FROM THE NEWSLETTER No. 87 – March/April 2015 Anyone who ever stops to watch a cooking TV show will notice how casually cooks suggest adding a pinch of salt to food. It is time to realize that if we consume the approximately 0,5 grams of salt in that little pile every day, we will be able to […]
As we start this year we look back and are proud to see that the IECS really grew during 2014. Last year we conducted almost 50 new research projects. The work of our researchers was reflected in 35 publications indexed in Medline (some of them in high-impact journals, such as The Lancet and BMJ)
Balance of a year of strong institutional growth See more "
An IECS study indicates that the prohibition of manufacturing and marketing foods with these fats will prevent 5 acute coronary events per year. On December 10, a modification came into effect in the Argentine Food Code that prohibits the manufacturing and marketing of foods that contain trans fats. industrial origin*. Replace these fats
The elimination of trans fats, a food policy that will save thousands of lives See more "
At the 67th World Health Assembly, the need to add these treatments to the health plan was reinforced. We analyze what is happening in the country. For more than 20 years, World Hospice and Palliative Care Day has been celebrated on the second Saturday in October. That day, organizations from different places
The situation of palliative care in Argentina: a debt in health services See more "
The Lancet magazine published a series of articles pointing out the lack of prioritization of investment in biomedical research. At the IECS we analyze the implications of this trend. The Lancet opened a debate on waste in biomedical research in January of this year (1-5). The published articles analyze that the funds
The waste of funds for health research See more "
13% of deaths in Latin America are the result of diseases attributable to tobacco. In Argentina, the figure amounts to 40.591 deaths per year. An investigation coordinated by the IECS showed that if the price of cigarettes were increased by 50% in Latin America, between 17 and 45 thousand deaths per year would be avoided. No
Death, illness and tobacco tax situation in Latin America See more "
Prevention, early diagnosis, appropriate treatments, disease control and monitoring are the keys to reversing the current panorama. The analysis of the hospital discharge database of our country's public system showed that 27 percent of hospitalizations could be avoided. In adults, among the most frequent hospitalizations that could
Avoidable hospitalizations, a pending issue for our health system See more "
The beginning of a new year allows us to take stock of the cycle we've left behind and share with you some of the achievements we're proud of. It's worth noting that we renewed the Master's in Clinical Effectiveness at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), launching a new curriculum that allows students to choose from three areas of study: clinical and epidemiological research;
Institutional achievements and expectations See more "
