The daily figure: The direct costs of treating hyponatremia in the U.S. vary between 1.6 billion and $ 3.6 billion (between 1.25 and 2.80 billion euros) per year.
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Quote of the Day: " He possessed the antidote against the fearsome venom of old age. He could read . "Luis Sepulveda ( The Old Man Who Read Love Stories ).
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Establishment of a universal health insurance in Massachusetts
Genentech, the company where Americans like to work
De Charleroi Washington, small gifts for politicians
List of multidisciplinary centers for obese patients
boom cancer drugs
Tobacco kill you your child
Early Revascularization with infarction with cardiogenic shock (JAMA)
The coffee does it say yes?
Thalidomide significantly increases survival in multiple myeloma
The traditional evaluation of literature questioning
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Establishment of a universal health insurance in Massachusetts
Massassuchetts The state is currently setting up a system of health insurance Universal, which is - in a context such as the United States - a huge challenge. But it will not be an assured future for all, as the Boston Globe reported monthly premiums ranging from 30 to 140 dollars for most low-income citizens of the state. The government will still take them into account all of the premium for those falling below the federal poverty level (or 9,800 dollars per year for a single) and will assume some of the people located in areas of intermediate income.
Genentech, the company where Americans like work
The American magazine Fortune publishes an annual list of 100 companies for which we prefer to work. It is the biotech company Genentech, located in South San Francisco, who wins this year. Let us come to a hospital in Connecticut's fourth place ranking.
De Charleroi in Washington, small gifts for politicians
A detailed study on the travel of members of Congress shows that U.S. legislators have agreed to an estimated $ 50 million in travel offered by companies and groups seeking legislative favors between 2000 and 2005, reports the Washington Post . The Center for Public Integrity has published a list of eleven members of Congress who have surpassed the $ 350,000 and not without humor, he calls the 'frequent flyers'. Both are Democrats and nine Republicans.
Lists multidisciplinary centers for obese patients
noted, even if we tend to emphasize again the role of family doctor and to lament, once again, the way her short-circuiting is cleverly organized on the ground, despite the soothing words of all those responsible, as Mutual free, moreover the principle of restive timing, publish a list multidisciplinary centers for the treatment of obesity in Belgium on their site.
boom cancer drugs
new drugs against cancer should flood the market. It is predicted that both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal . If biotech companies like Genentech and ImClone have been talking a lot of them these recent years with so-called targeted drugs, this year sees, according to the NYT, the advent of the large pharmaceutical companies in the field of targeted drugs. And noted that some 400 cancer drugs from 178 companies are currently in clinical trials, which is twice the number recorded for drugs against Alzheimer's and depression and even almost three times the number of products against the infarction and stroke.
Tobacco kill you your child
paternal smoking before conception is associated with an increased risk Acute myeloid leukemia in children, but this risk is even greater if the paternal smoking before conception is associated with maternal smoking post-conception or passive exposure of children to smoking after birth, and conclude Chang al, the authors of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology ( 2006; 163: 1091).
Early Revascularization with infarction with cardiogenic shock
A study by Hochman et al, including Col. Jacques (UCL), for the SHOCK investigators and published in the JAMA (2006; 295: 2511), shows that nearly two thirds of survivors after hospitalization with cardiogenic shock treated with early revascularization were alive six years later. Such a strategy leads to an absolute improvement of 13.2% and 67% relative survival at six years compared to patients who have conducted a medical stabilization. Therefore, early revascularization should be applied in patients with myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock on left ventricular failure.
Coffee is he saying yes?
An Australian study by Martin et al, to appear in the European Journal of Social Psychology , it is more likely to accept the arguments of others after drinking caffeine. Researchers have interviewed people about their views on voluntary euthanasia before and after drinking orange juice with caffeine (or placebo added).
Thalidomide significantly increases survival in multiple myeloma
Thalidomide improves by nearly two-year survival for over 70 years with multiple myeloma, writes the French daily Liberation, echoing a presentation by French researchers at the annual meeting of ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) in Atlanta. It is hardly worth remembering no doubt that thalidomide also used successfully in the treatment of leprosy, was formerly known here by its trade name at the time, Softenon and thus represents a milestone in the Development of pharmacovigilance.
The traditional evaluation of literature questioning
The editors and publishers various publications of the American Public Library of Science (PLoS) have not only somewhat revolutionized the publishing industry and medical science through the introduction of free access, but they seem almost out of questioning. The editorial team PLoS Medicine publishes in its latest edition a text questioning techniques for evaluating the scientific literature ( PLoS Med 2006; 3: E291). The impact factor, the cornerstone of this evaluation is a very limited to assess the true impact of a given publication in a magazine, they write.
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A fine of two million euros per day for Microsoft in July?
Minivans, 4x4 and trucks increased risk for children
Somalia (medical) Apocalypse now!
Yoga to get radiotherapy
A fine of two million euros per day for Microsoft in July?
Brussels will decide in July on new sanctions against Microsoft.
The Commission may require 2 million euros per day for non-implementation of measures introduced in 2004 by European competition authorities, reports the French business daily Les Echos .
Minivans, 4x4 and trucks increased risk for children
A child up to 2.5 times more likely to be hit by a minivan, a 4x4 truck or a car. In addition, a child hit by one of these vehicles may well be more seriously injured by an ordinary car. This is shown in a U.S. study conducted in Utah on children under 10 years between 1998 and 2003 and published in Pediatric Emergency Care.
Somalia (medical) Apocalypse now!
a time when the Somali capital has just fallen into the hands of militias of "Islamic courts", HuisartsVandaag.nl paints a bleak picture of healthcare in this country torn apart by 15 years bloody war. The country has no government that governs, no laws, no infrastructure and virtually no healthcare. People often have to travel hundreds of miles to seek treatment. There is no public health infrastructure and medical facilities were looted or destroyed. As for the medical population is characterized by a staggering shortage: four doctors, 28 nurses (s) and midwives per 100,000 inhabitants. One in ten children die at birth, a quarter died before age 5.
Yoga to get radiotherapy
Women who attend yoga classes for two hours per week generally feel healthier during radiation treatment for breast cancer. This was explained at the ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology), Dr. Lorenzo Cohen, director of the Integrative Medicine Program at MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston.
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Ria Willemsen
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LU DANS SKIN Vol. 8 N° 6 – Hyperpigmentation (pdf 112 KB)
Pierre-Dominique Ghislain (Service de Dermatologie, Clin Univ St-Luc, Bruxelles, UCL), Jacques Delescluse (Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital François Rabelais, Site César De Paepe)
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• Arrêté du Gouvernement flamand modifiant l'arrêté du Gouvernement flamand du 18 décembre 1998 portant agrément et subventionnement des associations et des structures d'aide sociale dans part of home care, and 7 appendices to this order (p. 29093)
• Order of Government of the French Community amending the Royal Decree of 21 April 1965 on the financial status of the scientific staff of the state (p. 29,111)
• National Health Insurance Disability. Board of Certification of Prosthetists-acousticians, established with the Department of Health. Resignation and appointment of a member (p. 29117)
• Decision of the Federal Agency for Security of the Food Chain approving laboratories for analysis as part of its supervisory (P. 29125)
• Council of State: Professional Union of Belgian Biopathology Specialists in medical, professional association based in Brussels (p. 29160)
• Council of State: Professional Union of Physiotherapists graduates, Division Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pelvic reeducation "UPKOGRP" professional union based in Leuven (p. 29163)
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