Advanced oncology drugs take two years to reach Spain after their approval

Advanced oncology drugs take two years to reach Spain after their approval

He average time since the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approves a innovative drug until this is accessible to patients in the various Spanish hospitals are 661 days (almost two years). In the case of the oncology drugs It’s 725 days (about two years). The EMA itself proposes that this time should not exceed 180 days. … Read more

SSD assures that oncological medicines are already arriving in Durango

SSD assures that oncological medicines are already arriving in Durango

The Durango Health Department (SSD) reported that the federal government has already sent oncological medicines to the state, coinciding with the protest carried out by Gomezpalatina women with breast cancer due to the shortage of high-cost medicines at the State Cancer Center (Cecan). The state agency, headed by Moisés Nájera Torres, announced that the medicines … Read more

3 people confirmed with West Nile virus in Romania. One of them died, another is in a serious condition in hospital

3 people confirmed with West Nile virus in Romania. One of them died, another is in a serious condition in hospital

Three cases of virus infection West Nile confirmed at patients into Suceava Hospital. Among them, there is an 83-year-old patient who a deceased person due to serious illnesses, and another man, 88 years old, in serious condition, according to DSP Suceava. Suceava Directorate of Public Health (DSP) announced on August 19, that 3 cases of … Read more

Brain Implants Can Help Patients With Parkinson’s Disease, Study Says

Brain Implants Can Help Patients With Parkinson’s Disease, Study Says

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) – A new research suggests that a brain implant could help people with Parkinson’s disease by providing personalized care. The device uses AI to monitor a patient’s brain activity to detect movement problems during the day and insomnia at night. If it detects changes, it intervenes by releasing pulses of electricity called deep … Read more

Shortage of an important chemo drug, implications for the treatment of cancer patients

Shortage of an important chemo drug, implications for the treatment of cancer patients

NOS NOS news•today, 8:56 p.m An important anti-cancer chemo drug will be available until at least the end of September very limited available in the Netherlands. Here’s what the Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) says. It is expected that the treatment of 500 to 1,000 people will have to be changed necessarily. The drug etoposide is … Read more

The volunteer beauticians who take care of cancer patients in Crete – 2024-08-09 12:47:59

The volunteer beauticians who take care of cancer patients in Crete
 – 2024-08-09 12:47:59

Aesthetic care services aimed at oncology patients is a practice found, internationally, in health agencies and institutions. These services, as unrelated as they may seem at first glance, aim to strengthen the oncology patient psychologically, in order to go through the difficult and often lonely path of his treatment as painlessly as possible. This unique, … Read more

The AECC in Lalín increases its interventions for cancer patients: 162 last year

The AECC in Lalín increases its interventions for cancer patients: 162 last year

The Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC) is increasing its activity in Lalín. It closed 2023 with 162 interventions for cancer patients and their environment, which represents a significant increase compared to the previous year. So far in 2024, the number of interventions stands at 59, both from the Social Work and Psychological Care departments. Of … Read more

Research into the effects of physical exercise on metastatic breast cancer

Research into the effects of physical exercise on metastatic breast cancer

The latest international evidence-based guidelines include recommendations on physical exercise both during and after curative cancer treatment to reduce side effects. However, these same guidelines acknowledge that, in the context of metastatic breast cancer (MBC), evidence of the effects of physical activity is lacking. The latest international evidence-based guidelines include recommendations on physical exercise both … Read more

They ask for plasma donations to ensure a provide

They ask for plasma donations to ensure a provide

he’s Balearic Blood and Tissue Financial institution requested the society to donate and due to this fact be capable to assure provides in the summertime, when donations often lower, and be capable to face emergency conditions. Blood reserves are at low ranges in the meanwhile, with 652 models of the varied blood teams when a … Read more