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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.

Potential drug DT-109 brings hope for human fatty liver treatment

Published on: April 11, 2023
16:56

Washington, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) A recently developed amino acid compound successfully treats nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in non-human primates — bringing scientists one step closer to the first human treatment for the condition that is rapidly increasing around the world, a study suggests.

Researchers find treatment target for drug-resistant epilepsy

Published on: March 14, 2023
17:18

Washington, Mar 14 (Prensa Latina) Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine and colleagues have found a small molecule that may help treat people suffering from epilepsy whose conditions has become resistant to the benzodiazepine drugs usually used in managing seizures, a specialized source published Tuesday.

Experts launch new campaign to reduce epilepsy stigmas

Published on: February 13, 2023
19:02

Geneva, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) The Epilepsy Foundation on Monday launched a pilot campaign, with support from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to reduce the stigma that some 50 million people with epilepsy, and their caregivers, experience because of their epilepsy.

WHO calls for more awareness, action on World Cancer Day

Published on: February 4, 2023
09:25

Geneva, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) World Cancer Day is celebrated today with the purpose of raising awareness and mobilizing society to advance to cancer prevention and control.

WHO launches bid to tackle inequalities behind breast cancer threat

Published on: February 3, 2023
16:11

Geneva, Feb 3 (Prensa Latina) A UN-led global initiative to tackle breast cancer could save 2.5 million lives by 2040, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, just ahead of World Cancer Day.

WHO supports for quick clinic-based diagnostic test for HCV

Published on: January 25, 2023
17:51

Geneva, Jan 25 (Prensa Latina) Today, Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology published a key new WHO-led study in collaboration with the University of Bristol showing the benefit of using a quick clinic-based diagnostic test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection over a standard laboratory-based test.

Face masks continue to be all-important to fight off Covid-19 – WHO

Published on: January 13, 2023
15:16

Geneva, Jan 12 (Prensa Latina) The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday recommended to continue face mask-wearing in specific situations, regardless of any local epidemiological situation, given current spread of Covid-19 worldwide.

India warns on incidence of congenital heart diseases

Published on: October 1, 2022
16:55

New Delhi, Oct 1 (Prensa Latina) Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, U.S., acknowledges to be the most common congenital disorder, is responsible for 28% of all congenital birth defects, and accounts for 6%-10 % of all the infant deaths in India.

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