Science

“You never know what you eat or drink”

24.07.2005

The two main registered types of poisoning found in nutrition products in Armenia are botulism and fungus poisoning. Marieta Basilisyan, vice director of the hygienic/epidemic department of the Ministry of Health, informed “168 hours” weekly about the above mentioned. According to Marieta, the cases of poisoning have increased this year in comparison with last year. …

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Cancer is “getting younger”

24.07.2005

Based on death rates, cancer remains the second cause of deaths after cardio-vascular diseases. Oncologists claim that the number of people diagnosed with cancer grows each year, both in Armenia as well as other countries. According to director of the national center of oncology, member of the National Academy of Sciences professor Hairo Galstyan, out …

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Don’t take “Analgin”

22.07.2005

The reason for us not being informed about what’s going on in the world of science today has nothing to do with Armenia being passive. If we look at things a little more closely we will see that in reality, there are many scientific projects being carried out today in Armenia and how many grants …

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