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Health specialists urge to take new MRSA prevention strategies

Published on: June 27, 2023
16:50

Washington, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) A group of five medical organizations have released updated recommendations for the prevention of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, transmission and infection.

Researchers find traditional medicine plant extracts may treat ataxia

Published on: June 21, 2023
17:13

Washington, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers has discovered that extracts from plants used by the Kwakwaka'wakw First Nations peoples in their traditional botanical medicine practices are able to rescue the function of ion channel proteins carrying mutations that cause human episodic ataxia.

Athletes will be well treated at the games in El Salvador

Published on: June 19, 2023
13:46

San Salvador, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) More than 600 EMS workers will support the Central American and Caribbean Games to guarantee the attention of the participants in this regional event, authorities said today.

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.

Cuban hemophilia patients are grateful for their treatment at IHI

Published on: May 19, 2023
13:47

Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Relatives and people suffering from hemophilia on Friday thanked the work done by the Institute of Hematology and Immunology of Cuba (IHI), a scientific center that relentlessly seeks to improve its patients’ quality of life.

Cuban Hemophilia Society in support for patients’ quality of life

Published on: May 16, 2023
19:23

Havana, May 16 (Prensa Latina) The Cuban Hemophilia Society (SCH) has shown some progresses in medical and scientific works, and has a strategy for a better quality of life for people living with this disease.

WHO calls for accelerated actions to mitigate anemia by 2025

Published on: May 12, 2023
15:36

Geneva, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday launched its first-ever comprehensive framework on mitigating anemia, calling on nations to accelerate action to halve anemia prevalence in women of reproductive age by 2025.

WLF calls to make lupus more visible

Published on: May 10, 2023
15:14

Washington, May 10 (Prensa Latina) World Lupus Day was established to take place on May 10 by the World Lupus Federation (WLF) to unite lupus groups around the world during Lupus Awareness Month and call attention to the impact that the disease has on the more than 5 million people globally affected by lupus.

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.

Nearly hundred drugs underway to treat Parkinson’s disease – Study

Published on: April 11, 2023
17:16

Geneva, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Scientists are currently studying nearly a hundred drugs to treat Parkinson's disease, today´s second-most researched ailment in the biomedical field.

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