Las políticas de la salud

El motivo de este estudio es dar luz a como se encontraban organizadas las enseñanzas en la Universidad de Salamanca. El presente trabajo constituye un análisis de la enseñanza de la medicina en la Universidad salmantina durante las primeras décadas del siglo XIX. Para ello se han consultado numerosas fuentes manuscritas e impresas conservadas en el archivo universitario de este centro. Consta el estudio de tres partes; en la primera se hace un pormenorizado análisis de los sucesivos planes de estudio que se van gestando a lo largo de estos años y las modificaciones que van...

Since it first published in 1992, this popular resource has helped educate thousands of young patients and their caregivers about various health problems and the care that they require. Now, a special edition makes all the advantages of this resource available for patients whose first language is Spanish. With the help of these instruction sheets -- writen in clear, everyday Spanish -- patients and caregivers will be better informed and more cooperative with care instructions.

Excerpt from Asociación Médica De Puerto Rico Boletín, Vol. 86: Enero-Marzo 1994 Adult patients suffering complex partial seizures show an increased incidence of auras related to the duration of epilepsy. Most probably this is due to the increased number of seizure events. The auras may present in diverse ways, which may be related to previous experiences in the patient's life, background affective state, and the individual's personality.(1) The purpose of this study is to classify the auras of our patients with complex partial seizures, discuss the symptomatology according to laterality,...

Dengue is a major public health concern throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. It is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne viral disease, with a 30-fold increase in global incidence over the past 50 years. Infection with any of the Dengue virus serotypes can be asymptomatic, cause the classic dengue fever, or evolve to severe disease, which leads to hypovolemic shock and death if untreated. There is no approved specific treatment, prognostic markers, or vaccines for dengue, in part because there is insufficient knowledge of dengue pathogenesis. In this e-book, we...