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Uruguay to expand coverage for cancer treatments

Published on: September 11, 2024
18:07

Montevideo, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan Government has decided to extend coverage for medicines and treatments for different types of cancer.

International health care providers began working in Ethiopia

Published on: August 12, 2024
12:09

Addis Abeba, Aug 12 (Prensa Latina) The first round of the international group of free summer health care providers, composed of 26 specialists from India, arrived in Ethiopia, the Ministry of Health reported today.

WHO succeeds in evacuating children with cancer from Gaza

Published on: June 27, 2024
16:42

Geneva, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) A score of children suffering from cancer managed to leave the Gaza Strip on Thursday through the Kerem Shalom crossing in an operation coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Former President Jose Mujica completes cancer treatment

Published on: June 21, 2024
14:09

Montevideo, Jun 21 (Prensa Latina) Uruguayan ex-president Jose Mujica concluded the indicated treatment against oesophageal cancer, his family doctor, Raquel Pannone, informed today.

New therapeutic procedures in Cuba to treat movement disorders

Published on: May 5, 2024
00:30

Havana, May 5 (Prensa Latina) Non-invasive brain stimulation in its two variants (repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation and transcranial direct current stimulation) are the new therapeutic procedures used by Cuban experts to treat movement disorders.

Mexican president greets Mujica after hearing about his illness

Published on: April 30, 2024
13:22

Mexico City, Apr 30 (Prensa Latina) Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Tuesday sent a hug to former Uruguayan President José Mujica, who announced that he has a tumor in his esophagus.

Power outages affect treatment of kidney patients in Ecuador

Published on: April 24, 2024
00:16

Quito, Apr 24 (Prensa Latina) The Association of Dialysis Centers in Ecuador warned that some 16,000 kidney patients require hemodialysis and their life is at risk due to the energy crisis.

US blockade against Cuba impacts children’s cancer treatments

Published on: February 21, 2024
11:08

Havana, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The United States blockade against Cuba limits access to medicines and cutting-edge medical technologies for the treatment of children's cancer, the first cause of death today among Cuban children aged one to four years old.

Italy develops new treatment for pancreatic cancer

Published on: January 2, 2024
10:31

Rome, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) One of our researchers has identified a potential new treatment target for pancreatic cancer. Dr. Miriam Martini, based in Torino, Italy, recently made this exciting breakthrough. Fewer than 1 in 10 people in the UK can be expected to survive 5 years or more after their diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, so this is fantastic news for patients.

Latin America to use thermotherapy to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis

Published on: December 18, 2023
18:00

Washington, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) With the support of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Venezuela have begun to implement new therapies to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis, a disease that affects around 42,000 people each year in Latin America and which can leave disfiguring scars.

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