doctor's letter No. 364
The daily figure: 14 billion bullets are manufactured every year worldwide.
June 19 of that year
Feast of St. Gervais (rheumatism have sometimes been described as disease of St. Gervais).
1862: Abolition of escavage
United States 1903: Birth of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and who gave his name to Gehrig's disease.
1944: The U.S. won the battle Philippines.
1953: very controversial execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, accused of spying for the USSR.
1964: vote in the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964 after a long legislative battle
1970: Conservative's surprise victory in legislative elections Edward Heath in Britain.
Quote of the Day: " This is not because things are difficult that we dare not, because we do not dare that things are difficult . Seneca.
Website of the Day: Against Censorship on the Net: Free Expression on the Internet (For Human Rights Watch)
To read on the Web: the guidelines ACC / AHA for the management of patients with valvular
Titles publishing
A woman died as a result officially syndrome Chronic Fatigue
SVH: Benefits outside normal hours should be seriously increased
Measles rode again in Germany
The British general practices will not be listed
Controversy in France around the exclusion of gays from donating blood
Treating Depression, an economic imperative
Hemorrhage medical Poland
Two minute delay for clamping the umbilical cord: a boost for iron stores
vegetables prevent atherosclerosis effectively
New delisting of drugs in France provided additional information
also check the site at MediPlanet
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A woman died as a result of officially chronic fatigue syndrome
It's not a hoax, but information reported by New Scientist : Chronic fatigue syndrome (SFC) was to the first time, recorded as the cause of death. And this after acute renal failure due to dehydration, which itself is running the SFC which the patient suffered for six years. The pathologist said he found inflammatory lesions in dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord.
SVH: Benefits outside normal hours should be seriously increased
The HVS states have defended at the last meeting of the Medico-mut "a more correct multiplier system, which would avoid a number of consultations becomes less honored as part of the consultation and this weekend due to an error attributed to ASGB. Benefits evenings and weekends would be given a multiplier 2 and those of night a factor of 3. " benefits made evening after hours of work must be substantially increased " says Baeke and Rufiji (HVS).
Measles rode again in Germany
Ten years later another episode like that, in 1996, Germany has in recent weeks a new alert from measles, at a particularly inappropriate because of the football World Cup. Eurosurveillance Weekly reported in its edition of May 11, 2006 a thousand cases in the state of Nordrhein Westfalen.
The British general practices will not be listed
is the British Medical Journal who reported in his column for general information, suspension of an initiative of the Royal College of General Practitioners, who wanted, according to a news published in the Times , establish a rating system for general practice. The very strong reactions among MG prompted the Royal College to suspend discussion he was engaged in conduct with the Department of Health to implement such a system. Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association, welcomes in particular the reverse.
Controversy in France around the exclusion of gays from donating blood is
Le Monde reports that: permanent exclusion of gay men blood donation has raised, to the Day World Blood Donor, a controversy quite lively in France since " Jack Lang denounced a discriminatory measure, while the Minister of Health and Solidarity holds the arguments advanced by those responsible for safety . The Minister made particular note that the prevalence of HIV infection in sexually active male homosexual population is 12.3% against 0.2% in the general population. " So it's not being homosexual, but the practice of sex between men is a cons to donation of blood. Moreover, female homosexuality is not an indication -cons, "says yet Minister.
Treating Depression, an economic imperative
Data insurers should convince employers to offer health care coverage that encourages workers to be examined and treated for depression, especially in co-morbidity. It concludes that R. Daly, author of an article in Psychiatric News (2006; 41: 19) and the following analysis of nearly 37,000 records submitted to a leading insurer in U.S. health care .
Hemorrhage medical Poland
"Poland is losing its health professionals' under this title that Le Figaro deals flight of white coats to heaven financially more lenient, such as the United Kingdom. And to specify that 10% of emergency physicians and 15% of Polish anesthesiologists are willing to leave their country. The British them very actively recruiting in Poland, placing them in local newspapers ads like 'Dentists, welcome to England! " We understand the attraction of the West on the Polish health professionals, when we know that the salary basis of a doctor in a public hospital is about 1,500 Polish zlotys per month, or 385 euros.
Two minute delay for clamping the umbilical cord: a boost for iron stores
Wait two more minutes before clamping the umbilical cord after delivery can significantly increase the baby's iron stores and prevent anemia for months, Dewey et al conclude, nutritionists at the University of California at Davis and author of a study on babies Mexican and published in The Lancet ( 2006; 367: 1997).
vegetables prevent atherosclerosis effectively
A study by Adams et al, published in the Journal of Nutrition ( J Nutr 2006; 136: 1886) shows that mice fed with vegetables significantly reduce the fatty deposits in their arteries. According to officials of the British Heart Foundation, this study shows that the recommendation to take five servings of fruits and vegetables per day is largely justified.
New delisting of drugs planned in France
The Transparency Commission of the High Authority for Health (HAS) should recommend the Government to initiate a third wave of delisting of drugs whose medical record is deemed inadequate, announce Les Echos. "This new wave , which deals with vasodilators, however, should be more limited than the first two ," says the French economic daily. This is to reduce the social security deficit to just under $ 3 billion.
Information to also check the site MediPlanet (click on this title):
The French Association of Urology for the individual screening for prostate cancer
A medical hoax: Cough, and you will be resurrected
philanthropist Bill Gates full time
About vampire bat
Storm on Liberation
The French Association of Urology for the individual screening for prostate cancer
prostate cancer poses a major public health problem and the question of its mass screening remains controversial constantly renewed. The French Association of Urology (AFU) does ranks in any case not on the side of the skeptics in this regard and, based on nonrandomized studies and / or retrospective finding a benefit in terms of mortality through screening, currently recommends screening individual recall Echo et al, authors published in the Journal of Urology (2006; 40: 179).
A medical hoax: Cough, and you will be resurrected
The hoaxes are purely medical in comparison with other subjects (such as silver, for example) relatively few on the Net, even if we know The classic action for sick children.
Hoaxbuster draws attention to a message 'medical' happens to us United States after transiting from Quebec: "It would be so simple to save lives in case of heart attack: coughing violently would make a sort of self cardiac massage and avoid losing consciousness until help arrives. As usual for this type of message, a scientific justification must be furnished by the issuer of the Hoax, a professor at the University of Laval in Quebec. "
philanthropist Bill Gates full time
Bill Gates will gradually relinquish his duties as executive head of Microsoft to devote himself full time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with a known role in the fight against scourges such as AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria for vaccinations in the Third World. This should definitely change the business methods of MS, so challenged, including by the European authorities. As recalled Le Journal du Net , the operating system of Microsoft Windows, is present in 90% of computers worldwide.
About vampire bat
The vampire bat, the only mammal that feeds exclusively on blood, apparently recognizes its prey from breathing it. A study Wiegreber and Groeger (University of Munich), published in the journal BMC Biology Open Access ( 2006; 4: 18) shows that Desmodus rotundus, one of three species of vampire bats, greater recognition of the recorded sound of human breath that men themselves.
wind storm Liberation
The French daily Liberation should obviously continue without Serge July, the founder, with Jean-Paul Sartre, the newspaper and head of the paper for 33 years. The main shareholder is considered in effect as responsible for serious losses they suffered in recent times. Thus closes a chapter in the history of a newspaper which was previously a model of its kind for many journalists of all backgrounds.
Released in Monitor (June 16, 2006)
• Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 29 December 1997 laying down the conditions under which the application of the law on compulsory health insurance and allowances, Coordinated July 14, 1994, is extended to self-employed and members of religious communities, p. 30640.
• Ministerial Order approving the internal regulations of the Commission for reimbursement. Erratum, P. 30642.
• Flemish Government Decree on the governance of aid and assistance to the social integration of disabled people and the approval and subsidization of "Vlaams Platform Verenigingen van van personen met een handicap" ( Flemish Platform of Associations of People with Disabilities), p. 30654.
• Government Decree amending Flemish Flemish Government Decree of 1 March 2002 laying down the conditions for approval and subsidy assistance centers to help children and families (p. 30675)
• Management Committee of the Crossroads Bank social security. Resignation and Appointment, P. 30747.
• Ministerial Decree amending the ministerial order of March 9, 2006 appointing the external members of advisory committees acquisition of certain scientific institutions of the State under the Minister of Science Policy has within its remit, established as departments of the state with separate management, p. 30755.
• Selection of comparative physical therapists (m / f) (grade A), French-speaking, for the service "Medium Care" the Burn Centre of the Ministry of Defence (AFG06010), p. 30790.
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