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November 22nd: Music Day
NOVEMBER: The month of music and health November How does music influence our health? Traditionally, the biomedical model has attributed health problems to biological deficits or structural alterations, overlooking social, psychological, or behavioral dimensions. However, current evidence supports the existence of connections between the body, mind, lifestyle, emotional state, and other health determinants that are…
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October 17th: World Day Against Pain
OCTOBER: The Multidisciplinary Approach to Pain Multidisciplinary Treatment of Chronic Pain Chronic pain has traditionally been defined as pain that persists for a period longer than 3 months. However, recent discoveries regarding the physiopathological mechanisms involved in the development of chronic pain have rendered the identification of pain chronicity based solely on its duration somewhat…
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Why You Should Stay Active If You Have Rheumatoid Arthritis
In UMSS Group, we join the movement led by the World Physiotherapy Organization to promote the role of physiotherapy in the treatment and therapeutic management of Rheumatoid Arthritis on World Physiotherapy Day, September 8th. If you suffer from Arthritis and don’t know what you can do, keep reading this article! What is Rheumatoid Arthritis, and…
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June 4th: World Cancer Survivors Day
Cancer is among the deadliest diseases worldwide. Its incidence continues to grow, with scientific studies estimating that the trend will be for the number of people suffering from some form of cancer to continue rising until 2070. Numerous factors in our lifestyle, such as tobacco abuse, excessive consumption of unhealthy foods, or leading a stressful…
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May 2nd: World Asthma Day.
DEDICATE TIME TO BREATHE CONSCIUSLY! Taking advantage of the fact that May 2nd was World Asthma Day, we at UMSS want to help you understand this condition better. Asthma is characterized by chronic inflammation of the airways, leading to variable airflow obstruction. Although it may seem like a minor illness, it is estimated that over…
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World Parkinson’s Day: April 11th
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most prevalent and well-known neurodegenerative diseases among the general population (Poewe et al., 2017). Like all neurodegenerative diseases, its physiopathology is based on progressive neuronal dysfunction and death in specific areas of the central nervous system. This process causes highly variable symptoms, which will depend on the functions in…
