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Liquid biopsy, as it is called, is a procedure which is currently highly topical in the treatment and monitoring of patients with cancer. Until recently it was only used in research programmes, but now liquid biopsy is becoming increasingly useful in the diagnostic and therapeutic planning of treatment in oncology patients. [Continue Reading]

Es fácil tender a pensar que el trabajo diario de un médico puede ser rutinario: acudir a consulta, escuchar los padecimientos de los pacientes, y darles la mejor solución posible, día a día. Sin embargo, en ocasiones se puede convertir en una aventura: asistir a un paciente intrépido que pretende cruzar a nado desde una isla de la costa oeste de Estados Unidos hasta el continente. Eso le ha ocurrido a quien escribe estas líneas. [Continue Reading]

Overweight and obesity are defined as excessive accumulation of fat that can be harmful to health and it is caused by an imbalance between the input and expenditure of calories. Obesity is the biggest health problem that humanity is facing at the moment and it causes more deaths than hunger worldwide. [Continue Reading]

The European Association of Economy and Competitiveness has awarded HC Marbella with the European Medal for Merit in Work, in recognition of its brilliant career. . [Continue Reading]

Nowadays there are different types of intragastric balloons on the market. Some can be kept in the stomach up to a year instead of the usual 6 months, others can be re-insufflated after a few months, and there even exist types that can be placed without endoscopy, by swallowing them directly. [Continue Reading]

Dementia generally is a syndrome of chronic or progressive nature that implies the impairment of memory, intellect, behavior and the ability to perform basic activities of every day beyond what could be considered a consequence of normal aging. [Continue Reading]

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive, degenerative neurological movement disorder that affects the brain area responsible for the control and the coordination of movement, muscle tone and posture. Approximately 100.000 people in Spain are living with Parkinson’s disease. [Continue Reading]

El Doctor Luis Hidalgo, Director Médico en HC Marbella Hospital Internacional, ha asistido esta pasada semana, al Congreso de la ADA (American Diabetes Association) de este año, que se está celebrando en Nueva Orleans, Estados Unidos. [Continue Reading]

Dr. Lupanzula is International leader in hair transplant and he treats each case individually and personally with the latest and exclusive technique FUE MANUAL. This technique has been developed to eliminate alopecia through the individual extraction of follicles without scars and without any trace of surgery in the donor area after three days. [Continue Reading]

According to the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), 9 out of 10 lung cancers are caused by cigarette smoking. This relationship also exists with other tumors such as cancers of the mouth, esophagus, larynx, pharynx, kidney, bladder or pancreas. [Continue Reading]

The #OMS estimated that nearly 10 of every 1,000 people worldwide have epilepsy. In Spain,578.000 persons will suffer epilepsy. [Continue Reading]