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Pink October, awareness month about breast cancer, comes to an end this Monday (31). The campaign was created in the early 1990s when the pink bow became a symbol of breast cancer prevention by the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure. Breast cancer is the type that most affects women worldwide, both in developing […]

Almost all children get the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) sometime before the age of two, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Most adults who contract the respiratory virus have mild illness. For those who are elderly or who have chronic heart or lung disease or a weakened immune system, it […]

Although rare, the breast cancer can also affect men. The cases represent 1% of the total, according to the National Cancer Institute (Inca). The most recent data on deaths from the disease among the male population are from 2020, when 207 deaths of men from breast cancer were recorded in Brazil. The disease is caused […]

Making grocery lists, writing down the week’s tasks, writing down the pros and cons in the face of an embarrassing situation. Writing can make the routine simpler, streamline work processes and help solve problems that seem like a big puzzle. The list of benefits is long and it still has one more item: the therapeutic. […]

The National Defender of Human Rights — linked to the Public Defender’s Office of the Union — and the Regional Defender of Human Rights in Rio de Janeiro sent a recommendation to the Ministry of Health last week, asking the ministry to establish a schedule for vaccinating children to from six months against the coronavirus. […]

In what is believed to be a world first, China’s commercial capital Shanghai this week unveiled a new type of Covid-19 vaccine that is inhaled rather than given by injection. Chinese regulators approved the vaccine, produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics, for use as a booster in September. The first people are starting to […]

On the eve of the second round of elections, marked by polarized clashes and animosity between candidates, the feeling among most people is one of exhaustion. As occurred in previous lawsuits, the current period revives fierce discussions on social networks and fights between family members. However, conflicts and mental exhaustion can be avoided, as experts […]

It is estimated that 10.6 million people became ill from tuberculosis in 2021, an increase of 4.5% compared to 2020. About 1.6 million individuals have died from the disease, including 187,000 people living with HIV, according to the global report on the public health problem released by the Organization World Health Organization (WHO) this Thursday […]

If Covid-19 represents 78% of the cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) registered in 2022 in Brazil, a different trend was recently observed, according to the new InfoGripe bulletin released by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) this Thursday (27). ). In the last four weeks, patients with influenza A accounted for 24.6%, approaching those […]

Intersexuality is a clinical condition that affects, on average, 1.7% of newborns in the world, according to data from the United Nations. The subject is little discussed and, for this reason, the last day 26 marked the Intersex Visibility Day. THE CNN Radio on CNN No Plural +, the head of endocrinology at the Hospital […]