The Importance of Mammograms for Women’s Health

How common is breast cancer?

An influential group of medical experts, the US Preventive Services Task Force, recently recommended that most women receive a mammogram starting at age 40. This recommendation marks a significant change from their previous guidance, which advised women to start biennial mammograms by age 50. The task force now suggests that women should continue to get a mammogram every other year until age 74.

This shift in recommendations raises several important questions: Why were these changes made? Who should follow this updated guidance? Are there women who need to receive screening even earlier or more often? What other tests besides a mammogram may be necessary? And are there preventive measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of developing breast cancer?

To shed light on these topics, CNN spoke with Dr. Leana Wen, an esteemed wellness expert and emergency physician. Dr. Wen emphasized the significance of breast cancer as the second most common cancer in women and the second leading cause of ca

Coosalud convened health providers from the Caribbean for a financial sanitation day where the payment of $4,673,917,601 to seven operators was arranged.

With this agreement, the hospital networks of the departments of Córdoba, Bolívar and Atlántico would benefit, and Coosalud EPS promises to continue with comprehensive care sessions with its health providers nationwide.

Of the 13 providers summoned to this sanitation day, which took place at the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, nine attended.

The purpose of this event was to clear accounts, settle contracts and renew agreements of wills.

The sanitation meeting with providers from Córdoba, Bolívar and Atlántico is added to those held in other regions
“Recently the entity has generated a strategic alliance with Coosalud EPS, to be able to bring together its associates around the issues that have caused them inconveniences, for example, regarding the formalization of contracts,” said Olga Lucía Zuluaga, executive director of the Colombian Association of State Social Enterprises and Public Hospitals (Acesi).

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In recent months, Ozempic and Wegovy have been in the news because many people have used these drugs in order to quickly lose a lot of weight. But as they lost pounds and dress sizes, some noticed surprising changes in their appearance, such as having what is now known as the “Ozempic face.”

Unexpectedly, the drug can also cause “Ozempic butt” (which, like “Ozempic face,” is neither an official medical term nor diagnosis). These phenomena, which have become viral on social networks, are linked to very rapid weight loss obtained thanks to the use of glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues (such as Ozempic and Wegovy). Affected people may end up with a gaunt, more wrinkled face due to loss of volume and fat in the face, or a flabby butt with loose skin due to loss of fat there.

“This is in no way a phenomenon specific to Ozempic, but a consequence of weight loss. If you use the drug for this purpose, you risk having excess skin, especially on the face, such as after bariatric surgery,” explains Lawrence Cheskin, professor and former chair of the Faculty of Nutrition and Food Studies at George Mason University and assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. “There is no major weight loss in the face. You just notice it more on the face because it’s always visible. »

Ozempic and Wegovy are the same drug (semaglutide, a GLP-1 analog), but they are marketed differently: the US Food and Drug Administration has approved Ozempic to treat type 2 diabetes when Wegovy is for weight loss. Both are only available on prescription.

“These medications are a game changer because they are very effective for weight loss,” says Cheskin. Indeed, research showed that adults with a body mass index of 30 or higher who received a weekly injection of 2.4 milligrams of semaglutide, and who made lifestyle changes, lost an average of 15% of their body weight over time .

But here’s the problem: “When you lose weight quickly, you’re more likely to suffer from adverse effects,” notes Cheskin.

“Any type of weight loss is associated with v

Eating fruits and vegetables helps maintain good cardiovascular health. But not all vegetables are equal, as Chinese researchers show in the scientific journal Food & Function. According to them, a family of vegetables is particularly protective for the heart and arteries, much more than other vegetables. One of these vegetables, little consumed in France, would be particularly good for reducing cholesterol, one of the main cardiovascular risk factors.

This vegetable is easily found in supermarkets, in greengrocers, in markets or even in Asian grocery stores

[엠디저널] In reality, cancer is not uniform and is composed of different cells, of which only cancer stem cells have the ability to form cancer. Therefore, new cancer treatment strategies are needed.

Anti-cancer drugs have side effects and resistance. Anti-cancer drugs are drugs that inhibit the proliferation and growth of tumor cells by acting on dividing and proliferating cells. Since cancer cells arise from normal cells, their structure, division and cell proliferation are the same as normal cells. For this reason, anticancer drugs have the problem of not being able to distinguish between tumor cells and normal cells and of showing toxicity towards both. As a result, cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy have no choice but to suffer from various side effects, and in many cases, they spend more time treating those side effects or are unable to continue treatment due to the side effects .

During cancer treatment, resistance to cancer drugs develops, which limits the effectiveness of the treatment. Even targeted cancer drugs, known to act only on tumor cells, have side effects and resistance. Cancer is very different from patient to patient, and even an individual patient’s cancer is composed of a heterogeneous group of tumor cells. Therefore, although targeted treatment must be targeted according to the characteristics of the tumor cells, only treatments that kill all tumor cells have been used. If a specific treatment targeting cancer stem cells is developed, the chances of curing cancer patients will greatly increase.

NF-kB is a transcription factor that appears in activated T lymphocytes and in the human body, NF-kB is a key transcription factor of the inflammatory response.

Transcription is the process of converting information in DNA into RNA. DNA, a gene in the nucleus, creates RNA to make proteins. In other words, it enters the nucleus and activates specific genetic regions to produce the necessary proteins. The genome containing the genes is so important that it is well protected inside the nucleus within the c

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Even those who suffer from asthma or another chronic respiratory disease can do sports. Indeed: physical activity is strongly recommended, because it can even change the prognosis. And this is also why the campaign launched by the Breathing Together Association – on the occasion of World Asthma Day – is called “PerCORSA di salute”: among the many activities it includes a real (non-competitive) relay race in which everyone can participate. “We are talking about diseases that are still under-diagnosed and under-treated, in which we still see poor management by specialized centers and poor adherence to therapies – he explains to Salute Simona Barbaglia, president of the association -. The project was therefore created to respond to patients’ needs, first and foremost that of information to better manage their pathologies, keep symptoms under control and be more aware. Also about the importance of physical activity. These patients, in fact, often mistakenly limit their motor activity for fear of a possible respiratory crisis. Through a targeted rehabilitation process, however, it is possible to greatly improve the quality of life.”

The PerCorsa di salute campaign

The campaign, promoted in collaboration with the APACS Association (Patients with Churg Strauss Syndrome, also known as Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis – Egpa) and in partnership with Cittadinanzattiva and UNIAMO (the Federation of Rare Diseases), includes 11 days of information, prevention, screening through spirometry testing, and sport. The initiative is dedicated to patients with chronic respiratory diseases, their family members and the general population, and will take place between May and October in six Regions, involving important reference centers for the treatment of these diseases. In particular: asthma and severe asthma, nasal polyposis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchiectasis and EGPA, an ultra-rare disease diagnosed with serious delays (3-7 years on average) and which includes the diseases mentioned among its comorbidities , with which it shares symptoms and part of the treatment process.