Category: 6. Health

A stroke takes place when the brain suffers irreversible damage due to a sudden interruption of blood flow. Strokes are predominantly of three types – ischemic strokes, intracerebral haemorrhages and subarachnoid haemorrhages.

An ischemic…

Restricting sugar consumption early in life lowers the risks for various heart conditions later in adulthood, including heart attack, heart failure, and stroke, according to new research. The study was based on data from the end of UK sugar…

Introduction

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a challenge for health systems worldwide, and particularly in Mexico because its attention has focused on attending to the last stages.¹ At national level, the numbers of patients in the last stage of…

Introduction

As a predominant chronic pulmonary condition in pediatric populations, bronchial asthma is characterized by sustained inflammatory processes in the bronchial tubes, airflow obstruction that is physiologically reversible, and…

Graduate medical education programs in internal medicine (IM), family medicine (FM), and obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) consistently underprepare residents to manage menopause-related health concerns, according to a scoping review presented…

Background

Heritable connective tissue disorders that affect the connective tissue of various organ systems, including heart, blood vessels, bones, eyes, skin, joints, and lungs, are characterized by alterations in the extracellular matrix…