Entries by ignacioriesgo

7 days in healthcare (April 8th-14th, 2024)

Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, chatbots (devices that interact by text or voice with people based on artificial intelligence), are increasingly used in healthcare. In the UK, the NHS uses them in Primary Care to triage patients. One of the great challenges of future health management is determining what will be done […]

7 days in healthcare (April, 1st-7th, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, the report published by the French National Academy of Medicine on generative AI systems in health is worth highlighting. It makes 10 recommendations, the first of which is that all health professionals should be trained in the use of generative AI. It seems that anti-obesity medications […]

7 days in healthcare (March 25th-31st, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, it should be noted that possibly the next “boom” will be everything related to anti-aging therapies, an aspect to which the Financial Times dedicates an article, following the appearance of three books on the subject. . The Economist dedicates a lot of space in its latest […]

7 days in healthcare (March 18th-24th, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, the transplant to a man of a genetically modified pig kidney stands out, a medical milestone that could lead to dialysis being declared obsolete, which would be an extraordinary advance and an improvement in the quality of life for hundreds of thousands of patients, currently dependent […]

7 days in healthcare (March 11th-17th, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, a revolutionary blood test stands out that manages to detect colon cancer in early stages and, consequently, reduce the number of deaths. Early diagnosis of this cancer can prevent most deaths, possibly 73% of them. But this requires regular screening in adults. There are two options: […]

7 days in healthcare (March 4th-11th, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, the possibility of making replicas of fetal organs stands out, which could facilitate fetal treatments without putting the pregnancy at risk. The Lancet publishes an editorial and several articles on menopause, a natural state in the aging process of women, often overmedicalized. FDA delays approval of […]

7 days in healthcare (February 26th-Mars 3rd, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, certain advances stand out in the search for a treatment for multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects 1.8 million globally and for which at this time there is no effective therapy. As announced by the president of the Spanish Society of Nephrology, the new drugs will […]

7 days in healthcare (February 19th-25th, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, the mega-study of 250,000 genomes made public by the National Health Institutes of the USA stands out. This is in line with carrying out genome studies combining it with electronic medical record data from very large groups initiated in the United Kingdom by Genomics England and […]

7 days in healthcare (February 12th-18th, 2024)

Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, as is known, most rare diseases have no treatment, although this situation will surely be overcome in the not too distant future. A new drug (prozelimab) against the rare Chaple disease. A trial offers hope that a jab could prevent rheumatoid arthritis, the disease that affects 18 […]

7 days in healthcare (February 5th-11th, 2024)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, the first effective medication against endometriosis, the growth of the mucosa that internally lines the uterus in other parts of the body, which produces serious disorders, is on the horizon. The Lancet insists that population screening, including genomic screening, requires robust evidence. Population screenings generate considerable […]