By: Dr. Elton Gomez, Regenerative Medicine Specialist. The field of regenerative medicine for organs, joints, tendons, muscles and various damage to tissues, both human and animal, undergoes important changes not only due to the discovery of stem cells, which are cells that can constantly renew themselves and give rise to …
January, 2021
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19 January
Bipartisan Law Protects Patients from Surprise Medical Bills
-Editorial Members of U.S. Congress reached a bipartisan deal in December over billing protections for patients and their medical bills and protect their finances if they have a medical emergency. The No Surprises Act would hold patients harmless from surprise medical bills for emergencies and non-emergency cases in which the …
December, 2020
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10 December
Imperial Valley Ready to Receive The COVID-19 Vaccine
-Editorial After nearly a year of fighting against COVID-19, there is light before the end of the tunnel as the vaccine will soon come to the Imperial Valley. A government advisory panel on Thursday, Dec. 10, backed the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, paving the way for the Food and …
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9 December
WHO reveals the leading causes of death and disability worldwide
-Editorial Noncommunicable diseases now make up 7 of the world’s top 10 causes of death, according to WHO’s 2019 Global Health Estimates, published today. This is an increase from 4 of the 10 leading causes in 2000. The new data cover the period from 2000 to 2019 inclusive. The estimates …
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6 December
Additional COVID-19 Testing Locations Announced Imperial County
-Editorial The Imperial County Public Health Department is announcing additional COVID-19 testing locations beginning this week. The goal of these additional testing resources is to increase the County’s COVID-19 testing capacity and to provide community members with convenient and flexible access to testing. On December 9, 10, 11, and 14 …
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6 December
Imperial County Announces Regional Stay-At-Home Order Linked to Intensive Care Unit Capacity
-Editorial California State Officials have announced that the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed capacity in Southern California Region counties, including Imperial County, has now dropped below 15%. This means that the Regional Stay at Home Order must be implemented for counties in the region. The Regional Stay at Home orders …
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4 December
Imperial County Awaits Impacts of Newsom’s New Regional Order
-Editorial California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a new regional stay-at-home order on Thursday, days after he said that most of the state’s intensive care beds could be over capacity within weeks amid a surge in coronavirus cases. The measure forces a three-week closure of all bars, wineries, hair salons, and …
November, 2020
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30 November
THE BRAIN OF THE LEADER
By: Dr. Elton Gomez, Regenerative Medicine Expert. How to maintain brain health and leadership at the same time? (If you are a leader, you will not like this article) The human brain neurophysiology of leaders is complex, like all brain neurophysiology, but in the case of the leader’s brain, the …
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13 November
Trump Announced COVID-19 Vaccine Will Be Available to The Public in April
-Editorial President Donald Trump had a press conference on Friday afternoon, his first public comments since Joe Biden was projected the winner in the presidential race — snapping the longest stretch of silence in his presidency. Trump said the United States has a lower excess mortality rate than Europe, including …
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9 November
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine is looking 90% effective
-Editorial People all over the world received good news as Pfizer announced that a vaccine candidate has been successful. The vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis. The analysis evaluated …