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Barcelona to host the thirty fourth Congress of the Spanish society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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Barcelona hosts the 34 th Congress of the Spanish society of Biochemistry and biology Molecular.

since last Monday and until Thursday, September 8 Barcelona to host the thirty-fourth Congress of the Spanish society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (SEBBM), which was inaugurated last Tuesday, 11 a.m., by the Minister of science and innovation, Cristina Garmendia, accompanied by the Mayor of BarcelonaXavier Trias, the President of the SEBBM, Miguel Ángel de Rosa, the Director General of Biocat, Montserrat Vendrell and the Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Joaquín Ariño, President of the Organizing Committee. The Congress is held in the Palacio de Congresos of Barcelona and has the participation of about thousand researchers.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès, 2011-September La SEBBM is the largest scientific society in Spain and its Congress one of the most important events in the field of biology. The Congress of this year, with more than 200 papers and 500 posters, maintains the scheme of previous years of three simultaneous symposiums, but has been associated with each of them a plenary Conference, given by speakers of high national and international levels. The first symposium, “ Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of cancer ”, presented the latest advances in the study of tumor suppressor genes and oncogenes. The second was devoted to the “ signaling cell ” in various research models – bacteria, yeast, vegetable, Drosophila and mammals. The third “ the universe of proteins: structure and dynamics ”, studied new technologies for mass analysis of genomes and proteomas and ultramoleculares and molecular structures visualization.

The scientists involved include Philip Cohen (MRC, University of Dundee), who gave the keynote address, Richard Marais (Cancer Research UK), Michael Hall (Biozentrum, Universität Basel), Tom Blundell (University of Cambridge), Luis Serrano (Centre for Genomic regulation, Barcelona) and other renowned researchers. Conference L ’ L’Oreal, specifically dedicated to women with a brilliant scientific career, will be taught by Elisa Izaurralde (Max-Planck-Institute). Niemeyer and conferences Leloir, as usual, will be taught by prominent researchers from Chile and Argentina, in this case the professors Martin Montecino (Universidad Andrés Bello, Santiago Chile) and Hugo D. Luján (Catholic University of Córdoba), respectively.

The Congress will welcome addition activities already consolidated as the course Introduction to research in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the entrepreneur Forum and meetings of the various groups of the SEBBM. Under the name “Biochemistry in the city”, will be held round tables on the uses and discussions of GM plants and animals and on biochemistry and kitchen. Two round tables will discuss the opportunity that has been the international year of chemistry for the dissemination of science and the assessment of the scientific activity. In parallel with these activities, will take place the presentation of panels and the exhibition of commercial developments.

Also award Isaza-Werfen will be delivered to a young researcher, the Promega Biotech Ib̩rica award to the best work done in Spain and published in the year 2010, Prix Jose Tormo of structural biology, the prize for the best entrepreneur in biotechnology from a young researcher Рwithin the Forum of the entrepreneur and project sponsored by ASEBIO, Genome Spain, SEBiot and SEBBM РEppendorf Award to the best scientific picture of the year, the Roche award to the best poster and the EACR Award for the best poster on cancer.

The 34th Edition of the SEBBM Congress has been organized by researchers from the following institutions: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas.

Thirty-fourth Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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More than 3.5 million people suffer from migraine in Spain, according to data from the SEN.

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More than 3.5 million people suffer from migraine in Spain, according to SEN.

September 12: European day of action against the migraine

-20-25% of patients who suffer from migraine never consulted his illness with doctor

-In the coming months botulinum toxin begin to generalize as therapy for cases more rebels of chronic migraine

– contrary to popular belief, it is not advisable to prohibit long lists of food migraine patients, only those that each patient has in particular identified as a generator of crisis should be avoided

Spain, 2011-September the next day, September 12 is celebrated the European day of action against the migraine, a neurological disease that affects more than 3.5 million people in Spain, according to data from the Spanish Neurology Society (SEN). Migraine is considered by the who as one of the 20 diseases more disabling because during the crisis, patients feel truly concerned with inability to carry out any task, either labour, social or family. Despite this, 20-25% of patients who suffer from migraine has never consulted his illness with the doctor and one even larger percentage (50%) leaves the follow-up after the first consultation.

“ Is key to diagnose cases of migraine properly, given that an inappropriate remedy could be to cronificar the problem ”, says Dr. Samuel Díaz Insa, Coordinator of the Group of study of headaches of the society Spanish of Neurology. “ when this occurs, there are patients who come to suffer more than 15 days a month of headache. In these cases the quality of life is ostensibly diminished, and in some cases they are associated with depression and even abuse of use of painkillers or other medications. In addition, in recent years, found that some variants of migraine, especially those patients with aura preceding attacks, have a slight increase in their cardiovascular risk. For this reason, these cases should be necessarily valued and followed by a neurologist ”.

The prevalence of migraine is 12-13%. But for women the figures rise to 17-18%. Both men and women, emotional stress is the trigger for more frequent crises. Others are: the lack or excess of dream, atmospheric changes, travel and even the intake of certain foods and beverages.

“ Lead a regulated life with good rhythm of sleep, frequent exercise and a balanced diet helps to suffer fewer migraine attacks ”, explains Dr. Samuel Díaz Insa. “ however, it is not advisable to prohibit patients long lists of foods or beverages that may cause a migraine crisis only in cases in which patients recognize that a certain food produce them migraine, it should be avoided. The exception may be alcohol, especially if it contains bubbles (carbonic acid) is recognized by the majority of migraine patients as a great crisis trigger ”.

There is a wide variety of truly useful treatments for chopping the migraine crises. The main advance was the development of the triptanes, since they were the first truly selective drugs for symptomatic treatment, “ although years without the emergence of new molecules. Something similar happens with the preventive treatments: from the commercialization of the recent neuromodulators investigated for this purpose there has been no progress. But if there has been progress in the field of Transcutaneous nerve and other interventionist techniques ”, points out Dr. Samuel Díaz Insa. In this sense is envisaged that, at the end of the year, adopt the use of botulinum toxin for the treatment of chronic migraine.

Although, traditionally, to migraine not has been given the importance that really deserves that, generally speaking, it poses no threat to the lives of patients, it represents a significant loss in quality of life.

“ Must flee the clichés that subvaloran disorders suffered by patients with headache. Nothing pleasant is feel pain, feel pulsatil in the brain, the great discomfort to sounds or minimum luminous stimuli or a nauseous feeling unbearable. Migraine is much more that a simple headache, is a disease with far-reaching social and labour and that it may be really serious complications in its evolution and management ”, says Dr. Samuel Díaz Insa.

From the point of view of social and labour implications, migraine involves the loss of between 8 to 16 working days per year on average per patient, which means an annual cost of nearly EUR 2 billion – if both estimated direct costs such as indirect products of absenteeism and low productivity in the workplace – and a cost estimated by active patient of 730 euros per year.

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Phonak organizes the fourth European Conference on pediatric amplification in Istanbul.

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Phonak organizes the fourth European Conference on pediatric amplification in Istanbul

Spain, 2011-September the hotel Marmara Taksim Istanbul (Turkey) will host the fourth European Conference on pediatric amplification organized by Phonak coming on 14 and 15 November. This international meeting will bring together renowned experts who will present the latest research and clinical experiences on solutions aimed at children with hearing loss.

The President of the Conference, Professor John Bamford, and the Phonak Pediatric Advisory Board have developed a program of two days in which 17 specialists addressed in different sessions aspects as identification of the problem, the evolution of amplification, implants cochleovestibular, support for families of children with hearing loss or the evaluation of results, among others.

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The start of the consumption of alcohol among young people is made during the ESO.

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The start of the consumption of alcohol among young people is made during the that.

Study of the Institute of research in primary care (diáp Jordi Gol) and the Catalan Health Institute (ICS) on the alcohol consumption among young people of the Central Catalonia.

-the alcohol consumption among the pre-teens is high. The boys are initiated into consumption rather than girls. The percentage of young people which declares to have been drunk increases with age and is similar in both sexes

Spain, 2011-September the study, presented and awarded as the best work in the V Jornadas of exchange of experiences of SAP Bages-Berguedà, made 259 students first (13 years) and third that (15 years) of 5 schools (IES Castellet)(, SES Castellbell, IES Vacarisses, Academy Montserrat and Virgin of the Rosary College) in eight municipalities of the South Bages: Castellbell i el Vilar, Castellgalí, Marganell, Monistrol, Pont de Vilomara, Rellinars, Sant. Vincent and Vacarisses.

The objective was to describe the alcohol consumption among adolescents in an area semi rural as it is the Bages, in the province of Barcelona.

Preliminary results

45% Of pupils in first that and 74% of the second, have drunk at least half a glass of alcoholic beverage ever. Among these students that ever have consumed alcohol, preliminary results show the following:

1.-has not been detected consumption during the week, but change the weekend. In fact, 10% of students in that first and 21 per cent of third consume on weekends. Do also family celebrations, where there are more young people to consume alcohol (34% of the first that pupils who have tried alcohol and 44 per cent of the third).

2. Half of the third that guys who have tried alcohol (50%) recognized that he had drunk some time in the last year. This percentage is lower in the case of pupils in first that (23.5%).
There is no much difference between the sexes.

3. In the same way, 33% of young people from third parties who have tried alcohol acknowledged having consumed on any occasion more than 5 alcoholic beverages at once. In the case of boys and girls of that first, the percentage falls to 9.5% and 2.5% respectively.

4. Finally, more than half of young people expressed that they believed that alcohol was the most fun holidays.

Conclusions

According to Dr.. LAIA Font, one of the authors of the study, “what we saw at the moment, with preliminary data at our disposal, it’s makes the start of the consumption of alcohol among young people during that and that consumption of leisure (with friends, drinking,…)” during the courses greatly increases “.

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Fundación Salud 2000 extends the deadline for the convening of the journalistic Prize I on head and neck cancer.

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La Fundación Salud 2000 extends the deadline for the convening of the journalistic Prize I on cancer of head and neck.

can submit works published between January 1 and October 31, 2011.


– are awarded to professionals who have best contributed to disseminate information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of head and neck cancer

-the work submitted must be original and published and/or issued in press, press digital, blogs, radio and television, between January 1, 2011 and on October 31, 2011

-the main prize is endowed with 6,000 euros and the second and third, with 1,500 euros each

Madrid, 2011-September La Fundación Salud 2000 extends until October 31 deadline to submit works to the journalistic Prize I in head and neck cancer

In order to encourage the publication of articles on head and neck cancer and raise awareness among the population and the científico-médica community of the importance of this pathology that has become the fifth tumor with greater incidence in the world’s populationthe 2000 Health Foundation has convened the journalistic Prize I on head and neck cancer.

The consumption of alcohol and tobacco are the main factors of risk for this type of cancer that Spain suffer nearly 37,000 people. On the other hand, each year occur approximately 12,000 new cases occurring in most of the time through tumors in glands salivary, lips, larynx or nasal cavity.

In this sense, this award recognizes the work of those communication professionals who have contributed to the dissemination of knowledge related to cancer of head and neck valuing, especially the information concerning the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Fundación Salud 2000, that counts in this initiative with the collaboration of the group Spanish of treatment of tumors of head and neck (TTCC) and the German chemical company pharmaceutical Merck, admissible nominations until 31 October.

The work submitted must have been published and/or issued in Spanish, national or regional media between January 1, 2011 and on October 31, 2011. They must be original and published and/or issued in print media, digital media, blogs, radio and television.

First prize is endowed with 6,000 euros and the second and third, with 1,500 euros each.

To submit nominations, it is essential that applicants send original work along with two copies of the same to the headquarters of the Fundación Salud 2000.

Fundación Salud 2000
c / General Martínez Campos, 41 – 3rd floor
28010 Madrid
Ref. Journalism Award on head and neck cancer

the basis of the award can be found in merck and Foundation Health 2000.

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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