Revista médica de Chile
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Lung cancer is the world's leading cause of cancer death. ⋯ The diagnosis of lung cancer was frequently made in advanced stages. There was a significant increase in early diagnosis and frequency of surgeries with curative intent in the second observation period.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jan 2022
[State of complementary and alternative medicine education in psychiatry residency programs].
The incorporation of integrative medicine as a holistic approach increased in medical education. However, complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) formal teaching in psychiatry residency programs is limited. ⋯ Our results suggest that many academic staff of Chilean psychiatry training programs are aware of the importance of having CAM content in their curriculum. However, some barriers hinder their incorporation and implementation.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jan 2022
[Social determinants of access to the explicit guarantees health program implemented in Chile].
In Chile, an eventual implementation of a plan with universal health coverage is a challenge. The already implemented explicit health guarantees plan (GES) could be a benchmark. For this reason, it is important to obtain information about the results of its implementation. ⋯ The access probability to the GES program is in line with the epidemiological profile of the Chilean population, and with a greater social vulnerability.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jan 2022
[Epidemiological features of patients ascribed to a primary care cardiovascular health program in Santiago, Chile].
Hypertension and diabetes are highly prevalent conditions in Chilean adults. ⋯ These patients have a high frequency of obesity, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease.
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Revista médica de Chile · Jan 2022
[D. Julius y A. Patapoutian. 2021 Nobel Prize Awardees discover new ionic channels that detect temperature and mechanical stimuli].
D. Julius was awarded the 2021 Medicine Nobel prize for the discovery of new cationic channels that detect temperatures either over 40 °C (TRPV1) or cold (TRPM8) ranging from 8-15 °C, followed by the latter identification of other channels that sense temperatures within other ranges. ⋯ Furthermore, Patapoutian iden-tified piezo 1 and 2 channels previously referred to as the cell mechanosensors related to the sense of touch and proprioception. These experimental findings indicate that these novel cationic channels localized in nerve endings of the skin, mouth, lips, bronchial tree, the nephron, plus a variety of tissues transduce phy-sical stimuli into electrical activity that reach the brain sensory cortex to process these stimuli and elicit animal behavior.