health

Seven hours of sleep a night shield against ailments

Published on: November 12, 2024
06:00

Washington, Nov 12 (Prensa Latina) More than seven hours of sleep a night could help people age and live better and longer, while warding off common health problems, according to research involving more than 3,000 volunteers and released Monday.

Angola bent on eradicating sleeping sickness

Published on: November 11, 2024
14:50

Luanda, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) Angola is currently getting closer to eradicating the Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as sleeping sickness, which registered only nine cases this year, against 52 in 2023.

DPRK shows scientific-technical breakthroughs in health sector

Published on: November 11, 2024
12:54

Pyongyang, Nov 11 (Prensa Latina) The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) showcased its scientific and technological breakthroughs in the health sector at an exhibition in which the country's leading medical institutions and medical equipment manufacturers attended.

Nicaragua at the forefront of the fight against cancer in Central America

Published on: November 10, 2024
10:28

Managua, Nov 10 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua is today at the forefront in the fight against cancer in the Central American region, thanks to government policies to reduce this disease.

El Salvador prioritizes disease prevention

Published on: November 1, 2024
15:45

San Salvador, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) Salvadorian health authorities are currently focused on preventing diseases through immunization, the 35th National Pediatrics Congress and the 33rd National Neonatology Congress acknowledged.

Syria and Cuba review prospects for medical cooperation

Published on: October 28, 2024
15:59

Damascus, Oct 28 (Prensa Latina) Syrian Health Minister Ahmed Demerieh and Cuban Ambassador in Damascus Luis Mariano Fernandez Rodriguez have examined some ways of implementing mechanisms to boost cooperation in the medical and pharmaceutical sectors.

PAHO celebrates 30 years without wild polio in the Americas

Published on: October 24, 2024
18:23

Washington, Oct 24 (Prensa Latina) As World Polio Day is celebrated on Thursday, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) highlighted the 30 years of certified eradication of wild polio transmission in the Americas.

Cuban doctors are seen off after completing mission in Guatemala

Published on: October 23, 2024
17:43

Guatemala, Oct 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador to Guatemala Nazario Fernández bid farewell on Wednesday to a group of Cuban medical workers who concluded their mission tending to the needy in this country.

Drug-affected patients demand attention in Panama

Published on: October 17, 2024
10:35

Panama City, Oct 17 (Prensa latina ) Eighteen years after the massive poisoning by diethylene glycol syrup in Panama, which killed some 400 persons and affected thousands more, patients demand adequate treatment.

Alert on heart disease in Panama as a cause of death

Published on: September 30, 2024
09:50

Panama City, Sep 30 (Prensa Latina) Heart diseases are today one of the main causes of death in Panama, experts warned.

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