SANTIAGO- Ministers Harald Beyer (Education) and Jaime Mañalich (Health) marked the International Day of Childhood Cancer at the Fundación Nuestros Hijos (Our Children Foundation) in San Miguel. The foundation runs two hospital schools, which allow children living with cancer the chance to continue with their studies while they are in hospital. The schools are located in [...]
SANTIAGO – Chile has the highest level of tobacco consumption in all of America, according to a study done by the Pan-American Health Organization (OPS).The test results are the highest in the region among youth and adults and points out the importance of smoke-free areas. Compared with the other countries in this region, Chile is [...]
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This article is a direction translation from an article that appeared in La Tercera on February 6th. Translated by Nicole Mége SANTIAGO-Babies less than or more than four kilograms newborn babies do not synthesize well the nitric oxide in womb, something that modifies their DNA. A newly-born may weigh two kilograms and another one who has [...]
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SANTIAGO – The Ministry of Health has announced that it believes that the first cases of hantavirus in Santiago have been found. One patient was hospitalized today in the capital and remains in serious condition. A 22-year-old man was brought into the Clínica Alemana with various symptoms similar to those of the hantavirus. It is [...]
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SANTIAGO – The Ministry of Health has informed us that today, the fourth death from a recent outbreak of hantavirus has been confirmed in Chile. The fourth fatality was reported from a hospital in Los Angeles, while the first three were reported in Concepción, according Undersecretary of Public Health Jorge Díaz. The minister announced that [...]
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SANTIAGO – Beginning in March, those people who drive their cars after having a few drinks will face severe consequences. The new penalties will serve to create awareness and prevent accidents on the road. Using a breathalyzer, a hand-held machine that police use to measure the amount of alcohol on your breath (and therefore in [...]
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ANTOFAGASTA — Five decades later, people exposed to extremely high levels of arsenic in Antofagasta drinking water in the 1950s and 60s continue to show an elevated risk of bladder cancer, a study published in the Journal of Urology says. Between 1958 and 1970, the Antofagasta water supply in Chile’s Region II became contaminated with high levels [...]
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SANTIAGO – In 2011, nearly 80% of Chilean doctors who obtained their degree overseas failed the mandatory national medical knowledge test, also known as Eunacom. The vast majority of them completed their training in Cuba. Cuba’s program of medical internationalism began in 1959 after the Cuban Revolution, when Fidel Castro rose to power. Since then, [...]
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SANTIAGO – President Sebastián Piñera and First Lady Cecilia Morel yesterday afternoon paid a private visit to José Francisco Cruzat, the 17-year-old who last Friday received a successful heart transplant, and his family who have remained at his side. The head of state spoke to the Cruzat family as well as the attending physicians to express [...]
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Researchers at the Universidad de Chile have made strides in developing a vaccine against meningitis B, a serious and potentially fatal bacterial infection that had once eluded medical professionals. After receiving three doses of the vaccine 4CMenB over six months, a group of 1,631 adolescents in Santiago and Valparaiso managed to create antibodies against the disease. Ninety-nine percent of the 11 to 17 year [...]
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