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A study reveals that the intervention of nursing in the treatment of sleep apnea is essential for the treatment of the most appropriate way.
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Finished successfully the course II e-learnig of focused attention in person. the course is designed and taught by the psychologist and expert in gerontology social Teresa Martinez Rodriguez who has deepened during the last three months in the innovative training model. Donostia, March of 2013. The Matia Foundation and Asmoz along with the Basque Government organized for second consecutive year the course mode E-learning in gerontological care centered on the person who has consisted of 50 hours taught between 27 November 2012 and on February 25, 2013. The course, which is included in the series of training activities that began in 2010 of the three Basque institutions, has been taught for second consecutive year, by its own designer, the expert gerontological Teresa MartÃnez RodrÃguez, author of the gerontological care guide focused on the person in order to deepen in the formation of the concerned innovative approachand to improve the quality of services being a useful tool to foster competition positive in an increasingly competitive industry. Managers and several professionals of different disciplines in the field of the care for elderly in different Spanish cities have participated. The course has been a success of participation and content, according to the outstanding final assessment carried out by the students fully meeting their expectations: the contribution of conceptual elements and methodological alternatives that will allow progress towards a service oriented to the...
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20.9% Of patients who have been revised the retina have discovered pathologies that ignored. during the first month of the prevention of blindness in optical campaign. -More than 1,000 users have have visited during the first 4 weeks of the OPTretina project for the prevention of blindness in Spain -6.8% of patients diagnosed with any pathology were referred to the ophthalmologist urgently Barcelona, March of 2013.- during the first 4 weeks of the campaign for the prevention of blindness of OPTretina in Spainmore than 1000 users have gone through different lenses attached to a retinal analysis. Of these first 1000 patients, with an average age of 45.3 years, a 20.9% have been diagnosed with various pathologies that was ignored by the patient. The pathologies observed in these first patients have been, above all, the early stages of AMD (macular degeneration age) 37.3% of the cases, and diabetic retinopathy in a 7.5%. These diseases are the root causes of the blindness in our country, although it must be emphasized that the 2 diseases, if they are diagnosed and treated at time, do not have because end in blindness. Telemedicine using OPTretina allows to offer the patient from an optician’s, a maximum of 48 hours, a diagnostic evaluation of your retina by an expert retinologo and a recommendation to let the patient know if you must go to the specialist of...
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La Universidad de Castilla – La Mancha and the Hospital Universitario PrÃncipe de Asturias (Madrid) awarded in the Alcon Prize to the excellence research in Glaucoma. -genetic Molecular human of the University of Castilla – La Mancha Group won the prize at the ‘ consolidated team ’, while earned the Group of research of the Hospital Universitario Prince of Asturias Award to the ‘ emerging team ’ -Awards excellence researcher in Glaucoma reached its fourth edition, consolidating itself as the recognitions of reference in research in this disease that affects more than one million people in Spain -glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries and especially affects older than 60 years and patients with a family history directos2 Barcelona, March of 2013.- genetic Molecular human of the University of Castilla – La Mancha Group won the prize at the ‘ consolidated research team ’ (more than 3 senior researchers), while the Group of research of the Hospital Universitario Prince of Asturias is earned the award to the ‘ emerging research team ’ (3 or less senior researchers). Both awards are endowed with € 4,000 and € 2,000 respectively. The delivery was held during the Congress of the Spanish society of Glaucoma (sec), held in Córdoba. Awards excellence researcher reached its fourth edition, consolidating itself as the reference in glaucoma research awards. With these awards which are...
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GSK supports the AllTrials campaign for transparency in clinical trials. Madrid, March of 2013- GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has demonstrated its commitment to transparency in clinical trials, to make public their support to the campaign AllTrials. This campaign calls for the registration of clinical trials and the disclosure of their results and reports of clinical studies (Clinical Study Reports – CSRs), to help promote scientific knowledge. GSK already made public much information about their clinical studies. The company records and publishes a summary of information about each study that initiates and shares the results of all their studies both if positive as negative, in an open access website. Currently this site includes nearly 5,000 clinical trials results reporting and receives an average of 11,000 visits per month. The company had already previously acquired commitment to try to publish in scientific journals the results of all clinical trials that assess your medications. Extending what already does, GSK has pledged to make public the reports of clinical studies (CSRs) in its clinical trials registry website. The CSRs are formal reports of studies that provide more details about the design, methodology and results of clinical trials, and constitute the basis of the requests to regulatory agencies. From now on, GSK will publish the CSRs on all your medicines once they have been approved or discontinued development and the results have been published, with the...
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