What does it mean to have high cholesterol? Cholesterol is an essential fat for the proper functioning of the body, but an excess of this lipid can cause serious cardiovascular problems. People with high cholesterol double the risk of myocardial infarction. In order for cholesterol to circulate in the blood, it needs to bind to … Read more
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in developed countries. Taking care of certain habits can help to avoid the appearance of certain risk factors that aggravate them. What are cardiovascular diseases? Cardiovascular diseases affect the arteries of the heart and the rest of the body, especially the brain, kidneys and lower limbs. Experts … Read more
Following the World Health Organization (WHO) report dated September 6, 2021, in some people some symptoms of COVID-19 may persist or recur weeks or months after an initial recovery. This can also happen to people with mild disease. In a multistate telephone survey of symptomatic adults who had a positive outpatient test result for SARS-CoV-2 … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) since October 2021 recognizes persistent COVID or long COVID, and defines it as those individuals with a history of probable or confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, usually about three months after the onset of COVID-19, with symptoms whose duration extends for at least two months and which cannot be explained by an … Read more
Vitamin C is an essential nutrient in our body for the synthesis of collagen, carnitine and certain neurotransmitters. Its lack or deficit interferes with the synthesis of collagen and tissue oxidation, the formation of catecholamines (substances that are released into the blood in stressful situations, such as adrenaline), the metabolism of prostaglandins (substances related to … Read more
Overweight and obesity are defined as an abnormal or excessive accumulation of fat that may be detrimental to health. They are quantified by body mass index (BMI) . It is calculated by dividing a person’s weight by the square of his or her height (kg/m2). – BMI > 25: overweight. – BMI > 30: obese. … Read more
We spoke with Dr. Xercavins, one of the best “specialists” in general medicine. Dr. Xercavins, do you think that general medicine can be compared to a specialty? It is not only like a specialty, but it is the queen of specialties, since it encompasses all of them. But nowadays we almost only talk about supra-specialties. … Read more
The term autoimmune diseases encompasses a variety of nearly 100 different chronic diseases of varying severity that can affect virtually every organ of the individual. This entire group of diseases affects the female sex much more. They are caused by a disproportionate reaction of the individual’s own defense cells (or immune cells) against the individual’s … Read more
Arterial Hypertension (AHT) affects 35% of adults in Spain, and reaches up to 68% in adults over 65 years of age. If these figures are worrying, the following ones are even more so. Blood pressure control rates in Spain are only 40% of patients treated in primary care, while in the general population the figure … Read more
Reproductive immunology is the medical specialty that deals with the study of disorders related to immunity and gestation. Pregnancy is a physiological state in which maternal cells and antibodies modulate the immune response to the embryo, thus facilitating its implantation and development. When a dysfunction or imbalance occurs in this tolerance system, pre-embryonic (recurrent implantation … Read more