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35 Percent of New Yorkers stopped smoking anti smoking campaign 2002

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New York, 15 sep (EFE).-more than one third of New Yorkers stopped smoking since the launch now nine years ago of an aggressive campaign to reduce tobacco use among the population, announced today the Mayor of the Big Apple, Michael Bloomberg.

The number addicted to nicotine in New York has decreased by 35% (450,000 people) since the year 2002, when it entered into force the first law prohibiting smoking in offices, bars and restaurants, and currently only smokes 14% of the population, the lowest level in the history

“Tobacco is the leading cause of premature and avoidable deaths in New York and United States, and we are proud that a record number of New Yorkers are saving their lives leaving the cigarette”, said today the Mayor, who emphasized that this trend will help prevent 50,000 premature deaths by 2052.

, The head of the Department of health of New York, Thomas Farley, highlighted the progress being made in the fight against the person responsible for the largest number of deaths in the city, although regretted that this year will die because of tobacco other 7,000 New Yorkers.

According to the data provided by the City Council, the number of adolescents addicted to nicotine in New York has fallen “dramatically” from 2001 to 2010 in a city where the smoke only 7% of the boys who come to the Institute, compared to 18% of nine years earlier.

After the first anti-smoking law passed in 2002 by the team of Bloomberg, New York in 2009 expanded the veto on the cigarette at the entrances of hospitals and clinics, and last may smoking outlawed even in parks, beaches, promenades, squares and areas pedestrian.

The Bloomberg administration anti-smoking measures have the majority of New Yorkers, although some groups of smokers, such as the Clash, Association consider that legislation is excessive.

Currently, the only places in the city in which smoking is allowed are sidewalks, parking lots and private houses, though increasingly more homeowners are forbid to their tenants.

New York expanded in 2009 veto cigarette at the entrances of hospitals and medical centers, and last may smoking outlawed even in parks, beaches, promenades, squares and pedestrian areas. EFE/file

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Damaging African giant snails put on alert to Miami

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Miami (USA.)(UU.), 15 sep (EFE).-copies of giant African snail of Earth have been detected in Miami, which has made skip alarms, since that is one of the most damaging animals in the world, able to cause structural failures in buildings and even cause meningitis in human

The Department of agriculture and services to the consumer of the State of Florida confirmed today that it has positively identified a population of these molluscs in Miami-Dade County.

“The giant African land snail is one of the snails more harmful in the world because they consume at least 500 different types of plants, they can cause structural in plaster and stucco, damage and even carry a nematode parasite that can cause meningitis in humans,” he explained that agency.

This animal, called Achatina fulica, is one of the world’s largest land snails, grows to 20 centimeters long and more than ten of diameter.

Each copy, which can live nine years, contains male and female reproductive organs and a sunset can produce up to 400 eggs, so that in a normal year each one makes an average of 1,200 eggs.

The Achatina fulica is original in East Africa and it has been established along the Indo-Pacific, including the islands of Hawaii.

This scourge has also been introduced to the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, with the recent detection in St. Lucia and Barbados.

“The latest outbreak detected and eradicated in Florida came in 1966, when a child brought three smuggling to Miami as pets”, explains the Florida Agriculture Department in a statement.

Shortly after “the grandmother of the child released the snails in your garden and seven years later there were more than 18,000 snails, a plague that cost eradicate ten years and more than one million dollars”.

“This is the only known case of eradication with success of giant African snail”, claim Florida authorities, calling for cooperation of citizens to detect other copies. EFE

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The UN wants to declare war on non communicable diseases

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United Nations, 15 sep (EFE).-the United Nations wants to declare war on the non communicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes or hypertension, and to do so next week in New York held a high-level meeting that should leave a new agenda for tackling the impact of these evils on the population.

“Will be a milestone for public health”, said to the press, the expert from the World Health Organization (who) on non-communicable diseases Ala Alwan, who assured that the next 19 and 20 September it will form the basis at the UN of a new global strategy against these diseases.

Coinciding with the week which begins public discussions of the 66 session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Agency will bring together 34 heads of State and Government, as well as 50 Ministers and many specialists in the field to design a plan for the coming years.

Alwan stressed the importance of the initiative, these diseases “leading causes of death globally” and are “problems that grow at a rapid pace, which is why the UN and the international community must act quickly to implement”a roadmap”to curb his impact.

The expert from the who said that estimated mortality from these diseases in a 17% increase over the next ten years and stressed that the greatest increase will be detected in the populations of countries in developing, mainly in Africa, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

At the meeting of the next week they will try mainly measures against cancer, diabetes, heart disease and lung Chronicles.

Alwan pointed out that in 2008 the non-communicable diseases claimed the lives of 36 million people, of which more than nine million occurred in people under the age of 60 and 90 per cent in countries with low incomes or means.

The expert hopes that meeting will serve to make Governments take commitments related to the monitoring and follow-up of diseases, the reduction of the risk factors, such as the consumption of tobacco and alcohol, unhealthy diets and lack of exercise. EFE

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One of every ten teenagers is mother between 14 and 19 years

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The survey by Unicef and the Fundación Huésped realizes that, among the girls who chose to not have your baby, all said to be upper class or upper middle. In addition, almost half of which were pregnant (46%) had their first pregnancy between the 16 and 17 years old, and 25% by the 15th.

Other data provided by the survey is that 76% of which were pregnant and opted not to interrupt the pregnancy was the HIV test. The figure is positive, although it becomes alarming specialists because the majority of adolescents is unknown that a mother can give your baby of the AIDS virus.

The study – which was broadcast as part of the centenary Congress of the paediatric Argentinade society (SAP) – was done about a thousand adolescents between 14 and 19 years, said a morning Buenos Aires.

“We must work with the girls in areas such as school or House on life, as well as contraception projects”, he said Mirta Garategaray, Pediatrician specializing in adolescence.

For medical that a teenager is mother is worrying because “when they are so young moms have lower levels of alarm, which means that many times they will not give account of the risks involved babies, not repaired in high fever, or in the turmoil that may have”, pointed out. And added: “This is part of the immaturity of the mother.” “Cannot see the danger”.

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Singapureses improve the creation of the heart from skin cells

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Bangkok, 16 sep (EFE).-scientific singapureses have improved the creation of cells of the heart from adult cells of the skin by a method which dispenses with viruses, which eliminates the risk of infections, he said today the press local.

El Centre national of the heart of Singapore, which began trials last August, said that this new technique help regeneration tissue heart, which will delay the need of a transplant due to cardiovascular.

Cells, it takes about two months to produce, allow the repair of tissue from the muscle of the heart and eliminates the risks of infection after the operation.

In Singapore there are about 5,000 cases of heart failure and transplantation is viable only in some cases.

“Is nowadays difficult receive a heart transplant, so with this therapy we can restore the health of the patient or keep it until you receive the donation,” said Professor Philip Wong, research director of the Centre.

At the beginning of year, researchers at the Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, in United States, published a research on the conversion of skin cells into cells of the heart.

With this therapy, scientists do not have to use stem cells, whose reproductive capacity is limited, and which also cause moral objections in some sectors of the medical world and society. EFE

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Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips

Surah Al-Rehman – The Ultimate Free Remedy for Incurable Diseases

(By Listening Only- 20 Minutes Only)

Kindly download the Surah “AL-REHMAN” (recited by Qari Abdul Basit without translation) from here.


Treatment Plan

Just Listen to it three times a day (morning, afternoon, evening) for seven consecutive days using following procedure:-


    Before listening:

  • Close your eyes
  • Feel your self in front of ALLAH Almighty/ God
  • Then listen to it with greater concentration and closed eyes

    When the recitation/ AUDIO is finished:

  • Open your eyes and take half glass of water
  • Close your eyes again and say “ALLAH” three times in your heart with deep affection/ love
  • Then drink the water with closed eyes in three sips