Author Archives: Gabriel Piña, MD

Peripheral Neuropathy Increased the Risk of Hypoglycemia

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 […]

Aspirin Improves Stem Cells Differentiation

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 […]

New Osteoarthritis Diagnosis is Associated with Comorbidities

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 […]

Certain Symptoms Associated with Long COVID-19 Risk

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 […]

Fatty Liver Disease is Associated with Poor Sleep Hygiene

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 […]

Risk of Dementia is Increased by Metabolic Syndrome

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, […]

FDA Approved Medication as a Treatment Option to Children Obesity

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 […]

Temporary Tattoos with E-Technology as a Blood Pressure Ambulatory Monitoring

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 […]