Entries by ignacioriesgo

7 days in healthcare (August 8th-14th, 2022)

  Summary From the point of view of biomedicine, there seems to be a glimpse of a new drug to prevent the transmission of HIV/AIDS, for which there are problems in obtaining an affordable price. Animal testing is the basis for certain advances in medicine. This can be overcome with certain new discoveries, according to […]

7 days in healthcare (1st-7th August 2022)

    Summary From the point of view of biomedicine, to highlight the use of monoclonal antibodies to combat malaria; also the return to life of cells and tissues in dead pigs, which may be important in transplants; and, the fact that the genomic map of chronic lymphatic leukemia has been completed, which, sooner or […]

7 days in healthcare (25th-31st July, 2022)

  Summary From the point of view of biomedicine, it should be noted that the origin of acute childhood hepatitis has been discovered, it turns out to be due to a co-infection of two viruses, ruling out covid as the cause of this disease. Major advances by a group of Yale scientists in the treatment […]

7 days in healthcare (July 18th-24th, 2022)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, it is worth highlighting the finding published by “Science” that in covid the continuous appearance of variants is the new normality, but the appearance of a totally new variant cannot be ruled out. We must also highlight the very promising advances published in the treatment of […]

Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona: how to transform a 500-year-old “hospitality” into a global children’s hospital

    On July 12, 2022, a breakfast with Manel del Castillo, Managing Director of the Sant Joan de Déu Hospital in Barcelona, ​​took place as part of the “Breakfasts with leaders in the health sector” series, organized by Roland Berger. The presentation used during breakfast is shown below: sjd. madrid. iriesgo. jul2022   A […]

7 days in healthcare (July 11th-17th, 2022)

  Summary From the point of view of biomedicine, the finding that there are plans to produce vaccines in cases of pandemic in 100 days should be highlighted. If it is confirmed, it will be a positive consequence of the terrible covid pandemic, in the same way that wars sometimes produce technological advances. With regard […]

7 days in healthcare (July 4th-10th, 2022)

Summary From the point of view of biomedicine, to highlight the finding that cancer drugs significantly reduce the mortality of patients hospitalized for covid. With regard to Global Health, an important WHO report on mental health, the last of said organization on the same subject dates back to 2001. The Lancet publishes an interesting article […]

7 days in healthcare (June 27th-July 3rd, 2022)

Summary From the point of view of biomedicine, surprising finding that the flu vaccine helps prevent Alzheimer’s. As far as Global Health is concerned, the ravages of the war in Ukraine are noted. Most of the morbidity and mortality is not caused by direct military action, but by problems of assistance and malnutrition. Interesting article […]

7 days in healthcare (June 20th-26th, 2022)

Summary From the point of view of biomedicine, to highlight the article in The Lancet that shows that the covid vaccine has saved 20 million lives in the first year of its use. As far as Global Health is concerned, it is confirmed that covid 19 may be wreaking havoc in North Korea. Regarding international […]