Health

New EPS patients in treatment will continue to receive care: Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute announced that it will continue to treat current affiliated patients of Nueva EPS who have been receiving treatment...

Nueva EPS questions the closure of services by the National Cancer Institute due to lack of prior consultation

EPS acknowledges payment difficulties but insists on prior institutional coordination Photo: Mauricio Moreno - Portafolio

Rescued dogs in Medellín help heal the elderly: This is how they do it

Recently, a group from the Assisted Interventions with An... program arrived at the San Cristóbal elderly shelter, located in the Boston neighborhood.

Childhood Motor Disabilities: The Signs That Are Overlooked and Delay Diagnosis

In Latin America, between 2% and 3% of children live with some type of motor disability. However, in Colombia, the real extent of this condition in the child population remains uncertain.

US National Academy of Sciences withdrew historic study on pancreatic cancer by researcher Mariano Barbacid

The journal of the United States National Academy of Sciences PNAS withdrew the study led by researcher Mariano Barbacid, which managed to elimi...

Alejandro Sanz, between depression and his love for Stephanie Cayo: “It’s very nice to be in love”

Many remember him for songs like La tortura, Mi amiga, El aprendiz, El alma al aire... but very few knew that hidden facet of Alejandro Sa...

Fire consumed another factory in Itagüí just an hour after the Coltejer fire was extinguished, what happened?

After more than two hours of fighting the flames, more than a hundred firefighters controlled a new large-scale fire that broke out in Itagüí on Tuesday night, this time in an industrial facility located in the central area.

Health in Colombia: Government denies crisis and assures it has made the largest investment

The Minister indicated that Sanitas does not meet capital, reserves, or equity requirements Photo: Minsalud Courtesy

Report reveals that Colombian households' spending on medicines has increased

The Colombian Pharmaceutical Industry Association (ASCIF) provided details on the first edition of the DATASCIF report, exposing the behavior of the pharmaceutical market and providing an overview of access to medicines, foreign trade, and the participation of national industry in the health system.

The ingenuity of Venezuelan parents to enhance the talent of children with high abilities

Stories of how parents in Táchira develop their children's high abilities through adaptive educational methods and emotional support.

Quintero isn't even a week into his role as Health Superintendent and has already started his social media show

True to his showman style, Daniel Quintero Calle's first days as Health Superintendent are instilling more panic, distrust, and fear into the country's maligned health system.

Hogar Bambi: 30 years rebuilding the right to a safe home

Thirty years ago, the future of thousands of Venezuelan children began to change through a project within the classrooms of the Metropolitan University, which started as a graduation thesis by founder Erika Spillmann, motivated by a shared sensitivity with her father about child neglect in Venezuela. This proposal went from being an academic idea to becoming a reality. Today, that small student project is Hogar Bambi, a complex of five houses in the San Bernardino urbanization that has served as a refuge and family for more than 5,000 children who needed a second chance.