WHO recommends second malaria vaccine to be launched next year | Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended, on Monday, the use of a second malaria vaccine to stop the potentially deadly disease transmitted to humans by some mosquitoes. “Almost exactly two years ago, the WHO recommended the widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S,” said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press […]
WHO recommends second malaria vaccine to be launched next year | Health
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended, on Monday, the use of a second malaria vaccine to stop the potentially deadly disease transmitted to humans by some mosquitoes. “Almost exactly two years ago, the WHO recommended the widespread use of the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S,” said WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a press […]
Are you losing a lot of hair? Understand whether it is “normal” or an illness – C Studio
The word disease originates from the Latin term “dolentia”, which means “to feel or cause pain, suffering, distress”. The World Health Organization classifies disease as “lack of health”. There are many definitions for this term, but in general, experts consider diseases to be disorders that alter the proper functioning of an organ or even our […]
Respiratory diseases responsible for the deaths of more than ten thousand people in 2021 | Health
In 2021, respiratory diseases were responsible for the deaths of 10,255 people, representing a decrease compared to the previous year: 988 fewer, according to data released this Thursday by the National Observatory of Respiratory Diseases (ONDR). The organization also points to a 34.7% decrease in deaths from pneumonia between 2018 and 2021. As for lung […]
Even when exercising, risk of dementia increases when sitting all day | Well-being
A study published in Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) reveals that people who spend long hours sitting at work and at home are at a much higher risk of developing dementia than those who spend less time sitting. Readers are the strength and life of the newspaper PÚBLICO’s contribution to the democratic and civic […]
Bronchiolitis, more serious cases in children due to variants of the syncytial virus: the study
The research conducted by the virologists of the Sapienza University of Rome with the Department of Infectious Diseases of the ISS, and published by Journal of Infection, analyzed cases at the Policlinico Umberto I in the pre-pandemic seasons, during and after the pandemic. If in 2021 bronchiolitis was mainly caused by strains of RSV subtype […]
Acute transient psychosis, what is the illness from which Corona and Moric’s son suffers
Brief psychotic disorder, or acute psychotic disorder, is characterized by a psychopathological state of delirium that appears abruptly and suddenly and tends to fade away. This is a condition that is mostly found in young people, particularly between 18 and 24 years old. Age group, among other things, which also corresponds to that of Carlos […]
Medicines for diabetes and obesity: in seven months, more than double what was sold in 2019 | Health
Twenty-three kilos in six months: this was the weight that Maria Barreto, 53 years old, lost thanks to Ozempic, the medicine that has been talked about a lot lately. Since the age of 14, Maria has struggled with obesity, a family problem. At that time, she remembers that her father used to take her to […]
How do diabetes and weight loss medications work? | Health
The medicines used in type 2 diabetes with the advantage of reducing weight, whose sales have soared over the last few years, belong to the class of so-called GLP-1 receptor agonists (type 1 glucagon) — a physiological hormone with multiple actions in regulating appetite and glucose, produced in the intestine after food intake — and […]
Medicines for diabetes and obesity: in seven months, more than double what was sold in 2019 | Health
Twenty-three kilos in six months: this was the weight that Maria Barreto, 53 years old, lost thanks to Ozempic, the medicine that has been talked about a lot lately. Since the age of 14, Maria has struggled with obesity, a family problem. At that time, she remembers that her father used to take her to […]