Before the trip to Kyev I passed all doctors and tests and was ready for the third blood donation, however, I absolutely forgot that Nov 5th is not a working day and the Sklif blood transfusion department is closed. Meanwhile, I found another three centers that work on Saturday, In two of them, were no […]
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Blood donation
For a long time, I was thinking that people already found a way to make artificial leather, diamonds, and blood. It turns out that with blood I was wrong. In my previous job, I’ve met with couple guys who were regular donors and they told me about the constant demand for all types of blood. […]
COVID-19 trial update
I wrote back in December about my paticipation in COVID-19 vaccine trial. Since then I am in weekly contact with my doctor, and nothing serious happens except first days temperature. Meanwhile, I have a lot things to do in public places which have been postponed since last March. So, I decided to take a test […]
Vaccine Trial
Last Friday I saw an advertisement in browser that the third phase anti-COVID vaccine is staring soon and they are looking for volunteers. I followed a link and found out that it’s a Chinese vaccine of CanSino Biologics company.
No changes
The last time I visited the state medical facility about 5 years ago and still have bitter feelings about it. However we are regularly going with the son to the pediatrician office in a state medical center, and there is not perfect, but conditions are rather decent. So, I decided to visit my adult center […]
Victory over COVID-19
From the beginning of this week government of the Moscow Region has opened parks, non-essential shops, some churches and health, and beauty facilities. Streets are full of people and kids have fun on the playgrounds that are officially are still closed.
Chickens vs Viruses
I was listening another episode of Planet Money podcast recently and was surprised that most vaccines are made using chicken eggs. There are several secret labs across the US that grow chickens in a great number to be able to get thousands of eggs in case of any virus outbeak.
Food and Money. Big Money
I was surprised another day to hear from my wife that cholesterol in eggs is a pretty healthy thing according to a recent study. Actually, such studies appear every year, but before turning to the recent one, let’s go to the history of the relationship between science and the food industry.
Про бег
В прошлое воскресенье открыл сезон на Московском полумарафоне с временем 1.41. Видно что организаторы забега работают над ошибками и с каждым разом у них получается все лучше и лучше. Ну а сегодня сделал уже полноценную пробежку в Вашингтоне (который штат). Тут попадаются потрясающе красивые тропинки, где никто ни то что не бегает, но даже не […]
Organs donation
I’ve read today in a book about organ donation in the US. It turns out that they have a special place in driver’s licenses where they can agree to organ donation after death. But the default option in the US is your refusal for donation. As a result, about 20 thousand people are dying every […]