The measurement of blood pressure emerged in 1896 in a non-invasive way from the hands of the Italian doctor Scipione Riva-Rocci, who introduced the sphygmomanometer, an event that allowed the measurement of systolic blood pressure —known as the maximum— and almost a decade later , the Russian vascular surgeon Nicolai Korotkoff developed the auscultator technique, through which it was possible to measure the systolic and diastolic blood pressure —the minimum.

The use of HeberFeron, a drug created and produced by the Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, in Havana, has spread throughout the country by opening more centers in different municipalities.

The permanent committees of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP) are meeting here this Tuesday, prior to the Fourth Ordinary Period of Sessions of the 9th Legislature of the Cuban Parliament, which will analyze fundamental issues for the country.

Isabel Rojas Torrella is a pupil of fifth year of Computer Engineering of the University of Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz, a young woman who, from the science of the programming, stands out for her collaborations to institutions of the province of Camagüey and who in her graduation will get a special recognition for the Union of Computer programmers of Cuba.

Health authorities of Cuba and the United States signed earlier this week a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in combating diseases affecting the two neighboring countries and to exchange experiences.

Havana, Cuba.- (acn) An information note by the Cuban Ministry of Public Health reported the sixth imported case of Zika virus, corresponding to a 32 year-old Cuban physician that was offering her services in Venezuela and arrived in Cuba (from the Venezuelan state of Lara) on March 15 and lives in the city of Artemisa, the Granma newspaper reported on Thursday.

Camagüey.- Therapeutic vaccines to persons suffering from cancer show good results in several health units of Camagüey province.

Camagüey.- “This heat is unbereable. Yesterday a niece told me that in Burgos the temperature was to 14 grades: I´d be so happy there! It is the first time that I visit Cuba and, although its verdure and people fascinate me, I do not like these perspirations; I have never had such a hot summer. It is a real problem for very white skins like mine”, mentioned to me in the morning a Spanish, native of Valencia.