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• Bike Ride with the Rector: St. Petersburg Best Routes

  Yesterday marked the eighth time when ITMO’s students, staff  and  friends meet with Rector Vladimir Vasilyev for a picturesque bike ride in St. Petersburg’s seaside district. This time, just like last year, the route started at the entrance to Primorsky Victory Park, went through the park, St. Petersburg Arena Stadium, Yakhtenny Bridge and ended at the 300th Anniversary Park. ITMO.NEWS asked the participants about their favorite bike routes in the city and their impressions of the Ride.

  17.05.2018

• At Peace With My Bacteria: How to Achieve a Truly Healthy Lifestyle

  According to the World Health Organization, health is a positive state of physical, mental and social well-being and absence of disease. Nutritionist and somnologist Marina Kogay always tells her patients that eating good food and sleeping well is the way to be healthy and live happily. Ms. Kogay recently gave a public lecture at ITMO University on dieting, weight loss, microbiota and the link between sleep and depression.

  11.04.2018

• Relocation Tips: Winter Activities and Beating the Blues

  Winter in St. Petersburg! A wonderful time, if you know how to spend it - and don’t let the cold fool you: this is no time for slumber and there are plenty of things to do around the city. Just take a walk down Nevsky Prospect and soak in the holiday spirit! And if you’re not sure how to entertain yourself, we’ve rounded up some tips and ideas.

  12.12.2017

• Treating a Common Cold the Russian Way

  Before I moved to Russia, I was really anxious about the cold; but I had also convinced myself that it's so cold in Russia that all diseases freeze and I won't ever get sick. Wishful thinking! Getting a cold is just a natural part of the full winter experience. Besides some positive thinking and consuming as much citrus as you can, you might be interested in some popular home-style Russian remedies that get anyone from Vladivostok to Murmansk feeling good when they’re under the weather. Some of these were recommended over the last few years in Russia by friends or doctors and many have helped me when I wasn’t feeling well.

  05.12.2017

• How IT Technology Saves Lives

  At ITMO University, as part of the orientation week for first-year students of the High-Performance Computing Department, a lecture was given by Alexei Yakovlev, head of Acute Coronary Syndrome Research Laboratory at the Almazov National Medical Research Center. Dr. Yakovlev spoke about how technology, doctors and patients interact with each other today and what the medical center does as part of its partnership with ITMO University.

  12.09.2017

• Like Doesn’t Cure Like: Homeopathy and Its Fake Medications

  Disputes on the effectiveness of homeopathy appeared a couple of centuries ago, when this field was invented, and remain relevant till these days. Recently, the Committee for Pseudoscience Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences released a memorandum devoted to criticism of homeopathy.

  01.03.2017

• Singlet Oxygen and UV Emission, or Why Winter Strolls Are Good for Your Health

  Eating carrots improves one's eyesight, garlic heals cold, and stress can make your hair go grey. These are only few of the myths surrounding human health; some are more trustworthy, some — less. Egor Yasenko, a research student from the Department of Ecology and Technical Sphere Protection, has recently succeeded in proving one such concept — that taking walks on cold sunny days is great for one's health. The scientific reason for this is that under such weather conditions, more singlet oxygen is produced by ice crystals.

  11.01.2017