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500 million people are at risk of developing chronic diseases

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Between the years 2020 and 2030, there is a  risk  that almost 500 million people will develop  heart disease ,  obesity and diabetes , among other chronic diseases, attributable to  physical inactivity . This is the conclusion that emerges from a recent report by the UN health agency, the  World Health Organization (WHO) . This work indicates that the governments of the world are making very slow progress in deploying policies to increase physical activity in their population. As relevant data, the WHO reported that the levels of inactivity among adults in high-income countries doubled the levels of inactivity in low-income countries. The report also points out that women in most countries are less active than men, especially in the  Eastern Mediterranean and in America. Among the important data that can be found in the report are: Less than 50% of countries have a national physical activity policy. Only 30% of countries have national physical activi...
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Venezuelan scientists manage to regenerate dental pulp with stem cells

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Venezuelan researchers  reported in the  Journal of Endodontics  the first case in the world of  dental pulp regeneration  through  stem cells . They specified that these stem cells were obtained from the  bone marrow  of a healthy donor. Thanks to this procedure, for the first time in the world, a "dead" tooth without sensitivity returns to life. José Cardier, head of the IVIC Cellular Therapy Unit The results of this transplant place  Venezuela  at the forefront of  regenerative endodontic therapies  and allow people who in the past had their dental pulp removed to recover teeth. This regeneration is achieved through the use of a technology developed in Venezuela by the  Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC) . In an interview published by the RT news network, the researcher and head of the IVIC Cellular Therapy Unit,  José Cardier , explained that these cells are not only used in  endodontics , the...
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They identify menstrual alterations caused by the vaccine against Covid-19

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A study by the  University of Granada  determined that vaccines against Covid-19 did cause menstrual disturbances. The EVA project According to the study, through a project called  EVA,  it has been possible to identify slight  alterations in the premenstrual and menstrual cycles  of women as a consequence of the vaccines against  Covid-19 . 78% of the participants reported having perceived slight changes in premenstrual and menstrual symptoms after being vaccinated. Sociodemographic and clinical data were also collected in this study, as well as the type of vaccine administered and the changes perceived in relation to cycle length, amount of bleeding, pain, presence of clots and symptoms before menstruation. The researchers revealed that the women who reported alterations are in all cases  over 35 years of age  and in them the smoking habit predominates slightly more than in those consulted who reported not having noticed alterations. Simila...
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Concern over first cases of monkeypox in children

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The World Health Organization (WHO)  confirmed the first cases of monkeypox in children under 18 years of age. Although they are isolated cases, the agency recalled that children, as well as pregnant women and immunosuppressed people are risk groups. Monkeypox attacks children Until the end of June, more than 5,500 people affected by this  disease  had been reported worldwide in some 50 countries, but the first reports of  children  in Europe infected by the monkeypox outbreak also began to arrive. A few, 4 or 5, which however may indicate a change in the pattern of contagion, its extension and a behavior in the transmission of the disease that alerts the health authorities. Monkeypox is caused by a virus. It is a zoonotic viral disease , meaning that it can be transmitted from animals to humans. This virus can spread from person to person and was first detected in several monkeys in a laboratory in 1958.   Symptoms of Monkeypox Fever. Intense headache. Mus...
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Experts advise against the use of unverified remedies against Covid-19

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  The World Health Organization ( WHO ) and the Pan American Health Organization ( PAHO ) advised,  in the midst of the global health crisis,  against the use of many drugs popularized in  Latin America  to deal with the  Covid-19 disease,  such as carbon dioxide chlorine, Ivermectin, Moringa tea, Ginger and Arsenicum album. Vaccination plans in Latin America against Covid-19 are  slow , but despite the fact that the cure for the virus is already real, among family members or groups of friends they continue to bet on other options to avoid getting infected. The use of homemade and natural solutions against COVID-19 Chlorine dioxide  (CIO2) is also called "miracle mineral solution" and is basically the mixture of sodium chlorite in distilled water with an acid that can be the juice of a lemon and that, when taken, becomes an oxidizing agent which apparently destroys  bacteria and pathogens  in the human body. For its part,  Iv...
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Life and work of the Doctor Arnoldo Gabaldón

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Arnoldo Gabaldón was a doctor, researcher and teacher, considered one of the most important epidemiologists of the   20th century . He developed a program against   malaria   that eliminated the disease in two thirds of the Venezuelan territory. Gabaldón was born in 1909 in the state of  Trujillo  and at the age of 15 he traveled to  Caracas  to study Medicine at the  Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) . In 1930 he traveled to  Europe , where he obtained the malariology certificate awarded by the  Institute of Tropical Diseases in Hamburg  (Germany). In 1936 he returned and founded the  Special Directorate of Malariology  of the Ministerio de Sanidad y Asistencia Social. As director, Gabaldón designed a malaria eradication strategy based on the training of personnel, the improvement of the housing system and the application of insecticides. In 1959, he assumed the leadership of the Ministerio de Sanidad y de Asistencia...
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