News about prevention: events, facts and developments on tafs uz.
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Physician Irina Starkova told Gazeta.Ru about the less obvious signals of diabetes: an enlarging belly at normal weight, drowsiness after meals, skin changes, women's symptoms, snoring and 'fluctuating' vision.
Otabek YusupovThe press service of the Association of Mahallas of Uzbekistan and Mahalla media LLC held a press conference and media tour for media outlets in Jizzakh. Topics included holding weddings without excessive expenses and debts, protecting young people from drug addiction, and creating a safe environment in mahallas. Journalists visited the 'Jizzaxlik' and 'Madaniyat' mahallas.
Sevara AzamovaA study of nearly 500,000 residents of China showed that those who drink tea at least three times a week have an 11.2% lower risk of vascular disease and a 36.6% lower risk of ischemic stroke. However, scalding hot tea, on the contrary, was associated with a 16% increase in risk. The authors emphasize that tea is not a panacea and is only part of a healthy lifestyle.
Sevara AzamovaPhthisiatrician Olga Baronova explained that not every contact with a person sick with tuberculosis leads to infection: the risk depends on the shedding of mycobacteria, the duration and conditions of contact. She urged parents not to wait for symptoms and not to skip preventive examinations.
Sevara AzamovaUzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs has put forward for discussion a draft resolution providing for the creation, at the expense of non-state educational organizations, of positions for prevention inspectors and inspector-psychologists. They will be engaged in preventing offenses, bullying, drug addiction and extremism, monitoring attendance and protecting children from violence. The discussion will last until November 3.
Aziz KarimovOn October 16, Kahramon Khudoyberganov, press secretary of the Road Safety Department of the Tashkent City Police Department, published a video of a 'preventive talk' with nine-year-old students of school No. 183, who were asked about riding in the front seat of a car. The video gained over 7.7 million views and drew criticism from the Ministry of Education, the children's ombudsman, and human rights defenders. In response, Khudoyberganov published an old clip with the phrase 'jackals and ill-wishers,' which intensified the discontent.
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