Science

More than 40 clinical trials implemented in the Cuban central province of Sancti Spiritus have benefited the vast majority of patients, ensured specialists involved in the task. In the first provincial workshop on the topic it was announced that all studies (over 40 since 1992) had encouraging results and allowed assessing, experimentally, various drugs, finally valued as effective and safe.»

Santiago Luengo, delegate of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Federation for the operation to help on the effects of Hurricane Sandy in Cuba, extolled the social response of Cuba before these events.»

Heberprot-P is a unique drug developed in Cuba.»

Over thirty children have been so far treated in Sancti Spiritus’s Hippotherapy Provincial Center, where the natural medicine treatment introduced more than seven years ago has proved effective.»

A research is being carried out in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, on children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), so as to better diagnose and treat the disease.»

Sancti Spiritus was the venue this year of the World Environment Day major commemoration in the island, due to the achievements attained in this respect in this central Cuban territory.»

Several researches and projects are the focus of discussion in the First Neuroscience Workshop underway at Camilo Cienfuegos Provincial General Hospital, Sancti Spiritus.»

Over 200 patients are being currently treated for multiple sclerosis at Sancti Spiritus’s Provincial Rehabilitation Hospital, where a National Integral Neuro-Rehabilitation Program was started ten years ago.»

Nearly eight thousand people have undergone this ophthalmological technique since  its implementation began in the  Camilo Cienfuegos General Hospital, of  Sancti Spiritus city, in November 2002.»

Ecuador’s first astronaut, Ronnie Nader, will command the launch of the nation’s first satellite this Thursday, NEE-01 Pegasus, from the JiuQuan launch center in China, at 23:13 local time.»