The daily figure: Nearly 20,000 Belgians have no roof for shelter (reference: the 6minutes Belgium decrypted).
On 20 June this year
1773: Death of Georg Christian Füchsel, German physician and pioneer in geology.
1861: Birth of Frederick Gowland Hopkins, English biochemist, co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of the role of vitamins.
1865: Birth of George Redmayne Murray, an English doctor pioneer of endocrine disorders.
1875: Birth of Reginald Punnett Crundall, one of the first English geneticists.
1925: death of Josef Breuer, Austrian physician and physiologist with whom Freud worked in its infancy.
1966: death of Georges (Henri) Lemaître, Belgian priest and astronomer who formulated the first theory of the Big Bang.
Quote of the Day: " Caresses never transformed into a tiger kitten ." (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
To read on the Web: a time when the world is football Tens of millions of people in suspense, the French medical site Doctissimo addresses the problem of doping, where football has seemingly nothing to envy to cycling.
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• The MR is mobilized also for pediatricians
• Minutes of the AGM on Saturday FAG
• The first 'hotel care' Opens in Belgian Ghent
• Women doctors face menopause
• The emotional abuse of older women a scourge
• The number of rapes in freefall USA
• Cannabis, a serious pest in France
• Suicide and the menstrual cycle: relationship troubles
• The major contribution of healthcare to the economy • The
wheel turns for rheumatism
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The MR is also mobilizing for pediatricians
whole profession was already behind pediatricians, in particular since the defense of the intellectual act was the center of debate. Just as the political opposition, like the CD & V (ex-CVP). Yesterday is also within the same coalition that some cracks have data to show. Chairman MR, Didier Reynders, "conscious of the very great difficulties already experienced hospitals recruit pediatricians, met a delegation of doctors on Monday 19 June afternoon with Daniel Bacquelaine, Chairman of MR in the House of Representatives ". The statement
( click here to read the full text ) published by the MR after this interview clearly calls " revision of the draft program of pediatric care and the granting of retroactive pediatricians in appreciation of their honoraria .
Minutes of the AGM on Saturday FAG
Denis Botton, Secretary General of AGRF, wrote an account of the most interesting to the attention of the members of his association. A text that has nothing official, while summing up what has been discussed. Some items are more specific association above mentioned, but the interest of the report seemed obvious to all.
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The first 'hotel care' Opens in Belgian Ghent
The Standaard leans in its edition today on first hotel of care opened in Belgium. This is what opened in Ghent, at the initiative of organizing care Solidariteit voor het Gezin liberal ('Solidarity for the Family'), this formula under the name Seniorcity. Cost structure: 15.5 million euros. Everything is made to never remember a retirement home classic. Cost for residents: 49 euros per day.
The initiator specifies the Standaard that not only the 64 rooms are booked for ages, but also that the waiting list takes "enormous proportions".
Women Physicians facing menopause
A survey entitled WOMEN (women doctors and menopause), which aimed to assess the eyes of women doctors on menopause and its management, was held in 2002 before the publication of study WHI (Women's Health Initiative). The results of the U.S. study has probably changed the look of these women doctors, a new survey conducted by women was a group of experts, from May to September 2003. Its main objective was to assess possible changes in the medical management of menopause current or future of these women, but also change the behavior of their patients vis-à-vis the hormonal treatment of menopause. A self-administered questionnaire was sent by post to the same 10,000 women physicians, gynecologists and MG, working in France, menopausal or not and regardless of their age. 1365 women responded (or 18.5% of gynecologists and 11% of GPs contacted).
"Unlike a large proportion of their patients, these women doctors have kept an attraction for the majority of menopausal hormone therapies present or future. Only the procedures for administration of these treatments have changed, "Jamin et al conclude, the authors of the study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology Fertility (2006; 34: 499).
The emotional abuse of older women is a scourge
A study by Fisher and Regan, published in The Gerontologist ( 2006; 41: 20 )
concludes that the high frequency of abuse against older women. Nearly half of them had at least one type of abuse (psychological / emotional, authoritarianism, threats, violence physical or sexual) from the age of 55. A significant proportion of these victims of abuse have been repeatedly. The purely psychological and emotional abuse increases the risk of occurrence of physical symptoms in affected women.
The number of rape cases freefall USA
The number of rapes in the U.S. fell by more than 85% since the '70s. The trend continued last year, along with other violent crimes increased. But as noted by the Washington Post , these figures reflect only reported rapes. Most experts, but not all, however, still believe in an actual decline in rapes that occur in the United States, but can not explain the phenomenon.
Cannabis, a serious pest in France
15% of 17 year olds smoke more joints per week, risking their health and their education, "wrote Le Figaro . And clarify that "thirty years after the publication of 'Call of 18 joint' requesting 'decriminalization of cannabis', the French paradox remains. While the legislation in force in France is the most severe Europe, nothing seems able to stop the surge in consumption of cannabis, which has doubled in ten years. "
These are now in fact 3.3 million French people smoke a joint at least annually, while 10% of them are dependent.
Suicide and the menstrual cycle: relationship troubles
A review of the literature conducted by researchers at the Warneford Hospital and the University of Oxford, on 44 studies of suicide and published in Psychological Medicine (2006; 36: 901), has highlighted a link between suicide attempts and menstrual cycle. Although the methodology of various studies did not draw definite conclusions, it appears that suicide attempts are more frequent during the first week of the cycle, corresponding to the period when estrogen levels are lower. Furthermore, the correlation between menstrual cycle and suicidal behavior also seems higher in women with premenstrual syndrome. The explanation may lie in the interaction between estrogen and the serotonergic system.
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The major contribution of healthcare to the economy
A recent study in Michigan, a state whose population is very close to that of Belgium, can still remember how health care is a major economic activity in a country. They provide in fact, recalls AHA News, journal of the American Hospital Association, 737,000 direct and indirect jobs (making it the number one employer in Michigan) and 31.6 billion in wages and salaries. And this should set to continue.
The wheel turns for rheumatism Rheumatism
and sports do not seem to rhyme. This has not prevented the Royal Belgian Society of Rheumatology (RBRS) to the news last Saturday with a 20km bike ride around Antwerp. They were no less than 420 cyclists wanting to attract the attention on the problem of rheumatic diseases in children. We noted the presence, among the politicians, Yves Leterme, Minister-President of Flanders, Patrick Janssens, mayor of Antwerp, the Flemish Minister Kris Peeters and various aldermen and councilors Antwerp. And French-speaking Belgium ensured a presence that was not only symbolic.
Before kickoff, Professor Filip De Keyser (Ghent University) has largely emphasized the importance of physical activity for people suffering from osteoarthritis and other disorders of the musculoskeletal system. It was also distributed for the first time bikes Bronze with people who went deserving in the fight against rheumatism.
Steven Defour is 15 and has a severe form of childhood arthritis. Despite his handicap, he is very active: he plays table tennis, cycling is a tricycle with orthopedic and devoted himself selflessly to others. Representative just those who are not resigned to disease, he received a Bronze Bike hands of Yves Leterme.
Family Van Esch is heavily hit by the disease of rheumatic Anner, their son, who is a happy yet. The Bronze Bike Anne received the Minister Kris Peeters reward families who manage to form a winning team despite their child's arthritis.
Dr. Griet De Brabanter was she, struck by a condition such as a child. She received her Bronze Bike hands of the Emperor of Herentals, Rik Van Looy, himself.
As for the bike ride it a resounding success, thanks to the sun, which was the game. At the end, a popular festival with over 500 participants took place. And a group of rheumatologists have motivated réenfourché their bikes to pedal to Amsterdam, the conference venue of Rheumatology EULAR 2006.
Jan Bosman
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Merger of Nokia Networks and Siemens
Israelis and Palestinians agreed at the same time in the Cross Red?
For some books, bacteriological warfare accessible to all on-line
Charitable donations reach over 260 billion U.S. in 2005
Charitable donations reach over 260 billion U.S. in 2005
urgent needs related to three major natural disasters, the tsunami in Asia, the earthquake in Pakistan and Hurricane Rita pushed philanthropic donations to a particularly high level in the U.S., according to a report by the Giving USA Foundation. The report estimates that Americans gave in 2005 about 260.28 billion dollars.
For some books, bacteriological warfare accessible to all on-line
The British daily The Guardian managed to get on line and for the modest sum of 33 pounds and 8 cents (plus £ 7 postage) DNA sequence required the synthesis of smallpox virus.
A study would also demonstrated that it would be virtually impossible for man to resist the virus and that even in case of contamination of a dozen people, viral propagation is such that in six months, two million people are infected. According
Guardian , anyone - and therefore any terrorist - could acquire the DNA sequences of pathogens via the Internet, since there is no regulation or law in this area to prevent it.
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Israelis and Palestinians agreed at the same time within the Red Cross?
Israelis and Palestinians must in principle be simultaneously entering in the Committee of the Red Cross, following an international conference to be held today at Genevève announces including L'Orient-Le day. "The conference is to ratify formally, by a change statutes, an agreement reached in December 2005 between the 192 Member States of the Committee about the creation of a new emblem, a red crystal, alongside the existing two symbols: the red cross and red crescent. The new emblem should allow the Magen David Adom (MDA - Red Shield of David), the Israeli relief society, incorporate the International Committee of which he was never part because its hallmark, the Star of David was not recognized . "
Merger of Nokia Networks and Siemens
Nokia and Siemens merged their networks for 25 billion euros, Les Echos reported . The resulting entity, Nokia Siemens Networks, will weigh about 16 billion euros of turnover. It is expected to generate 1.5 billion euros in annual synergies by 2010, says the French economic daily.
Released in Monitor (June 19, 2006)
• Royal Decree amending the Royal Decree of 23 March 1982 laying down the personal intervention of the beneficiaries or the intervention of the Care Insurance Health fees for certain benefits (p. 31057)
• Royal Decree amending the provisions of Articles 2 and 25, para. para. 1 and 2 d) of the annex to the Royal Decree of 14 September 1984 establishing the nomenclature of the benefits of health insurance and compulsory health benefits (p. 31058)
• Royal Decree granting a subsidy the "Belgian Center for Pharmacotherapeutic Information" for 2006 (p. 30925)
• Ministerial Decree amending the ministerial decree of 17 March 2003 concerning appointments to the advisory panel as provided in Article 6 of Order Royal June 6, 1960 on the manufacturing, wholesale distribution of drugs and their delivery (p. 30948)
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