Average deaths from Covid drops below 50 for the first time in more than 900 days in Brazil

Average deaths from Covid drops below 50 for the first time in more than 900 days in Brazil

Brazil recorded this Wednesday (28) a moving average of deaths from Covid of 46. It is the first time in…
Laws for the treatment of cancer are not followed, say experts during congress

Laws for the treatment of cancer are not followed, say experts during congress

Laws that guarantee cancer care are important for the democratization of access to health, but they run into bottlenecks that…
Outbreak of meningitis is registered in São Paulo;  see how to protect yourself

Outbreak of meningitis is registered in São Paulo; see how to protect yourself

The city of São Paulo recorded five cases of meningococcal meningitis in the regions of Vila Formosa and Aricanduva, on…
Cancer treatment in the elderly should not focus only on tumor and survival

Cancer treatment in the elderly should not focus only on tumor and survival

Faced with an increasing population aging in the world, the incidence of tumors in the elderly increases and the demand…
Telehealth can integrate different fronts of oncology care

Telehealth can integrate different fronts of oncology care

The Covid-19 pandemic has imposed the adoption of technologies such as teleconsultation, which have become increasingly used. The possibilities of…
Doctor Jarbas Barbosa is the new director general of PAHO, the WHO arm in the Americas

Doctor Jarbas Barbosa is the new director general of PAHO, the WHO arm in the Americas

The Brazilian doctor Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Júnior was appointed this Wednesday (28) as the new director general of PAHO…
SP starts to vaccinate against Covid all children aged 3 to 4 years

SP starts to vaccinate against Covid all children aged 3 to 4 years

In the week of the elections, the Government of São Paulo will expand the vaccination against Covid-19 to the public…
Diabetes is the variable that most impacts the number of deaths from heart attacks.

Diabetes is the variable that most impacts the number of deaths from heart attacks.

Several factors that increase the risk of heart attack are already known, such as high glucose (hyperglycemia), obesity, high cholesterol,…
Alzheimer’s drug slowed disease progress by 27%, study finds

Alzheimer’s drug slowed disease progress by 27%, study finds

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug made by drugmakers Eisai Co Ltd and Biogen has slowed cognitive and functional decline in a…
What menstruation blood says about a woman’s health

What menstruation blood says about a woman’s health

Menstruation is a physiological event that represents the beginning of female reproductive life. It occurs because of the shedding of…