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THE DOCTOR'S LETTER No. 366

The daily figure : a Gustav Klimt painting was sold for $ 107.4 million. Only a Picasso painting has done better so far.

June 21 of that year

First day of summer
1781: Birth of Simeon-Denis Poisson, a pioneer in integral calculus and electromagnetic theory.
1863: Birth of Albert Sauveur, Belgian-born American pioneer of physical metallurgy.
1880: birth of Arnold (Lucius) Gesell, American psychologist and pediatrician, promoting the use of the camera for the study of development physical and mental development of children.
1894: Yersin isolated the plague bacillus.
1898: Donald Culross Peattie born, American writer and botanist, author of numerous books on plants.
1991: Berlin capital of reunited Germany.
1819: Birth of Jacques Offenbach.

Quote of the Day: " It takes two to lie: one to lie and one to listen ." English Proverb

Website of the Day: American Obesity Association - Childhood Obesity


Titles publishing

In vitro fertilization, a positive investment for the economy
Domus Medica and SVH: the persistent lack of love
The climate is a strike in the hospital world
The German trade union struggle of French GPs through the visit to 31 euros
French Gays more prone to HIV risk
The National Cancer Institute in France in the eye of the cyclone
aggressive reduction of blood pressure in coronary patients: it is quiet!
cashews to improve blood pressure control
The weight of advertising is crucial in the children
Another beneficial effect of statins (JAMA)
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In vitro fertilization, a positive investment for the economy

We explained yesterday about Michigan, how much health care was of economic perspective, though anything but a source of expenditure. Today, the BBC reflected the findings of British researchers who point out that in vitro fertilization, far from being a costly operation, is an investment for the community.
British researchers calculated that if the "creation" of a baby IVF costs 13,000 pounds (19,000 €), each child contributes £ 147,000 (approx. € 215,000) in taxes and insurance to the country's economy. For those researchers, this is one more reason that the NHS reimburses three IVF cycles, which would result in generating 10,000 more babies over 2 or 3 years.



Domus Medica and SVH: the persistent lack of love

The position of Flemish teachers of general practice, welcoming the development of Domus Medica and the decision of its leaders not to play the card Association, remained in the craw of many of MF in the north, especially the initial core of the movement Domus. The HVS has released a statement deploring, too, the attitude of teachers and, more broadly, the aforementioned developments. It strongly deplores such a point close to the heart to the original initiators of Domus, namely the cessation of Domus any union role, a point yet considered essential at the outset is the HVS. But we learn in the last minute that AC Domus never took the contested decision, passed by the teachers in Artsenkrant . The


climate is a strike in the German hospital world

After the tug-of-war around the German university hospitals, a new episode is coming, the next municipal hospitals this time, the weekly Focus reported, this Obviously that will affect many more practitioners and patients. The Marburger Bund, German medical union, is expected to announce a strike by 70,000 doctors working in municipal hospitals. This is still essentially a question of fees, arguing that municipalities rather pitiful state of municipal finances doctors to deny what they deem worthy.



The union struggle of French GPs through the visit to 31 euros

"You always fight for what makes sense," writes UNOF (National Union of French GPs) in its weekly bulletin, stressing that "the trade union struggle passes through the V-31 EUR ."



French Gays more prone to HIV risk

The finding that reverberated Liberation in its edition of yesterday more than worrying, as the Director of the Department of Infectious Diseases, Institut de Veille Sanitaire French, "the proportion of men who had at least one unprotected anal intercourse with casual partners during the past 12 months has increased steadily since the late 90s to around 35%. The French daily also as an article: "HIV, a risk made by some homosexuals."



The National Cancer Institute in France in the eye of the cyclone


was known, Some years ago, the turmoil of its kind in Belgium in the world in the fight against cancer. This time the National Cancer Institute (Inca) in France is the center of a lively debate. The Parisian note that the Inca "is fiercely criticized for its management in an audit report of the Economic and Financial Control." Delivered yesterday to the Budget Minister Jean-Francois Cope, the report contains a particularly harsh burden request, in veiled terms, starting from the president of the Institute.



aggressive reduction of blood pressure in coronary patients: it is quiet!


"The aggressive reduction of blood pressure in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease can it be dangerous?" Is the question of What real significance in the clinic wanted to meet Messerli et al, authors of a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (Ann Intern Med 2006; 144:884). Their conclusion is that the answer to this question is positive, the relationship between the PA and all-cause mortality and the occurrence of heart attack takes the form of a J-curve Therefore, the authors note, it should avoid an excessive reduction of diastolic pressure in coronary patients treated for hypertension.



cashews to improve blood pressure control


A diet rich in cashew nut improves baroreflex sensitivity and thereby regulating blood pressure. This is the conclusion of a study of South African Schutte et al, published in the American Journal of Hypertension (2006; 19:629). Cashew nuts are actually rich in monounsaturated fatty acids.


The weight of advertising is crucial in the children


Sedentary lifestyle and high calorie foods are the major risk factors of overweight and obesity in children. An article in The New England Journal of Medicine (N Engl J Med 2006; 354:2527) denounces the role played by advertising aimed at children and adolescents. The exponential increase in childhood obesity in recent years is linked to the promotion of food 'harmful' (soda, fast food, candybar, chips, etc.). Advertising to children influences their food choices. The study shows that 30% of calories ingested by children in the U.S. are made by such foods. EB-M



Another beneficial effect of statins


Statin use in the general population is associated with a decreased risk nuclear cataract, the type of cataract most common age-related, Klein et al conclude, the authors of a study published in JAMA (2006; 295:2752).




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to Monitor Released (June 20, 2006).

• Ministerial Order amending the Schedule to the Order Royal 21 December 2001 laying down the procedures, terms and conditions relating to the insurance and mandatory health care benefits in the cost of specialty pharmaceuticals (p. 31320)
• Ministerial Order amending the Schedule to the Order Royal 21 December 2001 laying down the procedures, terms and conditions relating to the insurance and mandatory health care benefits in the cost of specialty pharmaceuticals (p. 31331)
• amend certain provisions of the Civil Code for allow adoption by same sex (p. 31128)
• Ministerial Decree amending the list annexed to the Royal Decree of 21 December 2001 laying down the procedures, terms and conditions relating to the insurance and mandatory health care benefits in the cost of specialty pharmaceuticals (p. 31137)
• Ministerial Decree amending the list annexed to the Royal Decree of 21 December 2001 laying down the procedures, terms and conditions relating to the insurance and mandatory health care benefits in the cost of specialty pharmaceuticals (p. 31178)
• Ministerial Decree amending the Schedule to Royal Decree of 21 December 2001 laying down the procedures, terms and conditions relating to the insurance and mandatory health care benefits in the cost of specialty pharmaceuticals (p. 31205)
• Royal decree for the year 1996, the conditions and specific rules governing the pricing of hospital day, the budget funds and the quota of hospital inpatient days and hospital services (p. 31212) • Royal Decree amending
ministerial decree of 2 August 1986 laying down for hospitals and hospital services, conditions and rules for determining the price the day of hospitalization, the budget and its components, and the rules for comparing the cost of fixing the quota of hospital days (p. 31213)
• Order Royal amending the Royal Decree of 6 December 2001 regarding the appointment and functions of management and leadership within the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (p. 31214) • Royal Decree
amending the Royal Decree of 20 February 2003 on the designation and functions of management within the Federal Center of Expertise for Health Care (p. 31215)
• Ministerial Order appoints or approves members of the Departmental Appeals Board for the Federal Public Service Social Security (p.31242)
• Ministerial Order appoints or approves members the county Board of Appeal of the Federal Public Service Social Security to take charge of Assessment Appeals (p. 31244)

Plate Covers In Alberta

doctor's letter No. 365

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.

Titles publishing
• 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.
( click here to read the full text )




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.

EB-M



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)

Grey Goose Liquor Wholesale

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
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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.



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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.