Carlos Enrique | Medicine Blog

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...

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...