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Doctors Respond to Lopez-Gatell’s Criticism of Pharmacy Clinics

By MARK LORENZANA Physicians in Mexico have rebuked Mexican Undersecretary of Public Health Hugo López-Gatell for his criticisms that medical offices attached to pharmacies are “a hoax” and “a great deception” and that “they should not exist” because “they don’t really treat diseases.” López-Gatell, in his Health Pulse report at Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) daily press conference

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When Every Minute Counts

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Cardiovascular disease is a silent killer that can strike nearly anyone at any time. And it does. According to the Mexican Association of Cerebral Vascular Diseases (Amevasc), stroke and other cardiovascular diseases constitute the number one cause of death nationwide, accounting for roughly100,000 fatalities each year. “About 30 percent of all stroke victims will die from the

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