Russian scientists have proposed a new way to recover from Alzheimer's disease.
A new mechanism for stimulating the activity of astrocytes, cells that help neurons, should become the basis for effective therapy of this disease.

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Российские ученые предложили новый способ борьбы с болезнью Альцгеймер.
Новый механизм стимуляции активности астроцитов – клеток, помогающих нейронам, должен стать основой для эффективной терапии этого заболевания.
Подробнее по ссылке: https://ria.ru/20230921/nauka-1897572345.html

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Participate in the V International Online Contest in Therapy by North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov

📅 25-27 March 2025

With assistance of:
 Medical College No. 1, Moscow;
 Russian Society for Simulation Education in Medicine, All-Russia Public Organization;
 North-West Society of Gastroenterologists and Hepatologists;
 Russian Society of Cardiology, St. Petersburg Branch;
 Association of General Practitioners (Family Doctors) of the Russian Federation, All-Russia Public Organization.

Who can participate?
- Senior (4-6 year) students of the following programs:
- General Medicine
- Pediatrics

Residents of 1-2 years in specialties:
- Anesthesiology and Resuscitation
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- Dermatology and Venerology
- Infectious Diseases
- Cardiology
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Neurology
- Nephrology
- General Medical Practice (Family Medicine)
- Oncology
- Ophthalmology
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry, Addiction Medicine
- Psychotherapy
- Pulmonology
- Rheumatology
- Sexology
- Emergency Medicine
- Therapy
- Transfusion Medicine
- Urology
- Physiotherapy
- Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Phthisiology
- Surgery
- Endocrinology
- 2-4 year students of secondary vocational schools in specialties:
- General Medicine
- Other specialties (results are not included in the winners' list).

Contest language: Russian and English.

The Contest will be held in two stages: Clinical Thinking Assessment and Practical Skills
Application in Simulation Conditions.

Clinical Thinking Assessment stage:
- Participants join the University's distance learning system via a link sent by e-mail. Held
individually.
- Each participant has 60 case questions to solve within 60 minutes.

Practical Skills Application in Simulated Conditions stage:
- This stage is also held individually through a virtual screen simulator based on the RUМЕДИУС
hardware and software platform. Link will be sent by e-mail.
- Participants should solve 3 clinical scenarios in a virtual simulation environment within 60 minutes (20 minutes per scenario).
«Multilevel Clinical Case – Patient Code» (final results of this stage are not included in the
winner’s protocol):
- Conducted individually via the university's distance learning system (link sent by email).
- Participants work on a clinical case of an emergency patient with complaints.
- 12 minutes per case.

Registration Deadline: March 7, 2025

👉 Participants can register via the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepxl2WxCE_N_80L4rYYdZIU5ljG20YXRei1j7dYlc6d5IZhQ/viewform

For any further assistance/technical support:
https://t.iss.one/olimpiadaszgmu

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