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
Washington. The World Bank Group on Thursday unveiled a new goal to help countries provide affordable health care to 1.5 billion people by 2030 by expanding services to remote areas, reducing fees and other financial barriers and focusing in lifelong care. The lender said it would deploy financing, its own health expertise and new partnerships … Read more
In 2002, the Active Citizens Network, together with a group of European citizens’ organisations, drafted the European Charter of Patients’ Rightswhich has been translated into 16 languages and includes the following 14 rights: Right to preventive measures, access to care, update, consent, free choice, privacy and confidentiality, respecting patients’ time, adherence to quality standards, security, … Read more
Necrotizing fasciitis, which causes tissue necrosis, may be caused by a genetic defect, says a Finnish-led study. In these patients, for example, a mild injury or infection triggers an uncontrolled inflammatory reaction. Necrotizing fasciitis needs immediate treatment. Adobe Stock / AOP Necrotizing fasciitis, i.e. inflammation of the muscle membrane, can be caused by a genetic … Read more
Gent – Introducing stool from healthy people through the nose to Parkinson’s patients: it can help against the symptoms of the disease. Scientists from Ghent have come to this remarkable conclusion. “This could be a valuable new treatment.” More than 40,000 Belgians are affected by Parkinson’s disease, and the number is increasing. Common symptoms include … Read more
“It started when I was eleven, at the same time as my period. The pain was so intense that it made me feel nauseous and sometimes faint. As a result, I was unable to go to school for about two days per month. Ultimately, I kept switching courses and ended up from ASO to BSO. … Read more
«Patients must be referred to Allergology so that we can cure them with the vaccine»EP ASK: Extremadura will be the region with the highest pollen concentration this year, is this usual? ANSWER: Yes. Here we normally mark the maximum grass pollen counts in Spain, both in the springs that are more intense and those that … Read more
A patient with schizophrenia was stabbed by his own brother after he violently attacked his mother during an apparent mental episode that occurred in an apartment in the José Martí district, located in the province of Santiago de Cuba. According to independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada, the aggressor was identified as Ángel Luis Méndez Fonseca, … Read more
The more patients with a particular cancer are treated in a hospital, the better the team of doctors and nurses becomes, and the greater the chance that the patient will survive the disease. That was the reason for former Minister of Health Maggie De Block (Open Vld) to significantly reduce the number of hospitals that … Read more
The truce in humanity’s war against measles and other highly contagious but otherwise “forgotten” diseases has an asterisk. And if he is ignored, then a “short-circuit” in the peace process inevitably results. This asterisk is none other than the vaccination coverage of the population, which however is not a given while there are ups and … Read more