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David Alandete wrote that Álvaro Pulido, a partner of Alex Saab, was in the custody of the United States and subject to judicial proceedings. According to Alandete, Pulido faced 13 charges in two cases for money laundering, related to schemes amounting to almost 2 billion dollars, bribery, and fraud in operations involving housing, food, and medicine for Venezuelans. He added that Pulido would appear before a judge on Tuesday and argued that this would allow for judgment in the 2019 case, regarding the facts for which Joe Biden pardoned Saab. #Venezuela #Corrupción #Justicia (translated)

Dr. Luigi Carbone, a specialist in emergency medicine and first aid, is currently the chief physician responsible for the healthcare of Pope Leo XIV and coordinates the group of professionals dedicated to his health, having already assisted Pope Francis during his hospitalization at the Gemelli Polyclinic. #LuigiCarbone #PapaLeoneXIV #SanitàVaticana (translated)

Pope Leo XIV wrote that during recent check-ups, doctors had identified a localized nodule on his lung, in the very early and well-defined stage. He reported that, on the advice of the doctors, he had decided to undergo a procedure to remove it, already scheduled for the following days. He expressed gratitude for the spiritual closeness and asked for prayers for him. #salute #preghiera #medicina (translated)

Vatican News reported that during some checks a well-defined nodule in the lung, at a very early stage and well-localized, had been found. The person said that the doctors deemed it appropriate to intervene and that, following their advice, they had decided to undergo an operation to remove it. https://t.co/wuMlHVPlTB #Salute #Medicina #Chirurgia (translated)

The X and Y sex chromosomes not only determine biological sex but also influence the immune system, metabolism, aging processes, and disease risk, as shown by a review of studies conducted by researchers from the universities of Arizona and California in San Francisco, published in the journal Science. #Cromosomi #MedicinaDiGenere #Salute (translated)

Optogenetics, a Nobel Prize-winning discovery in Medicine, promises to revolutionize treatments for diseases such as epilepsy and Parkinson's by precisely intervening in brain circuits, although significant obstacles remain before its widespread application in humans. #Optogenetica #PremiulNobel #Neuroscience (translated)

Doctor Antoni Trilla, after 40 years at the Clínic hospital and 35 as a professor at the UB, is retiring, but he will continue to be involved in education and medical advising, reflecting on the lessons learned during the pandemic and the importance of being a good person to be a good doctor. #AntoniTrilla #Medicina #COVID19 (translated)

Less than half of the medical schools in Spain offer mandatory training in palliative care, with only 43% of them including this content in their curriculum, reflecting a significant disparity in the teaching of this essential area compared to other European countries. #CuidadosPaliativos #EducaciónMédica #SaludEuropea (translated)

The author wrote that Satya Nadella’s description was particularly relevant to medicine, arguing that an independent, deterministic layer could check AI-generated clinical recommendations against validated rules and safety constraints and reduce the risk of hallucinations being translated into practice.

Studies from the University of Parma aim to create an identity card for leukemia in order to develop personalized therapies that respond to the specifics of each patient, funded by the Emilia-Romagna Region with an investment of 400,000 euros. #Leucemia #RicercaScientifica #MedicinaDiPrecisione (translated)

Researchers Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann, and Georg Nagel won the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2026 for the discovery of channelrhodopsin in the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, which allows the activation of nerve cells by light, thus advancing the field of optogenetics. #Optogenetică #PremiulNobel #CercetareBiologică (translated)

Patrizia Lavatori sarcastically commented on a phrase attributed to Baldi: according to her account, even if a second examination did not reveal a tumor, Baldi would have claimed that the person was still affected by it. Lavatori added that Baldi had appeared on television and associated the post with Garlasco. #ignotox #Garlasco #tumore #salute #medicina (translated)

Simmar stated that he would invest in a service that provides supervision for seniors and people who cannot take care of themselves, similar to child care. According to him, this will be a significant topic and business opportunity in the future. #investice #medicína #senioři (translated)

The University of Barcelona and Novo have created a joint chair that proposes an innovative and person-centered approach to address obesity, integrating culinary medicine, motivational interviewing, and patient experience, with the goal of improving care and combating the stigma associated with this disease. #Obesidad #Salud #CátedraNova (translated)

The prosecutor presented disturbing details and a photograph that shocked Diego Maradona's family during the trial against the medical team that cared for him, seeking prison sentences for the negligence that led to the footballer's death. #Maradona #pravosudje #medicina (translated)

Josep Lluís Barona, emeritus professor of the History of Science at the University of Valencia, leads a project that has created the database "Ciencia represaliada," which documents more than 400 cases of professionals in medicine and Valencian science who suffered repression during the Franco regime. #MemoriaHistórica #Franquismo #CienciaRepresaliada (translated)