Scientists tested with potential therapies in people who do not have many symptoms of Alzheimer’s, before much of their brain is destroyed: a fundamental change in the way that specialists tend to prevent the devastation that causes the disease. The most ambitious attempt to date is announced an international study, which will follow up on an experimental drug to determine if it can stop... 

The precipitous drop in funding from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and malaria can be a “fatal blow” to the progress made so far, reported the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The organization called attention to the fact that, for example, had never been so close to controlling the AIDS epidemic, which is now in the air for this decline in funding. This... 

The first drug to prevent HIV infection was supported by a federal advisory panel in the U.S., paving the way for approval, marking a milestone in the struggle of 30 years against the virus that causes AIDS. In a series of votes, an advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA for short) recommended approval of Truvada pill daily for healthy people who are at high risk of contracting... 

An addiction that causes severe damage to the overall health and can be controlled. In recent decades, smoking has become one of the most severe health problems, the discovery of the damage caused and to find associated with various serious diseases that are now gaining in importance as a cause of death and disability, with severe repercussions economical. Smoking is a disease caused by excessive... 

It is a disease caused by bacteria called Salmonella. Also known as gastroenteritis Salmonellosis is an infectious disease of food type, caused by bacteria called Salmonella of which there are about 2,200 serotypes. Salmonellae as its effects are classified into three types: -Salmonella Typhi, which causes typhoid fever. -Salmonella choleraesuis. -Salmonella enteritidis, which is comprised of... 

Sleep is one of the most important activities of our body, but often our habits cause them to develop some sleep disorders. Do you suffer any? See here how to avoid or correct them! According to Dr. Reyes Haro Valencia, coordinator of the Sleep Clinic at the UNAM, sleep disorders are situations that affect sleep properly, can lead to sleep, waking up continuously, or to trigger the need for sleep... 

What is hepatitis? Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. This inflammation can be acute (short term illness) or chronic (more than half a year of illness). What causes hepatitis? Hepatitis may occur as a result of viral infections, alcohol and other intoxicants or drugs. Most of the time there is talk of hepatitis, we refer to hepatitis caused by viruses, so we will focus only on viral hepatitis. Acute... 

This entity was first described by Hutchinson in 1890. Horton was in 1930 when histology revealed granulomatous arthritis of temporal vessels. And 20 years later postulated the relationship between temporal arthritis and polymyalgia rheumatica (in fact many authors consider to be two different phases of the same disease) We define temporal arthritis, also called giant cell arthritis(GCA)... 

In previous work, the researcher Mary JC Hendrix and colleagues discovered that aggressive melanoma cells (as opposed to normal cells and less aggressive melanoma) contain specific proteins similar to those found in embryonic cells. This work allows a first molecular classification of malignant melanoma and may help explain how behaving like unspecialized stem cells, melanoma cells migrate,... 

Appendicitis and Meckel’s diverticulum connection Appendicitis Appendicitis, most common in teenagers and young adults, is inflammation of the appendix together with obstruction of its intestinal opening. Symptoms include pain, fever and tenderness in the lower right quadrant of the abdomen, although tenderness at first can be located more centrally. Nausea and vomiting are typical, too, but...