The federal government authorized an increase of up to 10.89% in the price of medicines. The resolution with the readjustment percentages to the final consumer was published today (1st) in the Official Diary of the Union (DOU), with the same percentage of maximum adjustment allowed for drugs at levels 1, 2 and 3. The levels […]
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Russia will not cut gas in Europe immediately
Russia has said it will not immediately cut off gas supplies in Europe. With the sanctions imposed on the president Vladimir Putinhe decreed that payment for gas must be in rubles from this Friday (1st). According to CNN, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskovsaid this Friday (1st) that it is not in the decree that gas […]
Women will have cardiovascular disease awareness day
Classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “the leading cause of death in the world”, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) account for one third of global female deaths, surpassing, in lethality, diseases such as breast and breast cancer. uterus. Despite this, the risks and ways of preventing problems resulting from heart and blood vessel diseases remain […]
Approved the first drug for the treatment of Covid-19 in the SUS
Adult hospitalized patients who need oxygen by mask or nasal catheter as a result of covid-19 may be treated with baricitinib. The drug – which becomes the first for the treatment of covid-19 incorporated by the Unified Health System (SUS) – is already registered in Brazil with indication for moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis […]
Yellow April shows doctors the best approach to treating bone cancer
The “Yellow April” campaign, which the Brazilian Association of Orthopedic Oncology (ABOO) is developing this month to alert the population about the importance of early diagnosis of bone cancer, has physicians as its main focus. The president of ABOO, Edgard Engel, said that because it is a rare disease, the professionals themselves find it difficult […]