The daily figure (27-11-2005)
The average compensation, including stock options, bosses of the top 40 French companies is 15 000 euros per day
The site days (27-11-2005)
International Food and Information Council (IFIC)
On 27 November this year ...
511: Death of Clovis
1095: Pope Urban II urged the Knights to the Western crusade
1874: Birth of Chaim Weizmann, first president of the State of Israel
1893: New Zealand gives women right to vote, the first state to do so in the world and in the nineteenth century
1895: Alfred Nobel wrote his will in which he created the Nobel
1942: French navy was scuttled in Toulon harbor to ensure that its vessels do not fall into the hands of the Nazis
1942: Birth of Jimi Hendrix
1967: General de Gaulle opposed, for the second time, vetoed the entrance of Rouyaume Kingdom in the European Community
1990: John Major is elected as the Conservative British Prime Minister
1999: Death of Alain Peyrefitte
2004: Death of Philippe de Broca
Quote of the Day (27-11-2005)
Ah! that men are wicked not to love me as much as I love myself! Tristan Bernard ( The burden of proof )
surrogate mothers, a practice that extends (27-11-2005)
" Skirting French law, more and more couples will seek, via the Internet, 'wombs for rent' abroad "read the headline on Friday The Fig aro.
" In France, surrogacy is prohibited by law. But the list of countries that permit or arrange surrogacy keeps growing. After the United States and Great Britain, Canada, Holland, Greece, Israel, South Africa and now a part of our Nordic neighbors and Belgium, saw the practice grow "wrote the French daily. And to clarify that according to relevant associations, hundreds of French couples do every year, call for the intervention of a surrogate mother.
" They offer mothers 'gestational' donation of oocytes and sperm if necessary, arrange for the in vitro fertilization - as many couples want the surrogate mother carries an embryo conceived with their own gametes ."
The concept of union of MG in Parliament on Tuesday (27-11-2005)
Recall that it will take place Tuesday a parliamentary hearing on the hot topic (especially in Flanders) of a union of general pure. An initiative that seems to put the balm to the heart of the leaders of the movement Domus.
50 babies a year born alive after abortion in the United Kingdom (27-11-2005)
According to a report by doctors, fifty babies ARISE alive despite the achievement of an abortion, reports the Sunday Times. Remember that the guidelines of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend, after the abortion of a fetus over 21 weeks and six days, an injection of KCl before the "delivery", a move that a lot of practitioners do realize not. An official investigation is coyrs about it.
In Britain abortion on demand is permitted until 24 weeks, which is the highest limit laid down in Europe.
Kinés cautioned against bronchiolitis (27-11-2005)
The newspaper reported The world the initiative of a network of 400 physical therapists in Aquitaine to organize a campaign to keep the week- weekends and holidays to ensure continuity of care for infants with bronchiolitis. The project aims to reduce the rate of emergency admissions for this condition.
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The States General of alcoholism in France (27-11-2005)
French newspapers announced the decision to Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Health, to hold for general statements to allow a debate on alcoholism.
Overseas Doctors operated in the United Kingdom (27-11-2005)
The president of the British Medical Association it is made quite strongly on Friday in a speech, certain trusts (local units NHS) hospital UK, accusing it of blatantly exploiting the many foreign-born doctors in the United Kingdom. These doctors "overseas" are often assigned to positions " nonstandard" and underpaid. They also, frequently, less access to proper training.
The dramatic exodus of Filipino health workers (27-11-2005)
The Philippines has become a leading provider of health workers in the world, but the exodus of their nurses ( e) s and doctors over the past five years has left the care system of the country in a state of near collapse, reports including the New York Times. A study by a former Minister of Health shows that since 1994 some 100 000 nurses (s) have left the country to work abroad, particularly in the UK and USA. With a view to pay about twenty times higher than in the Philippines.
The last place because we (27-11-2005)
The newspaper La Repubblica evokes a new reality show in Italy. It aims to teenagers and is supposed to reflect on the ironic mode on youth behavior. Its mission is educational: to make information on the risks associated with the use of tobacco, illegal drugs (ecstasy, cannabis, etc ...) or alcohol abuse. In short, he is a true prevention project developed by ASL * Varese in Italy and performed by twenty students from the province of Varese with the production house Hagam. All this is funded by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy. (* Azienda Sanitaria Locale: autonomous regional units of organization of health care in Italy.)
But to spice up this initiative to the laudable goals the designers have imagined this turn into a reality show to be the least original. In fact the seven characters in this sit-com (which are supposed to represent all types of teen) as soon as the bell sounds to end of the course are found at each change of hours in the bathroom or girls boys and that is where they discuss their next Interros, the last points of composition, they organize their outings on Saturday evening and more sensitive topics like drugs ... The film also called simply "toilets Show" special drugs. "For now, this toilet show is limited to a DVD available to teachers in the Ministry Health together with educational kits on the themes of drugs, alcohol and tobacco. More than 800 DVDs have already been distributed. The project also is interactive: students who have viewed the film are invited to react and to propose new scenarios.
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http://www.repubblica.it/2005/j/sezioni/scuola_e_universita/servizi/drogagiov/flimbagnidroga/flimbagnidroga.html
The sounds of silence (27-11-2005)
Researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Berlin showed the "song of the iceberg." The sound of water flowing through the crevices of the iceberg are not audible to the human ear because their frequency is too low. But a group of German scientists who publish results of their work in the American science journal Science reached the record using special sound sensors. The voice is like the hum of the iceberg of a huge swarm of bees or that of an orchestra trying to give its most serious instruments. A hollow voice that stirs deep. To hear about:
http://mediacenter.corriere.it/MediaCenter/action/player?uuid=0e9a1e64-5df0-11da-9ce6-0003ba99c667
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virtual pats (27-11-2005)
Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Paediatrics, University of Siena presented in Turin in of "Virtuality Conference" Fetouch project: a three-D ultrasound with tactile feedback to "touch" element ultrasound. This project, still experimental permit, for example pregnant women to "cherish" their fetus. In practice, the interfaces are resisting more or less strong hand of the user manipulates and produced by association with the vision of the virtual object, the impression of touching it. The applications of this project are many, but particularly interesting from a medical standpoint. But the ability to caress the fetus (with apparently scientifically proven effects on anxiety of mothers) is not the only application. The latest developments concerning learning laparoscopic surgery, breast tenderness, or the study of grasping for the rehabilitation of persons who have lost this feature of the hand. As the title section of La Repubblica who speaks: "The virtual more a medical reality. "
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Read: a historical and sociological obesity (27-11-2005)
Magazine History publishes in its latest issue (November 2005) a research paper on obesity. Title: Birth of an illness. The martyrdom of the obese is already a leader with the introduction.
" An obesity epidemic threatens the world ... This concern is real health concerns. She is also the concern of contemporary appearance. As "plump", the "heavy in size" have always existed: it is their perception of society and the image they have of themselves that have changed .
The term obesity has made appearance in the eighteenth century are. Gradually concerns about the appearance and consequences of obesity are becoming increasingly stringent.
The author describes the social pressure that transforms the image of obesity early in the twentieth century. This social pressure that fight obesity associations fighting against the "morphologically correct" because they "feel that the fight against obesity turns to the fight against fat people. "
Interesting to read in any case for a view of the problem of obesity in a historical and sociological perspective and not just medical.
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Vitamin C: a place in the problems associated with uric acid (27-11-2005)
supplementation with 500 mg / d Vitamin C for two months reduces serum uric acid, suggesting that vitamin C may be useful in the prevention and management of gout and other ailments Uric acid-related, conclude Huang et al (Johns Hopkins University), authors of a study published in Arthritis and Rheumatism ( Arthr Rheum 2005; 52: 1843).
distress and fear of dying during acute coronary syndrome (27-11-2005)
distress and fear of dying during the initial phases of acute coronary syndrome may trigger depression and subsequent anxiety, which leads to a poorer prognosis and increased morbidity with time, conclude Whitehead et al (University College London), authors A study published in The American Journal of Cardiology (2005; 96: 1512).
Hands off my finger ... except for physicians (26-11-2005)
Johan Vande Lanotte, president of SP.as expresses the Standaard about the current social unrest in Belgium around the Generations Pact. What he says about the social moderation, in particular, should appeal to physicians who are denied indexing " The wage increase does currently only 0.3%. Whoever wants to moderation actually says: Drop the index and make do with reduced wages. We will not participate in that. It is cynical for the people that we talk all the time of the removal of the index when there is inflation. "Hands off my finger," said somehow JVDL. Well, except for doctors ...
British GPs threaten to take no further vaccinations (26-11-2005)
The decision of the British MG to drop immunization goals due to the change of rules on compensation of those objectives concern government, reports Pulse. A survey by the British medical weekly shows that the number of MG certain to reach the targets for vaccination has plunged from 83 to 25%.
A considerable number of MG are planning to abandon support vaccination, which is perfectly permissible for them. The government says, he does not believe this threat.
gynécos The French called to "rethink" the practice of episiotomy (26-11-2005)
The National College of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians French (CNGOF) made public two days ago, a new recommendation regarding the practice of episiotomy. Is that in France, 47% of births result in an episiotomy. This figure rises to 68% for women who give birth to their first baby, the newspaper Le Monde . The CNGOF call health professionals to "rethink" their practice to achieve this, initially, 30% of episiotomies.
shy bladder (26-11-2005)
Affection little analysis that focuses on which the BBC today, following a recent conference of the Scottish section of the British Psychological Society. The "Bashful bladder (shy bladder) or" pee shy "prevents people from urinating in public places like public washrooms or located elsewhere than at home. According to the British Psychological Society, four million people, just for the UK suffer from this form of social phobia. This problem, notes Professor Alex Gardner, can ruin people's lives and they often wait years or even decades, before seeking therapeutic help.
for Drama in Niger (26-11-2005)
WFP (World Food Programme) UN warns against the possible consequences of the food crisis, for the second consecutive year, the Niger. According to its director, the slightest problem enough to precipitate new families in Niger in the drama. For more than 1.2 million people, grain stocks do not exceed three months, while 2 million other Nigerians they are limited to five months. For a significant number of people do not switch into starvation, it is necessary the rains are sufficient, that the locusts stay away, as crops are good and the food prices remain stable.
WFP needs $ 20.3 million to fund its operations until March, including $ 8.3 million immediately.
Phase 1 for a successful recombinant vaccine against plague (26-11-2005)
Computer Sciences Corporation announced that its subsidiaries, DVC LLC, has vaccinated successfully all the volunteers in a Phase 1 clinical study designed to test his vaccine recombinant cons rF1V fever. This vaccine has obviously been developed from the perspective of the problem of bioterrorism.
dairy products high in fat reduce the risk of colorectal cancer (26-11-2005)
How to get out of anything that is beneficial or harmful?, Some will say on learning that the ingestion of large quantities of dairy products high in fat and conjugated linoleic acid, may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study by Larsson et al, involving over 60,000 women Swedish 40 to 76 years, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (Am J Clin Nutr 2005; 82: 894).
American Farmers want to cultivate marijuana (26-11-2005)
A growing number of American farmers ask to be allowed to cultivar marihuana , reports USA Today. This culture is prohibited by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, despite the low content of hemp tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Farmers refer to the authorization given Canadian colleagues to engage in this culture and the competitive advantage it gives them. North Dakota has allowed this culture, with specific regulations, but must in any case the federal green light to start up. And such authorization does not seem about to happen.
Puzzle (26-11-2005)
reading the rant of Claude Dawance (see below), I want to respond with this phrase that I read on the forum docadoc "Our past is sad, our present is tragic, fortunately we have no future" (Dr P Setia ENT)
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The murder was almost perfect but not enough to cover the MG (26-11-2005)
This is the Nieuwsblad reported that this incident of great interest to physicians. A man had choked his wife, aged 53, with a cushion to go prolonged love with another. He was very well staged the whole thing and called the doctor on duty to make the required finding, especially since the wife was to be cremated. The doctor Care had some doubts, despite the perfect preparation of the murderer and had contacted the physician's interest, as well as justice. An autopsy was then used to unmask the killer, a day before the date set for incineration.
Far from here, but nice, the Jazz Band Medical (26-11-2005)
is Peter De Bruyn, general practitioner and avid jazz, which indicates the existence of a remarkable Argentinian jazz band, composed entirely of doctors, the Medical Jazz Band. Info on their site (for those who read English).
Netherlands: night duty and weekend mandatory or voluntary? (26-11-2005)
Dutch GPs are divided on a topic of great concern to their Belgian colleagues as well, namely the obligation to provide guards at night and weekends, reports MedNet. For Landelijke Huisartsen Vereniging (LHV ), the obligation is legal and should be assumed. For the Eerste Landelijke Huisartsen Associatie (LAP), it is not the legal profession and is the which itself decides to take any task.
Unit, which unit? (26-11-2005)
The idea had really made a splash in the early stages. Domus movement, which would lead to a unitary structure, union, and scientific associations of general medicine Flemish, grouped under the label Domus Medica, was a success straight until recently. Since an inconclusive vote at VHNI (Flemish Institute for training), we can simplify that old and new wage a permanent war games, including interventions interposed on electronic forums.
Diabetes negates the long-term benefits of PCI after myocardial (26-11-2005)
Does diabetes cancels out the beneficial effect of primary coronary angioplasty the long-term risk of reinfarction after acute myocardial infarction with ST segment elevated, and this compared with fibrinolysis?
This question serves as the title of the publication, signed Madsen and all study participants DANAMA-2 in the American Journal of Cardiology 2005; 96: 1469).
And the results of this substudy DANAMA-2 shows that the PCI compared with fibrinolysis, increases the risk of reinfarction in patients with diabetes, but the decreases in non-diabetics. We can therefore conclude that diabetes cancels the beneficial effect of long-term PCI.
Medicine fair (26-11-2005)
We learn that since November 8, a bus will visit 8 cities contraception Belgian student to inform young women about contraception and STDs. We do not know who is behind this initiative, but at a time when we fights for the upgrading of the role of general, we find that this bus is a slap, one more, (but you get used to hard) to our profession. The student cities have they not therefore generalists? Would not it be simpler to encourage through television campaigns for example, young women see their GP? The bus
" is available only to women . " Those who wish may ask questions at the woman doctor on this site ...». Not because everyone knows that women are rare in the medical profession and therefore difficult to find ... then we must make medicine fair that our girls and young women can find one who ask questions. Certainly, the work of prevention and information has its place on contraception and STDs, but would it not be wiser to invest the money put into initiatives such as these to better pay (eg ) consultations of general medicine focused on prevention.
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Pregnant Women more often hospitalized in the Netherlands (26-11-2005)
The risk that a pregnant woman be admitted to hospital because of complications increased by 41% between 1995 and 2003 in the Netherlands, reports the daily Trouw . The number of babies admitted shortly after birth has increased it by 20%. According to experts, this trend is due to the number of pregnant women aged over 35 years, and the increasing proportion of pregnant immigrant women (among Caribbean women and women of Suriname, hypertension in pregnancy is apparently more common) . Admission fastest complaints data may also play a role in this regard.
Follow my gaze (26-11-2005)
An article published in Developmental Science by two psychologists at the University of Washington shows the importance of gaze in human social relations and especially the development of language. Being able to follow the gaze direction of adults in the last quarter of the first year would be crucial for language learning. Rachele Brooks and Andrew Metzoff found that young children who are most qualified to follow the gaze of others at the end of their first year are able to include twice as many words at the age of 18 months (337 against 195 words for those who do it later.) (after Scienze.it )
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Evaluation of a drinking contest: one dead and six months in prison (26-11-2005)
A bartender in a small Norwegian town has grown a client to drink without limit by engaging in a contest with him. After drinking 19 tequilas in 90 minutes, said customer, aged 34, had resulted in an emergency room and died three days later. It was later learned that the bartender had him, contented to swallow water. The bartender was sentenced to six months in jail.
Telematics Symposium (26-11-2005)
For the sixth consecutive time, the symposium "Telematics@health.be" was held on 1 and 2 December at the Hotel President, Boulevard King Albert II 44 - 1000 Brussels. Among others discussed the latest developments in the area of sharing patient information, electronic prescribing and the platform BeHealth.
01/12/2005 - AM: eQuality session - PM: eMerge session
2/12/2005 - AM: PM Session ePrescription: eLaw and BeHealth session
Simultaneous translation FR-NL scheduled - Free participation
There are days when we really wondered who mocked (26-11-2005)
Demotte Learning that casts doubt on the OECD study that places the Belgian general in the top of the lowest paid physicians is the next most astounding. Indeed, one wonders what is the Belgian study on the value that should be the act of MG in the cost of a tool that would allow the minister to question a study that deserves to exist? Study to which he is unable to offer any Belgian study, our country shining through lack of calculation of cost an intellectual act?
Our minister is yet (but what the deuce on basic math?) Incomes of general practitioners have become very worrying! But he says, do not worry " we are always willing to hear other proposals .
Help, I dream! Any Belgium him yelled that does not give the index provided in an agreement signed with Belgium debased status of a banana republic with "agreements" that may unilaterally change the policies along the way and he dares to claim to be "open "to any suggestions! Since the time we he proposes to calculate the value of the tool and the university to assess what is expected to cost the intellectual act, one wonders what are the proposals that he is ready to hear?
He said that the 20/30 is a considerable step towards a better consideration. But he forgets that the revaluation blithely obtained by the revolt and the strike has never been granted for the simultaneous visits, visits in the evening, night, weekend! How can you laugh without a physician order is worth upgrading to treat a patient the day but not 2 in the same house, not worthy of either upgrading the evening or the weekend? Do we have brains that recycling was only part of the working day, provided that there is only one patient in the home? Learn
the same day that Jeff Van Langendonck (Flemish professor of labor law) states in the Flemish daily De Tijd of it would not pay more than benefits for doctors is the straw that blew my rant of day! This worthy man finds that social status is a subterfuge to continue to motivate physicians to adhere to the rates! Damn, I did not know what the extra income that is essential to some colleagues contracted to continue to survive meanly called a trick! I did not know that 30% of young doctors should abandon general practice for lack of money and food for their lavish "subterfuge" even before the end of the year has elapsed.
Learn one of three unique Momignies doctors will again be requisitioned for this practice of slavery that is the strength of public service keeps people insured by the private sector is overflowing sea of my rebellion. This requisition is in defiance of the laws of time and work superbly ignoring these doctors custody were already over 4 a weekend before a colleague in sick ... Politicians who invented this system of requisition without weighing the weight of their decision will probably be the same to rebel to medical errors that are forgot to say that statistically the numbers are well below what might be expected given the number of benefits and working conditions seen ...
Learn the same day as "Doctors of the World Views" search for MG volunteers to care for the homeless shelterbelts in Brussels is the straw that broke the ocean of my indignation. Come to beg the free service to those policies that underestimate the clock to overcome the inadequacy of our health system does not cast the shield of our politicians. They are always quick to shout in unison how much we loved our Couton their exaggerations but of course we have to compensate for their failure and to avoid their shame to see so many fellow citizens without health care on their sidewalks civilized country and civilized ...
There are days like this ...
Claude Dawance
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