The Promise of a Disease-Modifying Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease: A Glimmer of Hope?

In 1817, James Parkinson expressed hope for a discovery that could halt the progress of the disease now named after him. Almost two centuries later, French researchers have reported modest success in slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease in a one-year study using a GLP-1 receptor agonist drug. This breakthrough offers cautious hope to the estimated half a million Americans diagnosed with this degenerative brain illness.

Parkinson’s disease is characterized by symptoms such as tremors, slowness, stiffness, and difficulty with balance. Over time, these symptoms can escalate to include walking and swallowing difficulties, as well as dementia. While treatments like deep brain stimulation can alleviate symptoms and improve quality of life for patients te

Childhood vaccination in Latin America, from being among the highest to being among the lowest, warned Unicef, echoing the alert launched by the World Health Organization, WHO, and PAHO.

One in four boys and girls in the region lacks vital vaccines, pushing immunization coverage rates back to the levels of almost 30 years ago. This decline is within a global trend: in total, 67 million children have not been vaccinated against one or more diseases in the last three years.

In the last 10 years, Latin America and the Caribbean has gone from having one of the highest childhood vaccination rates in the world to one of the lowest, UNICEF has warned during the launch of the report The State of the World’s Children 2023: For every childhood, vaccination, which indicates that this deterioration in immunization in the region follows a global trend.

The report shows that, worldwide, 67 million children did not receive one or more vaccines in three years due to the disruption of health services caused by strains on health systems, diversion of scarce resources, conflict and declining people’s confidence in immunization.

In the Latin American region, coverage of the triple vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough, also known as DTP3, among boys and girls under one year of age fell 18 percentage points, from 93% in 2012 to 75 % in 2021.

“This is the lowest routine vaccination rate in the region in almost 30 years, placing Latin America and the Caribbean below the global average (81%) and just ahead of Eastern and Southern Africa (74%). %)”, highlights the UN agency.

According to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund, the decline in Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of immunization has left 2.4 million boys and girls, one in four children under one year old, unprotected against diseases preventable by vaccination.

More than 1.7 million of those children are medically classified as “zero doses,” meaning they have never received any vaccine. Children in the poorest households are almost three times more likely to have not been immunized in their lives than those in the richest households, a new analysis in the report reveals.

“For many years, Latin America and the Caribbean recorded one of the highest childhood vaccination rates in the world. Now it presents one of the lowest. “This is one of the most serious childhood vaccination crises the region has seen in almost 30 years,” said Garry Conille,

An analysis of 3,100 heart disease patients showed that 89% exceeded the recommended daily sodium intake of 1,500 mg.

Since these people were found to consume double the recommended amount on average, researchers believe that a simpler method of controlling sodium content in various foods is needed, particularly for people with cardiovascular disease.

The results of a study on average sodium intake in heart patients will be presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual scientific session in Atlanta, USA, from the 6th to the 8th.

An analysis of 3,100 heart disease patients showed that 89% exceeded the recommended daily sodium intake of 1,500 mg.

Sodium is an essential nutrient, but consuming too much raises blood pressure, puts strain on the heart, and ca

Beauty trick stray hair: This is how you hide thin spots, hair loss and a receding hairline

Stray hair should help to generously conceal light spots on the head

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The signs of the times are noticeable in the visible area. In addition to natural skin aging, it is primarily hair that can shrink – or fall out completely – in both men and women. To repair light spots, a simple trick should help: stray hair.

Stray hair is tiny microfibers that are statically charged – this allows them to bond with the hair and cover bald spots or receding hairlines. For this reason, scattered hair (also called loose hair) is said to be equally suitable for men and women. Regardless of whether you want to conceal a roots or give your hair more body: the application always remains the same

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The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Neuroendocrinology Knowledge Area of ​​the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition was recently held in Madrid. As usually happens in this type of meeting, topics of great