Currently the same therapeutic management is recommended in all acute infections of joint prostheses, both in late acute infection (patient with normal function of the prosthesis after 3 months of implantation and with onset of symptoms of
Headache is the most frequent neurological reason for medical consultation at all levels of care. In our country there are few Specialized Units in Headache; The majority of patients sent by headache from Primary Care are treated in general neurology consultations. There are very few data in the literature that have analyzed whether medical care […]
Liver disease due to fat deposition is an emerging entity in liver pathology. The most frequent causes are alcohol consumption and / or obesity / metabolic syndrome among others (drug toxicity, autoimmune diseases etc). Dr. Cabezas with the support of Dr. Crespo, Head of the Digestive System Service and thanks to the support of the […]
Cancer is an important source of stress for those who suffer from it, generating in many cases symptoms of anxiety or depression, what we generically know as emotional distress or psychological distress. Detecting those patients who have a higher risk of developing emotional distress, in order to be able to perform the appropriate psychological interventions, […]
Researchers from the Group of Epidemiology and Pathogenic and Molecular Mechanisms of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology of IDIVAL have participated in a study where the lethality of Pseudomonas aeruginosa was evaluated in bloodstream infections using an animal model. P. aeruginosa bacteria is an important cause of serious hospital infections, especially in immunocompromised patients or […]
In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 71% of deaths in the world were due to chronic diseases, and this situation was expected to worsen. In this context, the IDIVAL Nursing Group led by Professor Carmen Sarabia, a nurse from the University Nursing School of the University of Cantabria, has recently published a […]
Plitidepsin (Aplidine) is a compound originally isolated from a marine tunicate (Aplidium Albicans) that demonstrated activity against Multiple Myeloma (MM) in preclinical studies conducted in our country by Dr. Enrique Ocio in collaboration with the Dana Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, MA). Aplidine binds to a protein that is overexpressed in MM, eEF1A2 (eukaryotic translation elongation […]
Dementia is not just a disease of the elderly. The team of the Cognitive Impairment Unit has described the case of an Alzheimer's patient with the onset of the first symptoms at age 27, which is one of the earliest reported cases to date. Dementia of early onset is considered to be that affecting people […]
In a recent publication in the prestigious journal The European Journal of Health Economics (JCR impact factor 2,169, quartile 1) under the title “Partner's depression and quality of life among older Europeans” three members of the R&D&i Group in Health Economics and Health Services Management UC-IDIVAL study how the mental health of the couple influences the […]
The first volume of the 5th edition of the series of the World Health Organization (WHO) on the classification of tumors in humans will be recently published. This series, known as the blue WHO books, is a reference for the diagnosis of neoplasms in different systems and It is an international standard for those involved in […]
