Entries by ignacioriesgo

7 days in healthcare (July 17th-23rd, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, important editorial and several articles in The Economist on the problems of reproduction and in vitro fertilization. Since this technique began, 45 years ago, more than 12 million children have been born thanks to it. The issue is extremely important considering that one in six people […]

7 days in healthcare (July 10th-16th, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, there is little doubt that Artificial Intelligence will revolutionize medicine: from diagnosis, to the robotic-AI combination for surgical procedures, rehabilitation aid, support in the fight against infectious diseases, development of new drugs, etc. There will be few areas of medicine that are not affected by the […]

7 days in healthcare (July 3rd-9th, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, the contribution of Artificial Intelligence to medical diagnosis is reviewed by JAMA magazine. It seems clear that AI is not going to replace the so-called Narrative Medicine, that ability of the doctor to communicate and to listen and interpret the history of the patients. Interesting advances […]

7 days in healthcare (June 26th-July 2nd, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, clinical trials in humans begin with drugs developed by artificial intelligence, such as one for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Álvaro Pascual-Leone, a prestigious Spanish neuroscientist based in the United States, announces that in about ten years the brain will be able to be manipulated . Surely at […]

7 days in healthcare (June, 19th-25th, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, ethical problems continue to be discussed as a consequence of the creation of embryos without eggs or sperm. Until now, an embryo required an egg and a sperm, but this new approach would allow, in hypothesis, to solve problems of infertility or pregnancy loss, but it […]

7 days in healthcare (June 12th-18th, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, to point out that human embryos have been produced without eggs or sperm, using stem cells, which raises far-reaching ethical questions. Joseph Alpert, editor of the American Journal of Medicine, recounts the 10 advances in clinical medicine he has seen since he was an intern in […]

7 days in healthcare (June 5th-11th, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, to point out a new drug that gives hope to patients with certain brain tumors (low-grade gliomas). The amino acid taurine, related to the delay of aging. Biological drugs enter the treatment of COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). As regards Global Health, the journal Nature publishes […]

7 days in healthcare (May 29th-June 4th, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, it is worth noting the death of the virologist Harald sur Hausen, whose name will not mean anything to many, but who 50 years ago discovered the relationship between papillomavirus and cervical cancer, initiating studies of the relationship between viruses and cancer. Reading the DNA of […]

7 days in healthcare (May 22nd-28th, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, to point out the cerebral signs in the orbito-frontal cortex detected in chronic pain, which opens the possibility of implanting devices to alleviate pain. An AI-based digital bridge enables paraplegics to walk, raising hope that neurotechnology can help overcome numerous disabilities. The contribution of AI in […]

7 days in healthcare (May 15th-21st, 2023)

  Summary From the point of view of Biomedicine, to point out certain warnings about the use of blood tests for the detection of cancer, an area with great growth, since in some cases there may be errors in diagnosis, over diagnosis and over treatment . Researchers are trying to improve Nuclear Resonance imaging, through […]