by Cendhy | Apr 23, 2020 | Press
In our country, adults over 65 years represent 11.4% of the total population (INE 2017) and constitute one of the risk groups with the highest mortality from coronavirus. Unfortunately, so far the lethality of COVID-19 in Chile has affected only older adults. The...
by Cendhy | Apr 23, 2020 | Press
The coronavirus causing COVID-19 is currently a public health emergency that has evolved rapidly in many parts of the world, being defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic that affects patients with chronic diseases and the elderly with greater...
by Cendhy | Apr 15, 2020 | Press
When Sars-Cov-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) reaches a human cell, it doesn’t knock on the door and asks if it can pass. He already has the key, a protein that fits into ACE2 – an enzyme attached to the external surface of cells in organs as...
by Cendhy | Apr 15, 2020 | Press
Rafael González: Assistant Professor, Center for Applied Nanotechnology and Center for Applied Nanotechnology Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Mayor. Sergio Lavandero: Director and Principal Investigator of the Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases (ACCDiS). Topics:...
by Cendhy | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog
What is hypertension? High blood pressure (hypertension) is a chronic non-communicable disease that corresponds to the main isolated risk factor for cardiovascular disease and is associated with the highest death burden in Chile (MINSAL). Globally, about 1.13 billion...
