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An adult woman discusses urinary symptoms with a female doctor in a bright consultation room.

Saúde urináriaSeptember 2026

Urinary tract infection: symptoms and when to seek care

Cystitis commonly causes burning and a frequent urge to urinate. Fever, chills and lower back pain may indicate a kidney infection and require urgent assessment.

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Man with his arm in a sling sitting in the doorway of his home in São Paulo, talking on his mobile phone.

Atestados e documentosSeptember 2026

How many days of medical certificate before INSS takes over? The 15-day rule, deadlines and documents

For employees with a signed work card, the employer pays the first 15 consecutive days of absence, and INSS may take over from day 16. See the rule for each category, when absences for the same illness count together and what changes if you apply after day 30.

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A receptionist stamps an attendance certificate at the front desk of a clinic in São Paulo and hands it to the patient.

Atestados e documentosSeptember 2026

Does an Attendance Certificate Excuse an Absence? The Difference from a Medical Certificate and What the CLT Guarantees

An attendance certificate proves you were at the appointment. A medical certificate proves you were unable to work. By law, only the second excuses the day. See the CLT exceptions and what a doctor can write.

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Patient checking a digitally signed medical certificate as a PDF on her phone, straight after the video consultation on the laptop behind.

TelemedicinaAugust 2026

Online medical certificate in Brazil: when it counts and what it must contain

An atestado issued in a teleconsultation counts at work when there was a real consultation, a doctor registered with the CRM and a verifiable digital signature. What the document must contain, how HR checks it, and when a teleconsultation should not issue one.

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Doctor comparing earlier results while building the test request on the computer, sample tubes in a rack beside him.

Exames e diagnósticoAugust 2026

Requesting laboratory tests in Brazil: how the medical request works

A test request exists so that the result means something. What the request must contain, which tests a laboratory will run without one, how the digital request works, and why testing without an indication hinders more than it helps.

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Informative Global Health infographic about diabetes, with the slogan "Medicine Anytime Anywhere." In the center, a hand holds a blue glucose meter showing a reading of "120 mg/dL" after a fingertip blood-drop test. On the left, the main headline reads "DIABETES THE SILENT DISEASE."

EndocrinologiaJuly 2026

Diabetes: The Silent Disease

Brazil now ranks 6th in the world for diabetes cases, with 16.6 million people affected — many still undiagnosed. See the warning signs, the most effective treatments available today, and what the future of care may look like.

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