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British scientists from the Cambridge University headed by Andrea Migliano have conducted research which has shown, that small stature of pygmies (61 inches) was not the result of adaptation to life in woods, but the reason of very high death rate.

Until recently scientists believed that short height of pygmies helped them not only to adapt to life in jungles, but also promoted survival in starving time, as small sizes of a body demanded less meal.

But as it appeared the true reason of short height of pygmies and some other dwarf tribes - very high death rate.

In the first years of life physical development of pygmies’ children is approximately habitual to ours, but by 12 years the increase in height stops, that leads to an early puberty.

According to researchers, it is an evolutionary advantage of stop of growth. Life expectancy of representatives of these peoples is so small, that later puberty would lead to extinction of tribes.

As a result of the research French scientists came to a conclusion that the mankind stands on the threshold of the physical opportunities.

For this reason it becomes almost impossible for sportsmen to break record parameters. Experts believe that in the future earlier records can be improved only by fraction of a thousand.

Experts from Institute of biomedical and epidemiological researches and sports claim, the person can never jump above 2,6 meters. To proof the hypothesis French experts have processed 3,26 thousand world records.

Having conducted the research scientists have concluded, that since 1960th the number of records began to be reduced. Now the best result in 100 m distance race makes 9,74 seconds. French physicians consider, it is biologically impossible to improve the given parameter to nine seconds.

Experts from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro have conducted an experiment and found out that caffeine can quickly deliver the person from superfluous fat on a waist.

The Brazilian scientists have conducted an experiment in which women-participants were offered to rub problem places two times a day within a month with a mix on the basis of 7-percent caffeine extraction.

After completing the scientific research it was found out that more than 80 % of women get rid of depot fat on a waist and hips, and 68 % had reduced sizes of hips.

Dieticians have made the conclusion that caffeine cannot be reliable means in struggle against cellulitis, but they are going to create a preparation for fast effect of slenderness on the basis of caffeine.

Experts of the World Health Organization suppose that the avian flu can now be transferred from the person to the person, informed agency France Press referring to the statement of WHO’s representative John Rainford.

Scientists came to such conclusion when two members of one family have caught the avian flu in China. 24-years-old man was the first to fall ill (he died on December, 2). After him his father fell ill.

The representative of the WHO has added that cases when the virus of the avian flu was transferred from the person to the person were extremely rare. In total only three such cases were registered: in Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam. Usually it is transferred between birds, and the person risks to be ill, having eaten infected meat. However scientists are afraid of virus mutation and appearance of a new virus strain which can be transferred from the person to person.

Since 2003, according to WHO’s information, 328 person were ill with the avian flu in the world, 200 from them have died. The greatest number of lethal cases is fixed in Indonesia - 91 people.

Employees of the British Council on drug addiction problems consider that nurses should be authorized to give cocaine to patients in very bad condition treated from drug dependence.

At present some doctors in the Great Britain have already the license to give patients, suffering from drug dependence, A class drugs (cocaine, heroin and MDMA), worth in the street about 100 dollars for a gram. However employees of the Council want to go further and to allow by law to give drugs to dependent people in hospitals provided that they will take them in the medical worker’s presence.

Such permission is wanted to be passed only in relation to very hard addicts. For today about 10 thousand British are being treated after the cocaine use, though not all of them are registered as addicts. A principal cause of the suggested innovation is the desire to lower amount of crimes, committed by addicts to get a “doze”.

Means for cocaine are going to be allocated from the state budget. Because of this and some other reasons the question of “medical” cocaine has caused a number of disputes, as it is connected to the big expenses.

There is a lot of criticism and the main ground is that many law-abiding citizens suffering from serious illnesses not connected to drug addiction (cancer, arthritis and other diseases), are frequently refused in drugs.

On December, 4 Chinese mass-media has informed about a unique case of recovery from HIV after 6 years after contamination.

According to the press, the terrible diagnosis has been put for the first time in 2001 and then it has been proved to be true during repeated analyses in 2003. However this July the result of the next test for HIV unexpectedly appeared negative. Since then the patient has visited four clinics and medical centers where traces of a human immunodeficiency virus also have not been found. The Chinese experts cannot explain this fact and are going to conduct a number of additional researches.

If everything will prove to be true, Ven Tsunchen will be the second person in the world, who has overcome the HIV. The first similar case has taken place with 25-years-old Scot Andrew Stimson. In August, 2002 he has received HIV-positive result. 14 months later the test appeared to be negative. He said: “I just daily took vitamins to be healthy and try to prevent development of high-grade AIDS”.

Experts-physicians, participants of campaigns against AIDS and activists of gay-movement say that if it is the truth, this phenomenon can have potential favorable consequences for millions of HIV-positive people.

Shop network Marks&Spencer have started to sale pajamas with the expressed antimicrobial properties which, according to founders, can protect from various infections.

Pajamas have got such properties owing to 2 % of silver in their structure. And it is known, that it has distinct antimicrobial properties, and can be used for struggle against drug-resistant bacteria, including methicillin-resistant staphylococcus (MRSA).

In particular, use of silver pajamas can reduce risk of wounds infection, considers Mark Enrite, the microbiologist from the London Imperial College.

However, some British experts have doubted efficiency of antimicrobial pajamas. In their opinion, the problem of drug-resistant microbes is connected to a bad sanitary-and-hygienic condition in hospitals.

The sample quantity of man’s and female pajamas at the price of 45 pounds sterling for a piece can be found in hundred shops of M&S network.

Two pestholes of the avian flu virus H5N1В dangerous to the person are revealed in area of the city of Plozk in Poland.

It was informed on Saturday, December, 1 by the representative of a local crisis headquarters Hilary Janustchik.

“Two pestholes of the avian flu virus are revealed on turkey farms. The dangerous territory is supervised by veterinary services and police”, - told he.

EU member-states have supported the initiative of Eurocommission to put into production fireproof cigarettes, to reduce the quantity of fires and deaths because of a punky cigarette.

The EU Commissioner on consumption has informed that the executive authority of the EU has offered to permit to sale in EU member-states only cigarettes which will be made from a special noninflammable paper which dies out, if the cigarette is not drawn.

In opinion of the Eurocommission, such legislative initiative will require a couple of years for registration and coming into force.

According to the statistics, in 12 countries of the Western Europe, and also in Norway and Iceland not put out cigarette annually becomes the reason of about 11 thousand fires, deaths of 500 persons and 1, 6 thousand more have burns of a various degrees.