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Cancer includes a group of more than 100 different types of diseases characterized by the accelerated and disorderly growth of abnormal cells. Cancer is a major worldwide public health problem. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), cancer increased to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 (1). Historically, natural products have been used since ancient times and in folklore for treatment of many diseases (2). Traditional medicine is known the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories and experiences indigenous to different cultures used in the maintenance of health and for the prevention, diagnosis, improvement, and/or treatment of illness (3). Plants have comprised the basis of traditional medicine systems and their use by the peoples of many cultures has been widely documented. The World Health Organization has estimated that approximately 80% of the worldís inhabitants mainly employ traditional medicine for their primary healthcare (4). Currently, the use of medicinal plants to treat and prevent various types of cancer has experienced a breakthrough. Along with the cancer treatment ranging from surgery and radiation to chemotherapy or immunotherapy, millions of people seek additional options such as complementary and alternative medicine. In traditional Mexican folk medicine, Solanum rostratum has been used for years to treat kidney disorders, stomachache, and digestive disorders and with the use of the infusion of the leaves as a purgative. A tea prepared with the plantís flowers is rec

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LA DIABETES en la actualidad es considerada un problema de salud pública en la mayoría de los países del mundo, en México ocupa uno de los primeros lugares en mortalidad, a consecuencia de las vida, fomentando factores desencadenantes de diabetes en las personas genéticamente predispuestas. Es sabido que la mitad de los pacientes diagnosticados con diabetes, se encuentran sin tratamiento, y por tanto en un alto riesgo de desarrollar complicaciones, impactando grandemente a nuestra población, en su calidad de vida, razón por la cual es de vital importancia continuar con el trabajo de todo el equipo de salud, mediante estrategias que permitan favorecer la disminución de las complicaciones y el surgimiento de un número mayor de personas con esta problemática.