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Some 2.5 million people with rare diseases in Mexico are not diagnosed

Some 2.5 million people with rare diseases in Mexico are not diagnosed Some 2.5 million people with rare diseases in Mexico are not diagnosed

At least 2.5 million Mexicans could have a rare condition, but they are not yet diagnosed, warned this Thursday Belkis Monsalve, specialist and medical manager of Hematology and Women’s Health at Astellas Pharma, on the occasion of World Health Day. Rare Diseases. With this, in Mexico there are 8 million people with rare diseases, according […]

EU commits to cooperation to fight rare diseases

EU commits to cooperation to fight rare diseases EU commits to cooperation to fight rare diseases

The European Commissioner for Health, Stella Kyriakides, highlighted this Wednesday on World Health Day Rare Diseases the need to work jointly between all the countries of the European Union (EU) to guarantee care for patients suffering from these pathologies, which affect more than 36 million throughout the EU. In her statement, the Health Commissioner stated […]

They decipher the connections between ALS and dementia that presents behavioral problems

They decipher the connections between ALS and dementia that presents behavioral problems They decipher the connections between ALS and dementia that presents behavioral problems

Research led by the Spanish Sant Pau Research Institute deciphered the brain connections between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia, characterized by cognitive and behavioral problems. The research was carried out by a group of scientists from various hospitals and research centers in Catalonia (northeast of Spain), led by doctors Álvaro Carbayo and Ricard […]

UK bans single-use vapes

UK bans single-use vapes UK bans single-use vapes

The British Government has decided to ban vapers single-use devices with the aim of eradicating addiction to these devices among British youth and protecting the health of minors. The British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, will formalize the veto in a visit to a school this Monday, the British Government said in a statement. This decision […]

WHO launches guide for ethical use of artificial intelligence in health

WHO launches guide for ethical use of artificial intelligence in health WHO launches guide for ethical use of artificial intelligence in health

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a guide with new ethical guidelines to promote and guarantee safe use in the healthcare field of large language models (LMM), a type of artificial intelligence (AI) generative in rapid development. Capable of generating texts and other predictive content from massive data processing, LMMs, like the controversial tool […]

Health spending in the OECD will rise to 11.8% of GDP in 2040 with lesson from covid

Health spending in the OECD will rise to 11.8% of GDP in 2040 with lesson from covid Health spending in the OECD will rise to 11.8% of GDP in 2040 with lesson from covid

The weight of health spending in the countries of the OECD will continue to grow, as has been the case for decades and, if we add to this trend the lessons of the crisis of the covid To make the system more resistant, it will reach 11.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2040. […]

Medicine shortage in Venezuela was 26.2% in November, according to NGO

Medicine shortage in Venezuela was 26.2% in November, according to NGO Medicine shortage in Venezuela was 26.2% in November, according to NGO

The scarcity of medicines to treat six high-incidence morbidities in Venezuela was 26.2% in November 2023, according to a bulletin released this Sunday by the NGO Convite, which monitors the availability and access to these drugs in Caracas and 16 other cities throughout the country. “November 2023 closes with a general indicator of 26.2% of […]

A new antibiotic is promising, in mice, against a multiresistant bacteria

A new antibiotic is promising, in mice, against a multiresistant bacteria A new antibiotic is promising, in mice, against a multiresistant bacteria

The development of a new type of drug against a bacterial species resistant to several classes of antibiotics existing ones has given promising results in trials with mice and is now being tested in humans, as published today by Nature. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) – a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics – is classified as a […]

Pollution clouds the sky over Dubai, where COP28 is being held

Pollution clouds the sky over Dubai, where COP28 is being held Pollution clouds the sky over Dubai, where COP28 is being held

The horizon of Dubai was obscured on Sunday by a polluting layer described as “unhealthy”the same day in which the conference of the climate of the UN (COP28) celebrated a day dedicated to health. The particle concentration index reached 155 micrograms per m3, according to WAQI.info, a local website that serves to stay informed in […]

China reaffirms that respiratory outbreaks are due to known pathogens

China reaffirms that respiratory outbreaks are due to known pathogens China reaffirms that respiratory outbreaks are due to known pathogens

The health authorities of China reaffirmed, based on recent data obtained from case monitoring, that the high incidence of respiratory diseases in recent weeks it is due to known pathogens. The National Health Commission of the Asian country indicated in a press conference that it has not detected any infection due to new viruses or […]