a Servicio de Pediatría Hospitalaria, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Patología Tropical, Adopción Internacional y Consulta del Niño Viajero, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz -Hospital Carlos III, Madrid, Spain b Servicio de Pediatría Hospitalaria, Enfermedades Infecciosas, Patología Tropical, Adopción Internacional y Consulta del Niño Viajero, Hospital Universitario Infantil La Paz -Hospital C...

This paper is a review of the current situation of the treatment of human African trypanosomiasis. The existing approved drugs are old, toxic and/or expensive. Therapeutic failures are common. Several factors may contribute to the problems of chemotherapy, including differences in the epidemiology of the disease, difficulties in the diagnosis and staging of the infection, availability, distribu...

Diphyllobothriasis, a parasitosis caused by the flatworm Diphyllobothrium latum, is contracted by consuming raw or undercooked freshwater fish. The aim of this study was to evaluate the situation of this parasitosis during the past 20 years in Europe through the analysis of databases and search engines (Medline, Cabi Helminthological abstracts,Yahoo, Google), and through a questionnaire sent to...

Although the worldwide insurance market is used to thinking of asbestos as a “US problem”, it was used widely around the world. It is clear that European-sourced asbestos costs are now emerging as social and insurance issues. There are increasing numbers of academic and governmental studies of the problem, as well as relevant legal developments, both within individual countries and for the Euro...

Worldwide, lung cancer is the most common cancer in terms of both incidence and mortality with 1,04 million new cases per year and 921,000 deaths, with the highest rates currently observed in Europe and North America. Once diagnosed, the 5-year survival rate for lung cancer in Europe fluctuates between 8% and 12%. Smoking is found in 90% of lung cancer cases. A successful, straightforward preve...

The large majority of human cancer diagnosed each year may be avoidable, but avoidable causes of many common cancers have not yet been clearly identified. A prerequisite of cancer prevention lies in identifying the determinants of cancer risk. Cancer control embraces a number of important elements with the aim of reducing the incidence of cancer and, failing primary prevention, reducing mortali...