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Actress Claudia Raia announced this Monday (19) that she is pregnant. The 55-year-old actress is also the mother of Enzo, 25, and Sophia, 19, from her relationship with actor Edson Celulari. As with the actress, the so-called late motherhood is possible, but it requires frequent medical follow-up and a good quality of life. A survey […]

Actress Larissa Manoela, 21, revealed on Tuesday (20) that she was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome, also known by the acronym PCOS, a condition that causes the imbalance of certain hormones. The actress also claimed to have endometriosis but who recently got scared with the positive diagnosis for PCOS. “Yesterday [19] through a detailed ultrasound […]

The diagnostic test for monkey pox was included by National Supplementary Health Agency (ANS) in the list of procedures that must be covered by private health plans. The measure appears in a new normative resolution approved last Monday (19). Known internationally as monkeypox, monkeypox is endemic in regions of Africa and has become a health […]

If you prefer to go to bed and wake up later — a sleep chronotype known as night owls — you may be at higher risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study. Night owls were more sedentary, had lower aerobic fitness levels, and burned less fat at rest and […]

A new study by researchers at the University of Washington and the University of California at San Diego has shown that smartphones are able to detect blood oxygen saturation levels by up to 70% — a lower value than pulse oximeters should be able to measure. as recommended by the US regulatory agency, the Food […]

THE monkey pox , in most cases, progresses without complications, with signs and symptoms that last from two to four weeks. In general, clinical manifestations include skin lesions in the form of blisters or sores that can appear on different parts of the body, such as the face, hands, feet, eyes, mouth or genitals. However, […]

The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) approved, this Tuesday (20), the first product for the diagnosis of monkey pox – or monkeypox in Brazil. The approved test is the molecular diagnostic kit of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), produced by the Institute of Technology in Immunobiologicals (Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz) and capable of detecting the genomic regions of […]

Ugandan health officials declared an outbreak of Ebola this Tuesday (20), after the confirmation of a case in the district of Mubende, in the central region of the country. The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed the case after testing a sample taken from a 24-year-old man. The procedure follows an ongoing investigation by the National […]

Data from the Ministry of Health that show that boys go to the urologist 18 times less than girls go to the gynecologist are explained by a cultural issue. This is the assessment of the urologist and robotic surgeon at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Fernando Leão. “We always knew that there is this deficiency, this […]

Daily, people with dwarfism have to deal with challenges such as lack of accessibility and inclusion, since common living places rarely have adaptations. This growth deficiency disorder has achondroplasia as its most common type. Despite the medical definition, as explained by human resources coordinator Ana Maria Almeida, this portion of the population is not covered […]