Pacemakers last for five years, then a person requires surgery to replace the device. But American scientists have developed a device that does not require replacement at all. The new pacemaker is powered by the contraction of the heart muscle: ceramic plates receive an impulse, and piezoelectric materials convert it into electricity. Researchers have found that beating the heart is enough to provide eight times the energy needed.

RUSSIA NEWS. On Saturday, April 7, a rally was held on Pushkinskaya Square in Moscow against the creation of a NATO transshipment point in the Ulyanovsk region. Supporters of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Left Front movement took part in the rally. The participants expressed their protest against the “first in a thousand years,” as the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov put it, the presence of a base of foreign troops on Russian soil.

Colpitis is an inflammatory disease of the vaginal mucosa. Why does it arise? Colpitis is an inflammatory disease of the vaginal mucosa. Why does it arise The cause of inflammation is most often sexually transmitted infections, thrush, as well as the vagina’s own flora, which begins to actively multiply against the background of decreased immunity or hypothermia.

Sergey Silkin and Alexander Kokorin. Vtbrussia Photos Two such different Dynamos, who played with Rubin in the first half hour and the remaining sixty minutes, leave almost no doubt: Sergei Silkin’s team really lacks physical condition. Dynamo Moscow played a draw with Rubin from Kazan (1:1) in the match of the 38th round of the Russian Football Premier League.

RUSSIA NEWS. Rescuers from the Ministry of Emergency Situations on Saturday, April 7 found in the Zabolotninsky pond in the city of Lysva, Perm Territory, the body of a six-year-old girl who left home the day before and did not return. An investigation into the death of the child is currently underway, but rescuers are confident that the girl died as a result of an accident and are ruling out the presence of crime.

Only a large fee could lure the Italian film star Ornella Muti from sunny Rome to snowy Moscow. Ornella Muti was shocked by a snowstorm in March. And she still had to go to the show of the young British designer Veronica Basharatyan. A girl with Balkar-Armenian roots, who speaks pure Russian, now lives in London. Well, all of our people who have ever left for Foggy Albion will not be poor. It's a pleasure to be friends with such people.

RUSSIA NEWS. On the night of Saturday, April 7, the Russian military satellite Molniya-1T sank in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean, partially burning up in the dense layers of the atmosphere. According to representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Molniya-1T fell into the water at about three o'clock in the morning Moscow time. Throughout the fall, he was continuously monitored by specialists from the Aerospace Defense Forces.

You can say whatever you want about Fyodor Bondarchuk, but one thing cannot be denied: he takes on extremely difficult projects where there is almost no chance of success. “Stalingrad” is a film about war in a fundamentally new genre: by definition, it was impossible to please everyone. Yes, Bondarchuk didn’t even try

RUSSIA NEWS. Prisoners in one of the correctional colonies in the city of Lgov, Kursk region, beat up a guard who demanded that he hand over a prohibited mobile phone. In response to the guard's demand, three prisoners attacked him and began kicking him. The victim sought medical help, but did not require hospitalization. It is reported that the aggressors were sent to a punishment cell.

RUSSIA NEWS. The new governor of the Moscow region, Sergei Shoigu, said that taxes on the income of residents of the Moscow region working in Moscow should replenish the regional, not the capital, budget. Sergei Shoigu reinforced his position with the statement that the main social burden regarding the residents of the Moscow region falls on the region itself.

Filming in “Harry Potter” drove the lead actor, Daniel Radcliffe, to such an extent that by the age of eighteen he began drinking and only miraculously managed to give up his passion. Today, as he says The 22-year-old actor is no longer interested in getting drunk until a pig squeals - where better to spend time with his girlfriend Rosie Cocker, whom the millionaire met during the final filming of the saga about the wizard - the girl was a modest production assistant on the project.

NEWS OF THE DAY. The Russian yacht Scorpius, with which contact was lost on Tuesday, April 3, while it was passing through a difficult section in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica, has made contact. According to some reports, an SOS signal was received from the Scorpius yacht, but according to other sources, on the morning of Saturday, April 7, the captain of the ship sent an email to the expedition’s press secretary and assured that everything was fine with the crew.

Friends, now you can read and comment on our news on Ya.ru - S interlocutor! Only stars No. 13, 2012-04-05 German scientists invented an indispensable remedy for women prone to panic attacks - an anti-stress spray. Brain medications come in pill form, which makes the wait for anxiety relief too long and leads to unnecessary side effects.

NEWS OF THE DAY. An avalanche that came down on the morning of Saturday, April 7 in the Karakoram mountains in the Himalayas, covered a detachment of Pakistani military personnel, which consisted of more than 130 people. According to preliminary data, 30 people died on the spot. The fate of the rest of the military, including the commander of headquarters, colonel of the Northern Light Infantry unit, is unknown - they are all listed as missing.

Doctors who host health programs talk so easily about removing warts and treating ulcers that they seem to be able to defeat any disease. We found out how to get an appointment with all-knowing teledoctors in real life. And most importantly, how much does it cost? The highest price tag was set by the host of the program “About the Most Important” Sergei Agapkin. True, 30,800 rubles is the price of a subscription to Agapkin Yoga Station. The price includes 10 lessons of one and a half hours each.