Neuropathy is the most common complication in Diabetes Mellitus patients, mainly if they have several years with the disease. The main type of this complication is the diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN). One of the new treatments of diabetes insulin-dependent (type 1), is the insulin pump, it is a continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, and it has […]
Author Archives: Gabriel Piña, MD
In spite of the regenerative potential of stem cell therapy in pre-clinical investigations, clinical translation of cell-based therapy has not been completely clarified. In recent years, the importance of lifestyle, patient comorbidities, and prescribed medication has attracted more attention in the efficacy of cell therapy. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, is one […]
Several medical conditions can develop after the 60s , one of those is osteoarthritis, which is associated with more than 40 medical issues according to research presented at the OARSI 2022 World Congress. Kamps and associates performed a nested case-control study using data from a large Dutch general practice database. All new cases of OA […]
Headache, sore throats, caught, fever, and malaise are the most common symptoms associated with COVID-19, but its also more symptoms like hair loss, anosmia, diarrhea, abdominal pain and loss of the taste. Which symptoms are associated with Long-Term COVID-19? The people who had sore throats, headaches, and hair loss soon after testing positive for COVID-19 […]
Sleep behaviors are associated with an increased risk of developing metabolic-dysfunction associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), shows a Chinese analysis that suggests the effect may be independent of obesity. Late bedtimes, snoring, and prolonged daytime napping were significantly associated with MAFLD, increasing the risk by 37%, 59%, and 17%, respectively, whereas people with both poor […]
Metabolic syndrome has been a worldwide problem for years, it is a multisystemic disease that includes high weight, high blood pressure, high fasting glucose, and is related with an insulin resistance and high risk to develop other conditions like Cardiovascular Disease. One of the possible causes of Dementia, mainly in the 70 year old population, […]
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started to recommend isolation time for people with COVID-19 to five days back at the end of the last year. They said that change was motivated by science results, because they found that the SARS COV 2 transmission occurs in the ½ days before the onset […]
Pediatric obesity is a serious worldwide problem. Solutions for treating the millions of children and adolescents with obesity are desperately needed because prevention efforts over the past several decades have not been sufficient in slowing the steady rise in obesity prevalence. The two most effective biology-based treatments for pediatric obesity are anti-obesity medications and bariatric […]
Continuous monitoring of arterial blood pressure (BP) in non-clinical (ambulatory) settings is essential for understanding numerous health conditions, including cardiovascular diseases. Besides their importance in medical diagnosis, ambulatory BP monitoring platforms can advance disease correlation with individual behaviour, daily habits and lifestyle, potentially enabling analysis of root causes, prognosis and disease prevention. Although conventional ambulatory […]
Rapid eye movement (REM) is the deepest part of sleep. REM fascinates us because it’s when we do most of our dreaming – when, supposedly, all of our inner fears, frustrations, and passions play out. We already have compelling evidence that REM sleep helps us process those emotions, but a new study reveals how. Turns […]