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Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: the rare disease that can be confused with multiple sclerosis

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare neurological disease where the body's own immune system attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord. Due...

Latest robotic developments in urology

Prostate cancer is a very common tumor since one in six or eight men will suffer from it at some point in their lives....

Eight years in prison for the rapist of a woman in Aranda whom he...

The Supreme Court has confirmed the sentence of 8 years and six months in prison for a man who repeatedly raped a woman in...

The 7 news you need to know this Monday morning, October 30

Hello good morning!We continue to pay attention to the Middle East. Israel's ground operation in Gaza threatens to overwhelm the region. In Spain, Sánchez's...

“Sleeping less than six and a half hours chronically increases the possibility of getting...

“Just as if you don't eat, you die, if you don't sleep in the long term it's the same.” It is the advice and...

The terrible syndrome suffered by 7 children in Spain: "Almost nothing is known about...

Rare diseases, by definition, are rare. Therefore, even if its symptoms manifest themselves explicitly, it is always difficult to reach a diagnosis. Families know...

What is alopecia areata? | Symptoms, causes and how to treat the disease

Alopecia areata is a disease that consists of hair loss in a certain area of ??the body. In most cases it appears in small...

Cholesterol, hypertension, sedentary lifestyle and stress, the "ballots" to suffer a stroke

Leaving aside possible risks can lead us to the worst scenario for our health. And in the field of vascular diseases, our lifestyle and...

99% of humanity breathes air with pollution levels above what is advisable

In addition to being one of the main environmental problems along with climate change, air pollution is a serious global public health problem with...

The new parental anxiolytic: cameras in the daycare

When the El Xumet nursery school opened its doors in Mataró in 2006, the fact that it offered a webcam service in its classrooms...

The Ombudsman recalls that abuses affect other confessions

Sexual abuse is not exclusive to the Catholic Church, maintains the report on ecclesial pedophilia prepared by the Ombudsman, Ángel Gabilondo, but the very...

“There are teenagers who watch life go by on their cell phone without realizing...

José R. Ubieto addresses one of the great social concerns of the moment: digital mental health in adolescence. His new book 'Addicts or Lovers?'...

The club where everyone plays: "For us it is a reward"

Our actions, without a doubt, define us, and that is why it is feasible to affirm that the Cerdanyola Women's Basketball Club is overflowing...

The despair of the Palamós ophthalmologist with the family trapped in Gaza

Dr. Bashir El Hayek has been practicing at the Palamós hospital (Baix Empordà) for two decades, the last five years as head of the...

The Mississippi, the backbone of the US, is in danger: it loses to the...

His words resonate today like an accurate premonition.“A lot of things happen to us. Every four or five years we suffer a disaster. When...

What is hives? | Symptoms, causes and how to treat the disease

Urticaria is a skin reaction that consists of red welts or swellings called hives that cause itching or itching. Hives last from two to...

Operation Summer results in 377,000 people identified and 40,000 drug charges

The Ministry of the Interior has taken stock of Operation Summer, deployed in the autonomous communities that receive a greater influx of visitors, and...

A school in Mataró campaigns so that students do not have a mobile phone...

The Gem school in Mataró (Maresme) has launched this year an alliance campaign with families to try to delay the delivery of the first...

They warn of a new massive scam on the Internet in which the Tax...

The Mossos d'Esquadra and the Civil Guard have warned of a new scam in which criminals impersonate the Tax Agency (AEAT) or the National...

Researchers call for harmonizing the control of sexually transmitted infections, which are on the...

A group of researchers has warned that Europe is facing an all-time high in rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which is why they...

A partial lunar eclipse can be seen tomorrow from all of Spain

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 28, there will be a partial lunar eclipse that will be visible from Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and eastern America.Although the...

The 7 news you need to know this Friday morning, October 27

Hello good morning!In Spain the investiture becomes more expensive. In Europe there is concern about 'behavioural cocaine'. In the Middle East, meetings far from...

Do you want to be an English teacher? Requirements and training to be able...

The mastery of English throughout the world is a fact that has caused millions of people and educational systems to teach it as a...

The Valencian Community, only behind Catalonia in job creation

Unemployment fell by 1,200 people in the Valencian Community in the third quarter of the year compared to the second quarter, 0.38%, to 310,200,...

Arrested for recording a shop assistant up her skirt

This Thursday, the national police arrested a man in El Ejido (Almería) accused of making sexual recordings with a hidden camera on his foot,...

The UPC will incorporate companies as strategic partners

The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) has launched a program to incorporate companies as strategic partners, to co-design R&D programs, and provide them with...

IQS brings together experts from around the world at the first international conference on...

Aporophobia or, what is the same, aversion, fear and contempt towards the poor. This neologism – in the RAE since 2017 – defines a...

Apple studies using its Vision Pro glasses to diagnose mental health problems

Apple presented its mixed reality glasses in June of this year and it is expected that they will be available in the United States...

All the keys to the death of the young woman attacked by five dogs...

The investigation into the death of the young Arancha, 27 years old, who was attacked by five dogs near Zamora is still in progress...

Felicidad Duce, the Spanish fashion feminist who promoted the training of women

The history of Spanish fashion is intrinsically linked to the name of Felicidad Duce Ripollés. She was a visionary woman who, almost a century...

The 7 news you need to know this Thursday morning, October 26

Hello good morning!November 27 is the deadline. If there is no investiture by then, new elections are automatically called. Sánchez accelerates and so does...

What is mucocele? | Symptoms, causes and how to treat the disease

Mucocele, mucosal retention phenomenon or retention cyst is a nodule-shaped tumor or lump caused by retention of saliva secretion. This can occur due to...

What is astrocytoma? | Symptoms, causes and how to treat the disease

Astrocytoma is a type of cancer that forms through cells called astrocytes, usually in the spinal cord or brain. It is a type of...

Cooperation as a tool to give opportunities to women and girls in places with...

Throughout history, many changes have been necessary to achieve more or less equal equality between men and women. Although there is still much to...

Racism increases in Europe: almost half of black people feel discriminated against

Afro-descendants living in the European Union suffer from "extended and recurrent" racism and discrimination that continues over time and in all facets of their...

The head of Deep Mind puts the risks of AI on the same level...

On November 1 and 2, the British Government will hold a summit on the security of artificial intelligence (AI). In this context, Demis Hassabis,...

ONCE announces the winners of the 2023 Catalan Solidarity Awards

The ONCE Catalunya Solidarity Awards have the purpose of recognizing and rewarding those people, entities, institutions, media and administrations that carry out solidarity work...

The harsh testimony of a 15-year-old boy with ASD who suffers bullying at school:...

“My real hell came in ESO. In 2022 my depression began. “I wanted to commit suicide, and I still think about it today.” It...

What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which the scientist who died in Barcelona was investigating?

The death of the scientist Franc Llorens, who studied Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a Bellvitge laboratory, is a mystery.The biochemist, who died in 2022 at...

Allergy symptoms triple in duration up to six months due to climate change

The millions of allergy sufferers will have already noticed it. When years ago, the symptoms of your allergy (conjunctivitis, rhinitis, hives, asthma...) lasted between...