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The alarming increase in cancer in young people

Being a disease that originates in living tissues, from cells that are constantly reproducing, the cancer It is a disease that has existed as long

“Mental health and somatization disorders”, regarding the delicate case of Garbiela Sevilla

Gabriela Sevilla was reported missing on Wednesday, October 19, after leaving alone for a private clinic in Lima because her water had broken and she

In Peru half of the food is wasted

On the one hand, the excess. It happens in the vast majority of homes and with all kinds of food: fruit is bought for the

The Nobel Prize for a coexistence in which nobody thought

The winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology, Svante Pääbo, could take that Peruvian expression and say, to refer to the genetics

This is the latest on monkeypox and COVID-19

Among the many medical news of the week, we chose these two: on the one hand, the rebound cases that have been registered among those

Consuming more supplements and vitamins do not ensure more health

The point is that this industry promotes and sells the idea that if a vitamin or mineral is vital for good health (true), taking more

How is the health of the Afro-Peruvian population?

June was chosen in commemoration of the birth of the musician, poet, composer and musicologist Nicomedes Santa Cruz, which occurred on June 4, 1925, in

Football, emotion and heart health

Football is the passion of the multitudes and is undoubtedly the most popular sport in the world. Millions of fans will be glued to the

Monkeypox: confirmation of community transmission of the disease

On June 3, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a full review about the outbreak of monkey pox in that country

Cold and death return in the midst of poverty

We arrive again at the tragic moment of the year when, in Peru, hundreds of vulnerable people – especially children – begin to die from

In search of an effective vaccine against cancer

An review article, published on April 7, 2022 in the journal “Naturedescribes the efforts of science to develop a vaccine against cancer. Today we will

A mysterious and unknown childhood hepatitis

In the last weeks has been known of hundreds of cases of hepatitis in children from more than 20 countries. Two serious studies on the

COVID-19: How long is Peru to reach the end of the pandemic phase?

In a recent interview with the United States Public Broadcasting System, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and director of the

The use of masks: will you continue to use them by mandate or by conviction?

With favorable figures related to the pandemic in most of the planet, many governments are lifting the mandatory use of masks. In Peru, from May

They approve a machine that can diagnose COVID-19 by analyzing the smell

Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for emergency use, the first breath test to diagnose COVID-19. The device, called InspectIR COVID-19

These are the 13 essential questions you should ask before surgery

A publication of the American College of Surgery compiles a list of questions to ask before a surgery. Today we will summarize them. First of

This is all that is known, so far, about prolonged COVID-19

In the history of medicine, it happens that from time to time a condition or disease appears, which is resisted –in its acceptance– by medical

This is what we must take into account in the face of a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 by BA.2 in Peru

On November 24, 2021, when it was expected that the decline of the delta variant would bring the end of the pandemic stage and the

Cancer screening exams: prevention is not the same as early detection

Two recent incorrect statements allow us to clarify the concept of the use of tests for the early detection of Cancerknown as ‘screening’ in English,

The pandemic in Hong Kong: does the zero COVID-19 policy work?, by Elmer Huerta

Incredible as it may seem, these days the situation of the pandemic in Hong Kong It is very similar to what Peru had during the