Alert for outbreak of scarlet fever in Hong Kong

The health authorities confirmed on Tuesday, the second death in Hong Kong due to the outbreak of scarlet fever. However, cases of this disease also increased in China and Macao. According to the...

Some consequences of treatment of lymphoma

Lymphoma is cancer of the lymphatic system. Like other types, it can be treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy, or with other methods such as the treatment of antibodies and through bone marrow...

Alzheimer's develops 10 years before symptoms

The criteria for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's were established in 1984, during these 27 years, it has been evident that this pathology develops years before the dementia is present in the patient....

Amputation of lower extremities

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) report that of the total amputations of the lower extremities, between 40 and 85% are related to diabetes. In...

Blood tests to diagnose allergies

The widespread use of blood test is one of the new lines for to diagnose and give treatment in cases of allergy,released by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, publishes the...

At the slightest symptom of lymphoma go to the doctor

A type of cancer known as lymphoma It could start harmlessly, usually in a harmless way that often takes a long time before presenting obvious symptoms. You should know the most common symptoms of...

Web application against cancer

The key to advance in the treatment and investigation against Cancer is to create large-scale connections that bring together patients, doctors and scientists, no matter where they live or work, and...

Learn to distinguish when there is epilepsy

Despite the research and work of many organizations in favor of people with epilepsy, there is still a huge ignorance about the disease that, according to official estimates, affects between 1 and 2...

Arab Americans with psychological stress

The American Arab population has been targeted by more than 700 violent incidents in the United States after the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, according to investigations by...

Arthritis affects women more

The rheumatoid arthritis It is a disease that occurs in 1% of the population, especially in women, affecting 3 of them for every man. It appears between 30 and 40 years of age. However, it is...

Aspirin reduces the risk of cancer

According to scientists from the Oxford University, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and other research centers, minimum doses of aspirin (approximately 75 mg) can help...

Increase voluntary blood donation

The number of countries in the world that obtain all the blood supply from voluntary unpaid donors increased more than 50% between 2002 and 2008, according to new data released by the World Health...

IMSS ensures that COPD can be prevented

Among the most common causes of death in Mexico is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This can be alarming to the naked eye. Fortunately, it can be prevented by reducing the risk factor's...

Bacteria can cause multiple sclerosis

So far, the investigations have not concluded in a factor that causes the appearance of multiple sclerosis; however, some results indicate that there is common bacteria that could favor the...

Bacteria Helicobacter pylori protects against asthma

In the last decades the allergy-induced asthma it has been taking virtually epidemic proportions in this industrialized world. The rapid increase in respiratory diseases is attributed to...

Advances melanoma therapy

Results of recent studies suggest that treatment with zoledronic acid for patients with melanoma can improve the opportunity survival, publishes the English medical journal The Lancet.To the...

Australia with higher skin cancer rate

Australians are 13 times more likely to develop skin cancer than the world population in general, according to the study "Cancer in Australia 2010", published the AFP.The report indicates that the...

Benlysta, first drug to treat lupus in 5 decades

Benlysta is the first drug approved by The Food and Drug Administration from the United States in more than 56 years to treat lupus disease, offering some hope to the painful symptoms of this...

Boxing causes severe brain damage

It is expected that the fight Pacquiao vs Margarito Let this weekend, an economic spillover of more than 100 million dollars in the dispute for the world super welterweight title of the World Boxing...

Bret Michaels the face of diabetes in the US

During, November, the American diabetes month, the American Diabetes Association joins Bret Michaels, country musician and winner of "Celebrity Apprentice, "of the NBC channel, in order to take...