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November 15, 2022

¿Debo hacerme las pruebas de detección del cáncer de mama?

General Health Posts en Español
Aparna Kumar, PhD CRNP MPH

La respuesta depende de la edad, el riesgo de cáncer de mama y otros factores. Para las mujeres de riesgo medio, se recomiendan ampliamente las mamografías de detección regulares desde los 50 hasta los 70 años. En esta población, el equilibrio entre los beneficios y los riesgos es menos claro, tanto en las etapas tempranas Read more…

November 15, 2022

Is this bad RSV and flu season due to an “immunity debt?”

Infectious Diseases
Jennifer Beam Dowd Ph.D.
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD

A: Yes and No. But the term itself is proving confusing and unhelpful. TL;DR: There is no “immunity debt” for individuals. We don’t need to get infected to protect us from…. getting infected. The fewer pathogen exposures over a lifetime, the better. (Just ask previous generations who suffered through measles, cholera, polio, smallpox, etc). For Read more…

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