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Cuban health professionals to hold scientific conference in Angola

Published on: December 23, 2023
10:09

Luanda, Dec 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuban health professionals held on saturday a scientific day turned into a perfect setting for exchanging and reflecting on relevant issues of medical practice in Angola.

Antidiabetic Drugs May Prevent Colorectal Cancer

Published on: December 12, 2023
10:48

Washington, Dec 12 (Prensa Latina) GLP-1 RAs are significantly more effective than the best known anti-diabetic drugs, such as metformin or insulin, in preventing the onset of colorectal cancer (CRC), a specialized source reported today.

Physical exercise improves sleep quality

Published on: December 4, 2023
12:40

Washington, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Poor sleep can reduce cognitive performance, attention span, judgment and emotional state of people, but by opting for physical exercises the quality of sleep improves, a specialized source revealed today.

Finlay Vaccines Institute, more than three decades making history

Published on: December 3, 2023
10:04

Havana, Dec 3 (Prensa Latina) The Finlay Vaccines Institute (IFV) is celebrating its anniversary and that of its Plant III on Sunday, with dreams fulfilled and others yet to come true in pursuit of improving the people's quality of life.

Uruguayan experts research alleged cases of equine encephalomyelitis

Published on: November 30, 2023
00:45

Montevideo, Nov 30 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan scientists are investigating alleged cases of equine encephalomyelitis, as some cases of the disease were confirmed in neighboring Argentina.

Italy donates 27,000 euros for a Cuban vaccine against dengue fever

Published on: October 30, 2023
10:16

Rome, Oct 30 (Prensa Latina) The National Association of Italy-Cuba Friendship (Anaic), donated 27 thousand euros to Cuba to support a research on a vaccine against dengue fever, in addition to the 19 thousand previously donated for that purpose, a spokesman said today. Marco Papacci, national president of Anaic, told Prensa Latina that in a ceremony held in the city of Milan, a check for that amount was handed over to Cuban scientist Gerardo Guillén, director of Biomedical Research at the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB).

Cancer increased 79% since 1990 in people under 50 years of age

Published on: September 10, 2023
00:45

London, Sep 10 (Prensa Latina) The last three decades (1990-2019) show an astonishing 79.1-percent increase in new cases of cancer among people under 50 years of age worldwide, according to a recent research.

Costa Rica to strengthen biomedical research

Published on: August 21, 2023
15:33

San Jose, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican health authorities created a committee to analyze projects related to medical research, especially phase 1 drugs and bioequivalence, the entity reported this Monday.

Cooking food, avoiding salad could cut antibiotic resistance – Study

Published on: August 17, 2023
18:57

London, Aug 17 (Prensa Latina) Cooking food thoroughly and avoiding some types of vegetables and salad during a course of antibiotic treatment could potentially reduce antibiotic resistance, by preventing bacteria carrying resistance genes getting into the gut, according to a new study.

Russia launches its first lunar mission

Published on: August 11, 2023
07:45

Moscow, Aug 11 (Prensa Latina) The Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying Russia’s first mission to the Moon in 40 years took off from the Vostochny cosmodrome, the RosCosmos Space Corporation reported on Friday.

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