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Related media - Linked media Son muchas las falsas creencias que todavía existen en torno al asma, sus causas, los tratamientos y el diagnóstico. Esto supone un gran obstáculo para las personas que padecen esta enfermedad, ya que les resulta más complicado conocer la forma adecuada de mantener bajo control los síntomas. El doctor Luis Manuel Entrenas Costa, jefe de Neumología del Hospital Quirónsalud Córdoba, insiste en que es importante prestar más atención a esta enfermedad, y escapar de «creencias equivocadas que no benefician a los pacientes». Te ayudamos a derribar los 7 falsos bulos más populares sobre esta enfermedad crónica. ¿Has escuchado alguno de ellos? 1. El asma solo afecta a niños, ¿qué hay de cierto? Una de las creencias más populares apunta que el asma se cura con la ...

Related media - Connected media Los Ángeles Lakers acaba de confirmar con un comunicado que Darvin Ham deja de ser el entrenador. «Apreciamos enormemente los esfuerzos de Darvin en nombre de los Lakers y reconocemos los muchos logros conseguidos en las dos últimas temporadas, incluida la notable carrera del año pasado hasta las Finales de la Conferencia Oeste», ha asegurado Rob Pelinka, vicepresidente de la franquicia. «Todos queremos dar las gracias a Darvin por su dedicación y positividad. Aunque ha sido una decisión difícil de tomar, es la mejor opción tras una revisión completa de la temporada. Esta organización permanecerá inquebrantable en su compromiso de ofrecer baloncesto de calibre de campeonato a los aficionados de los Lakers de todo el mundo…», prosigue. As...

Linked media - Connected media El sistema público de pensiones español tiene dos fuentes de financiación. El principal son los ingresos por las cuotas sociales que pagan trabajadores y empresarios y que sirven para costear las pensiones corrientes. Por lo tanto es un sistema «contributivo», porque básicamente cuesta con las bajas de los empleados activos y «departamentales», porque los jubilados actuales reciben sus pensiones en base a lo que han aportado en el pasado y les han pagado por las bajas de los activos. trabajadores. Sin embargo, estos aportes no son suficientes para pagar el nombre de las pensiones y por ende el sistema necesario de la segunda fuente de financiamiento que son los montos generales. Y en este punto se abre el debate sobre el hecho de que las crecientes susc...

Related media - Connected media ¿Has oído hablar del ayuno intermitente, pero no sabes para qué sirve ni cómo realizarlo? En líneas generales, consiste en no consumir alimentos sólidos durante al menos 12 horas, dando lugar a una serie de efectos positivos. Además, no se trata de un tipo de dieta para adelgazar, sino una estrategia. En este sentido, la dietista Laura Sánchez Anguita, del servicio de Endocrinología y Nutrición del Hospital Universitario La Luz, aclara que «podemos decir que es un protocolo que utilizamos como herramienta». En este artículo te explicamos para qué sirve, a quién se desaconseja, y cómo realizarlo. Qué pasa en el cuerpo cuando haces ayuno intermitente El ayuno se caracteriza por estar 12 horas o más sin ingerir alimentos sólidos que proporcionen nutriente...

Connected media - Connected media The Sugar Association, a trade group, said it supported limiting added sugars in a weekly menu but called applying limits to individual products like flavored dairy products “arbitrary.” The group also warned that the new standards might lead to increased use of artificial sweeteners, which is not addressed but could have its own health ramifications. Schools will need to reduce sodium in lunches by 15 percent from current levels and in breakfasts by 10 percent by the 2027-28 academic year. This was scaled back from a proposed reduction of 30 percent by the 2029-30 school year. Mr. Vilsack said the Agriculture Department was unable to more meaningfully cut salt because it was essentially handcuffed by a policy rider in a spending package Congress app...

Linked media - Associated media When she focused on the bequest, she realized immediately what she wanted to do, she recalled. “I wanted to fund students at Einstein so that they would receive free tuition,” she said. There was enough money to do that in perpetuity, she said. Over the years, she had interviewed dozens of prospective Einstein medical students. Tuition is more than $59,000 a year, and many graduated with crushing medical school debt. According to the school, nearly 50 percent of its students owed more than $200,000 after graduating. At most other New York City medical schools, less than 25 percent of new doctors owed that much. Almost half of Einstein’s first-year medical students are New Yorkers, and nearly 60 percent are women. About 48 percent of current medical stu...

Related media - Linked media “What we really need is an evolving, specialized recycling infrastructure alongside the big five — paper, glass, plastic, metal and cardboard,” said Mitch Ratcliffe, publisher of the website Earth911. “That conversation is really picking up steam in some particular categories, but not in medical equipment at all.” A few designers and companies are exploring alternatives that are more reusable or safer for the environment. Inhalers The inhalers that many people use for treatment of asthma or other respiratory ailments contain potentially recyclable materials. But those with leftover medication or propellants may also be hazardous if incinerated or compacted. The steel or aluminum canisters containing the medication should generally be returned to a pharmac...

Related media - Associated media How do I know if my children have high blood-lead levels? Lead exposure can go unnoticed until levels accumulate, doctors say. High levels of lead can result in stomach pain, vomiting, fatigue, learning difficulties, developmental delays and even seizures. Pediatricians recommend blood tests for infants and toddlers who live in homes built before 1978 or have other risk factors. Medicaid programs and some states require screening, but it is not typically advised for children older than 3. While officials have said there is no safe level of lead, parents do not automatically need to worry if traces of lead show up in a child’s blood test. The average blood-lead level among young U.S. children is under 1 microgram per deciliter of blood. “I don’t think ...

Linked media - Associated media Gay and bisexual men are using condoms less than ever, and the decline has been particularly steep among those who are young or Hispanic, according to a new study. The worrisome trend points to an urgent need for better prevention strategies as the nation struggles to beat the H.I.V. epidemic, researchers said. Over the past decade, prevention medication known as PrEP has helped fuel a moderate drop in H.I.V. rates. And yet, despite persistent public health campaigns promoting the drugs, they have not been adopted in substantial numbers by Black and Hispanic men who are gay or bisexual. The use of condoms, which prevent H.I.V. as well as other sexually transmitted infections, has been declining across the board in recent years, not just among...

Related media - Linked media At the Kawasaki Disease Clinic at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, led by Dr. Burns, caring for children affected by Kawasaki disease is always linked to the search for the cause. On a recent Wednesday morning, Dr. Kirsten Dummer, a pediatric cardiologist, was examining the heart scans of a 2-year-old who showed signs of a large aneurysm on the right side of the heart. “The biggest question from parents is: How did this happen? How did my child get this? In every patient room, that’s what they fundamentally want to know,” she said. “Year after year after year, they come back and ask us, ‘Do you guys know more yet?’” Dr. Burns, who has continued to see patients herself, said those inquiries motivated her. “If we were all Ph.D.s in the laborator...