The importance of detecting heart disease during the first year of life

For one reason or another, the heart of some babies do not develop properly during pregnancy. At birth, these babies have then what is known as congenital heart disease. In some cases, this condition is immediately apparent and even threatens the lives of children, but sometimes there can remain silent...

Rich and women the main victims of depression

Depression affects 121 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. The most serious is that this mental illness is responsible for about 850 000 deaths annually, most by suicide. And to whom affects depression? Women and the rich, according to a recent study released by the...

The elderly are most at risk in extreme heat

CHICAGO (AP) – The sixties and seventies, including those who refuse to be considered “elderly” have on hand several precautionary measures to avoid serious ills stifling heat half the U.S. this week, said specialists. People over 65 have a high propensity to resent the consequences of...