is often associated with the disorder of the liver and thyroid gland.

In Europe, their use has been banned since the 90's, writes Daily Telegraph. That polybrominated diphenol ethers accumulate in the blood of women, and the higher concentration of these substances.

The less their chances of getting pregnant. In addition, according to scientists, PBDEs affect the level of sex hormones, because of what increases the likelihood of miscarriage if a woman is still pregnant.

We also recall that in December last year the New York scientists have begun a long-term study of the effect of substances contained in plastic bottles, toys, medical equipment, pillows and furniture upholstery.

5 million dollars is spent on experts to determine whether to stay in the human body, microscopic amounts of such chemicals, and whether they have a lasting effect on health.

Oatmeal - a product with the perfect image. Under the "Warning: Food" Focus decided to find out what can stained the reputation. Jogging, cold showers and oatmeal - so looks like the classic formula for success. A plate of oatmeal have been associated not only with healthy food, but also cheap and quick breakfast.

In forums on the Internet discusses various methods of cooking porridge, with a gastronomic recommendations are sometimes added, and medical. Oatmeal - this is an excellent absorbent. Irreplaceable cure a hangover.

If you cook porridge without salt or sugar, it takes heavy metals and toxins from the body. - writes another. "Her appointment - first of all, to clear the gastrointestinal tract.

And then he adds oat milk recipe: steamed oats, which he recommends as a preventive beverage patients diagnosed with gastritis. Chef art restaurant "hat" while recognizing the benefits of oatmeal, still calls her a bag with starch. This dish of the menu there, but customers bought the restaurant from time to time it.

Prepares porridge in the French manner - only on milk, adding more and double cream. "Such a way I was taught French chef Sebastian Lebenua. This rather high-calorie gruel French eat small portions.

45-year-old from Kiev Elena (name requested not to call it) for an 8-year-old daughter Lyali school teachers chose the long and hard. - A child with attention deficit hyperactivity. In this case, a daughter grasps new material on the fly, and the previous teacher explained all of 4-5.

On the third lap explanation Lyalka get up from their desks and out of class, apparently believing that it makes no sense to stay longer - and all so clear. The teacher - tantrums, complaints director of studies. Often teachers refer to such children in disgust, fear and hatred.

Choosing the next teacher, Helen and her husband did not conceal that the child is not quite normal, while watching the reaction. In the end, teachers have found. In the classroom she gives Lala "supervazhnye" job, and while she dealt with them, goes on to explain the material is not so "fast" to children.

recommendations on how to work with hyperactive children, does not exist. We have to reinvent the wheel. - I'm in seventh grade, there is a boy - says the teacher of German language Kyiv School. - I came up to him playing in the teacher's assistant. When I see that he can no longer sit still, start to the lesson together.

I told him what questions to ask, he asked, children respond. In the end, and I can lead a lesson as I need, and children are happy, and boy does not stand on his head.

Scientists have grown from iPS-derived cells to human skin, nerve cells, which were then transplanted monkey-marmozetke with spinal cord injury. The monkey was almost totally paralyzed: it functioned normally only the muscles of the head and neck.

Already after 10 days in the monkey were seen weak limb movements, and six weeks after the start of the experiment she was able to walk independently, completely restored the ability to compress and decompress the brush.

As we know, has not yet found cures for patients who have lost motor abilities due to injury. Japanese scientists have come as close to the problem of healing of such patients in the experiment with similar human primates.

Eighteen months ago, Professor Okano achieved similar results with a paralyzed mouse, taught her to walk a month after cell transplantation. Recall the first artificial multi stem cells neembrionalnogo origin, the so-called induced pluripotent stem cells.

Scientists have managed to create stem cells from ordinary human skin cells. This discovery removed the pre-existing ethical problem of using human embryonic stem cells and gave the prospects of creating tissues and organs to replace damaged or lost due to sickness or injury. Building material for these organs and tissue cells become a person.

In the four years since the establishment of iPS-cell researchers, subjecting them to various influences, learned how to grow heart muscle cells, intestine, pancreas, retina, blood, skin and nerve cells. The main problem hampering the use of such cells in medicine, remains a high risk of developing cancer.

A Drogobych died 9-year-old girl :

In Drogobych flu died 9-year-old. The girl, who died Monday night in the emergency room of a local hospital, was buried yesterday.

As told friends of her family, the girl allegedly failed to prescribe privately familiar medical officer, who checks the quality of water. On the seventh day Nastia dramatically worse, the temperature shot up to forty. Fever for the girl was taken to an ambulance in the intensive care unit, where half an hour later she died, wrote today.

"The child was brought too late" - throws up his hands deputy health department Andrew Goldun. But, according to family friends, relatives Nasty consider suspicious that the girl died so quickly after she was taken to the hospital: it is said, maybe it is something not pricked.

The medical director Drohobych detbolnitsy Sergei Vlasov says: Nastia brought in a state of clinical death, the doctors did everything they could. Autopsy revealed bilateral purulent pneumonia. It is not excluded that the pneumonia was caused by complications of influenza.

For two days - since the dramatic warming - in Lviv ill nearly 4,000 people, more than half of them - the children. At the same time the chief doctor Lvov Vladimir tooth soothing: it is said, the situation is typical for this time of year.

In the whole country on a vacation from the flu sent 400 schools and kindergartens. But there is no epidemic, assured the chief Sergei sanvrach Ryzhenko.

The last in line to receive vaccines. And its strategic production we do not. Over the past 10 years of state ownership to private hands has passed more than ten enterprises medotrasli, including plants that can produce a vaccine. Chance to get the vaccine is still there. Available now, the vaccine in our country.

If you break out yet another scandal, the campaign will be disrupted all over the world! And this erosion of trust and vaccines, still offered us a vaccine, but officials refused. Looks like they already have an agreement with one of the producers and humanitarian aid is not needed.

Where better to spend the budget money. And to do this legally, you need to make an unscheduled mandatory vaccination status. Information on the Focus, a bill under which for people at risk, vaccination against swine influenza will be indispensable. "This is done for the benefit of people at risk .

Provided the country only drug Tamiflu, which the considers hardly a panacea. In farmkrugah opinion of him is not flattering. "This medicine is prevention, but they decided to treat it. The new virus is often resistant to it, so that you can safely take familiar to many rimantadine.

The tender was not without incident:

For some reason the agency has purchased the medicine directly from the two suppliers to the difference in price of 60 hryvnia for packaging. participated in the tender is not itself, but through a mediator. Health which only packs ready pills he brought from India. Knowledgeable sources Focus participate in the tender.