'My Sweetie, Hold On': Father Frost Visits Patients at Omsk HospiceA touching report from the hospital shows what terminally ill patients talked about with the New Year's magician. A correspondent saw how Father Frost and volunteers brought a holiday miracle to cancer patients.
Tyumen Mammologist on Breast Implants, Self-Exams, and PiercingA specialist with 19 years of experience answered questions about nipple piercings, implants, and cancer fears in a video interview. We asked these 'silly' questions because getting an appointment with an oncologist-mammologist in Tyumen can be difficult.
Why Everyone Is Sick but Clinics Aren't Testing for FluChief Sverdlovsk Region epidemiologist Alexander Kharitonov explains the early and intense flu season in Yekaterinburg, who is most at risk, and why widespread testing isn't happening.
Volgograd hospital patients say they must buy their own suppliesPatients at a large hospital in southern Volgograd say they lack iodine, bandages, and saline solution, and are being asked to purchase even intravenous drip sets themselves. A relative described being told to buy supplies and receiving inadequate care.