At least 22 IMSS Delegation Warehouses have cold rooms that are “in poor condition due to obsolescence” and do not have “sufficient and adequate capacity for optimal cold network management,” according to official documents. In the Supply Coordination, located in the Gustavo A. Madero mayor’s office, there is a cold room acquired in 1963, 60 … Read more
ANPFor all antidepressants there is now a manual on how to reduce. NOS News•today, 09:10 Sander Zurhake health care editor Sander Zurhake health care editor As of today, doctors, pharmacists and patients have access to a comprehensive manual to safely reduce the use of all antidepressants. Many doctors lack the knowledge to guide people in … Read more
Asthma is a widespread chronic noncommunicable disease affecting an estimated 262 million people worldwide. Sadly, asthma is often poorly managed and misunderstood, which contributed to an estimated 455,000 preventable deaths in 2019. On World Asthma Day, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) and the respiratory community are calling for “Asthma Care for All” through reforms … Read more
All medicines have some kind of secondary effect, either more or less serious. This is something that everyone knows, but sometimes there are some drugs that are necessary, so there is no choice but to take them. However, it is important that the benefits that this medicine will produce are greater than the harm it … Read more
Drugs and dietary supplements contain not only active substances. Most of their weight is usually additives, which are not always neutral for health. We explain which excipients may not be safe and for whom, and which of them are suspected of having a harmful effect on the body. Contents A drug is a medical product … Read more
The Minister of Health, Rosa Gutiérrez, urged the regional governors to start the process of purchasing medicines, to meet the demand for care and treatment of Peruvian families throughout the country. The head of the sector reported that his management has transferred S/ 2,126 million so that the regional authorities arrange the acquisition of medicines … Read more
NOS/Jeroen van Eijndhoven NOS News•yesterday, 12:06 Innogenerics, the last pill factory that produces exclusively for the Dutch market, will stop after this weekend. It underlines that the Netherlands is highly dependent on foreign countries for medicines. And that is not without risks. What is going on? After the closure of Innogenerics, the Netherlands still has … Read more
NOS/Jeroen van Eijndhoven NOS News•today, 20:09 Pharmacy organization KNMP registered 1514 medicine shortages last year, mainly due to problems with the production and distribution of medicines. According to the trade association, it has never happened so often that a medicine was unavailable in the Netherlands for more than two weeks. Among other things, there was … Read more
The Russian political scientist Olga Kurnosova commented on the information of the Ukrainian intelligence that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin is seriously ill and may even die soon. On the air of the “Argument” program, she noted that the Kremlin would not confirm such information, but there are curious facts that indicate … Read more
ANP extension ANNOUNCEMENTS•today, 06:00 The Dutch’s confidence in their medicines has increased slightly. This is the conclusion of the Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB). Four years ago the Dutch gave their medicines a 7.9, now it’s 8.2. Vaccines also receive a more than adequate score of 7.8, according to the survey of more than 1,000 consumers/patients … Read more