Expedición Manizales 150 años

de 19 años : una revisión sistemática

Objetivo. Evaluar la asociación entre la exposición a los principales contaminantes químicos del agua de consumo humano (ACH) y el aumento de casos de cáncer en menores de 19 años. Métodos. Se realizó una revisión sistemática de la literatura científica recogida en las bases de datos MEDLINE (via PubMed©), EMBASE©, Web of Knowledge, Cochrane Library Plus, Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe...

Effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment in patients from Pereira and Manizales.

OBJECTIVE Evaluating the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in a sample of Colombian patients diagnosed as having HIV/AIDS and being treated by the Colombian Health Social Security System (CHSSS) METHODS: A descriptive study was conducted among 134 HIV/AIDS patients of any age or gender who had received antiretroviral therapy in the cities of Pereira and Manizales between July 1st 2008 and...

Cancer incidence and mortality in Manizales 2003-2007

OBJECTIVE To describe cancer incidence and mortality in Manizales during the 2003-2007 period from population-based information. METHODS The information was obtained from the Manizales Cancer Registry and DANE. We analyzed new cases and cancer deaths of individuals residing in Manizales from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2007. Cases reported correspond to primary invasive malignant tumors, in...

Canada 150

As we put 2017 behind us, I am dedicating this editorial to the celebration of Canada’s 150 birthday. I was fortunate to be in Ottawa for the month of August where I took in several Canada 150 events and displays, the most memorable and inspiring being MosaïCanada in Gatineau (created by the world famous Mosaïcultures internationales de Montréal http://english.mosaicanada.ca/). So impressed and...

William Osler at 150.