Mexican Social Security Institute

High-quality health systems in the Sustainable Development Goals era: time for a revolution

<p>Although health outcomes have improved in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the past several decades, a new reality is at hand. Changing health needs, g...

Does the Metabolic Syndrome Improve Identification of Individuals at Risk of Type 2 Diabetes and/or Cardiovascular Disease?

OBJECTIVE—The metabolic syndrome has been promoted as a method for identifying high-risk individuals for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD). We therefore sought to...

Genetic evidence for a novel familial Alzheimer's disease locus on chromosome 14

Genetic linkage studies suggest that Alzheimer's disease is not a single homogeneous disorder

Hyperandrogenemia in patients presenting with acne

Dynamics of Helicobacter pylori infection in a US–Mexico cohort during the first two years of life

The initial acquisition of detectable H. pylori infection occurred at a rate of 20% per year among Pasitos Cohort children from birth to 24 months of age. A key finding, with im...