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PAHO warns of AI dangers for health care

Published on: June 6, 2023
16:29

Washington, Jun 6 (Prensa Latina) The misuse of artificial intelligence (AI) can presently harm patients through misdiagnosis or wrong treatment, the chief of PAHO's Information Systems and Digital Health Marcelo D'Agostino said.

Ovarian cancer affects over 5,200 Italian women every year

Published on: May 7, 2023
08:06

Rome, May 7 (Prensa Latina) Ovarian cancer affects more than 5,200 women every year in Italy. It remains one of the big killers among gynecological malignancies and five-year survival is still low. Only 43% of patients manage to defeat the disease.

WHO reports nearly 53,000 monkeypox cases worldwide

Published on: September 7, 2022
18:36

Geneva, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday reported that 52,997 people have fallen ill with monkeypox worldwide since January 2022.

Ecuador reports first monkeypox case

Published on: July 6, 2022
15:31

Quito, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador´s Public Health Ministry (MSP, in Spanish) on Wednesday confirmed the diagnosis of first monkeypox case in the country.

Computer capable of reducing diagnosis time for rare diseases

Published on: June 24, 2021
07:11

London, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) A computer capable of working much faster than a traditional one is being used in order to reduce the diagnosis time of so-called rare diseases, conditions that nowadays take up to five years to be identified.

New WHO Global Compact to speed up actions to tackle diabetes

Published on: April 15, 2021
08:51

Geneva, Apr 15 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) insists today on the need for more efforts to prevent diabetes and provide treatment to people living with this disease.

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