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UNAIDS calls on Mozambique stop using little effective medicine against AIDS

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Maputo, 2 sept (EFE).-La the UN Agency for HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) today urged Mozambique stop using its low effectiveness, nevirapine, a drug prescribed to the pregnant women to prevent transmission of HIV to the baby.

The director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, made that request after meeting in Maputo with the first Minister Mozambique, Aires Ali.

Sidibé stated that the use of nevirapine causes still many births of children infected with the virus that causes AIDS, when there are other options to avoid that a pregnant woman give birth to a baby infected.

“Mozambique is in a list of 30 countries in which 25 per cent of pregnant women infected babies after using nevirapine to prevent transmission of HIV from mother to son”, stated the head of UNAIDS to the journalists.

Due to the consumption of this drug, 40,000 children born each year living with HIV in Mozambique, which has one of the highest rates of HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa.

According to experts, nevirapine, like other antiretrovirals, causes mutations in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) which can cause the development of HIV drug resistance

For that reason, doctors usually do not recommend use of nevirapine in combination with other antiretroviral drugs.

According to the Ministry of health of Mozambique, 400 HIV infections occur every day in the country, despite the many awareness-raising campaigns launched by the Government and various organizations.

For this reason, the director of UNAIDS requested the first Mozambican Minister a greater effort to prevent the birth of children infected with the virus.

“The country – insisted Sidibé – must take action to stop new infections, so there is no more births conn contagion”. EFE

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Anxiety and the fear of general anesthesia are unfounded

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(www.neomundo.com.ar) people will go through a surgery might have unfounded fears, misconceptions and lot of anxiety about general anesthesia, concluded an investigation conducted with 460 patients.

“Our study clearly shows that many people don’t know how anesthesia and this situation generates many misconceptions.” “It is essential to take care of address this lack of information to reduce the anxiety of the patients,” said Mark Mitchell of the University of Salford (United Kingdom).

General anesthesia is one involving the entire body as the patient falls asleep and then does not remember anything of the operation. Throughout the procedure of health professionals control factors such as heart rate, breathing rate, and blood oxygen levels to ensure that the patient is well maintained.

PREOPERATORIOS fears

the researchers worked with 460 people who completed a questionnaire only 24 to 48 hours after having gone through surgery under anesthesia general.

85% Of the volunteers commented that he felt anxiety at the prospect of the use of general anesthesia. The main concern was the fear of not waking up, die while they were sleeping or waking up during surgery. Another source of anxiety was the fear of having to wait to enter the operating room. In turn, 41% of participants said that you didn’t like the idea of trust strangers.

On the other hand, the level of anxiety was much lower in people who had the support of a partner or friends, which interacted with the doctors and received an explanation of the procedure.

Mitchell said that it should pay more attention to the psychological aspects of the care of the patient that will pass through a general anesthesia. “Our research underlines the importance that patients receive timely well-designed information on anesthesia, with the objective of maintaining their anxiety at Bay,” said the specialist.

Mitchell explained that this information should include how the anesthesia is administered and how is controlled and monitored, to thus disperse any doubts or misconception about the procedure.

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They investigate case of baby comatose after receiving wrong medication

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Montevideo, 2 sep (EFE).-the Uruguayan justice investigates the case of a 15 month-old girl was taken to a sanatorium for a mild injury and shortly thereafter entered into comatose state after receiving a wrong medication today pointed out sources judicial.

The case occurred in a sanatorium deprived the city of Maldonado, 150 km to the East of Montevideo.

The girl, who has been an improvement in their condition, was received last weekend in the emergency area of the hospital with a slight after being bitten by a dog, wound but was mistakenly administered hypertonic serum and its State worsened to the point of going into coma.

The World Health Organization (who), through the Global Alliance for patient safety, requested in 2004 to remove from circulation the serum hypertonic.

Authorities of the health centre said that since 2006 the institution ceased to buy that kind of serum and do not explain how he reached the institution’s emergency room

La justice continues with research and called for State authorities, health personnel and staff of the sanatorium. EFE

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Astronauts of the United States.UU. they rely on Russia to avoid that the ISS is uninhabited

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Washington, 1 sep (EFE).-U.S. astronauts Mike Fossum and Ron Garan assured today rely on the Russian experience to determine the failure that caused the loss of a freighter Russian supplies in time to avoid that the international space station (ISS) is uninhabited.

“I don’t think that this is a problem which is going to last a long time,” said Fossum in an interview from the ISS, NASA Internet television channel broadcast

“The Russians have much experience with this type of rocket,” said Fossum, which showed calm despite the fact that does not fix the problem, returning to Earth, along with the Russian Sergei Volkov and Japanese Satoshi Furukawa, would mean closing the hatch of the ISS and leaving it unmanned.

Would be something temporary, as it has reiterated in successive press conferences after the accident the head of NASA, Mike Suffredini, ISS programme but it is a situation that can occur.

The past August 24 crashed a space freighter unmanned Progress, shortly after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome of failure in the booster rocket, Soyuz – u.

Was the first time that happened an accident of this kind in 30 years working in the service of the Russian space agency, but his loss has forced to temporarily suspend all missions manned or not until that will determine the reason for the failure.

The problem is that the Soyuz manned spacecraft used a very similar rocket and the Russian space agency wants to make sure that it has guarantees for flights that will be replaced the current crew of the ISS.

Time, the three crewmen who planned to return to Earth on 8 September, the Russians Andrey Borisenko and Alexander Samokutyaev and Ron Garan, American will have to wait two weeks until the next opportunity to be able to land day in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

Not be possible then, the next opportunity would occur on 27 October, ten days after the six established months of orbital life of the Soyuz spacecraft that must again.

The international space station has attached two spacecraft Soyuz, accommodating up to three astronauts, who in addition to the crew in relief missions carrying remain as “lifeline” to any emergency.

The return of the second group is scheduled for November 16 but this not be might postpone much more because of delay, in addition to exceed six months of security, the calendar of opportunities would enter in December, with the weather difficulties that would entail.

Between the two missions of return was in the calendar launch September 22, another ship Russian with the three crew of replacement of the first group but has been delayed several weeks.

American astronauts emphasized the scientific work of the ISS during its more than ten years of life and ensured that form part of his crew is a “dream fulfilled”.

Garan pointed out that in this decade was carried out more than 600 experiments from tests with materials, fluids, robonáutica, with the human body, as well as security and energy clean.

Astronaut also had a memory for the shuttles, NASA withdrew from operation last July after over 30 years.

Fossum and Garan conducted the only space walk planned in the Atlantis STS-135, the final mission, mission said was a somewhat “Bittersweet” feeling, with the pride of having participated in it but with the sadness that just program.

Television picture taken from NASA TV and provided that shows the astronauts Mike Fossum (d) and his partner Ron Garan (i). EFE/file

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The Opportunity robot detects rocks on Mars with a never before seen texture

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Washington, 2 sep (EFE).-the robot Rover has been discovered on Mars rocks with a texture and never seen until now, while it continues to search for other clays may have traces of life, announced today scientists of the NASA.

The Opportunity arrived three weeks ago at the edge of the Endeavour, 25 times larger than the Victoria Crater from which it came, and scientists expect to find it much more ancient rocks that the hitherto observed in more than seven years of mission.

The executive director of the Mission of robot explorers to Mars for NASA, Dave Lavery; researcher main project, Steve Squyres of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the project director of propulsion laboratory to Jet (JPL) of NASA, John Callas, presented the first images.

The first rock which examined the robot in its new destination is the size of a stool, as they explained, its surface is flat and apparently it was unearthed by impact with another object that was that formed the crater, which is 22 kilometres in diameter.

“This is different from any rock never before seen on Mars,” said Squyres, who assured that it has a similar composition to some volcanic rocks, but with more zinc and bromine from what they have detected previously.

In addition to send hundreds of photos with microscopic camera and its panoramic, camera filters the Opportunity also used its robotic arm to better study the composition of the rock.

The rock has been informally named “Tisdale 2” and, as indicated, the diversity of found fragments could be the prelude that will find other minerals that throw more light on the composition and origins of the red planet.

His next mission will be to go hunting for clays rocks so sought after, said Arvidson.

Orbitadoras of Mars spacecraft observations suggest that the rock on the edge of crater formations date back to early in the planet history and include clay, minerals that form in less acidic conditions and moisture, possibly more favorable to life.

The crater is discontinuous in its rim crests and scientists have identified a few marks on the sedimentary, which seems that it would have been cut, and full of cavities filled with material possibly swept into the water, said Arvidson.

However, they indicated that it is still early to make speculation and will require more data from the robot.

After seven years and a half mission on Mars, equivalent 2.703 days Martian, Callas made an assessment on the health of the robot, which, he said, has some ailments due to his age, but continues in good shape to go ahead with new discoveries.

“It has a little arthritis in his robotic arm, we have seen some paralysis on his neurological, system but batteries are still functioning,” said Callas.

However, warned that at any time could lose some critical component of the essential Explorer robot system and the mission would be concluded.

“We have an old robot who is showing his age but is in good shape, sleep well and has excellent levels of cholesterol, we hope to continue his scientific work,” joked.

The Opportunity and its twin Spirit were released in 2003, with the aim of exploring the red planet from two opposite points. They started his exploration, planned initially for three months, in January 2004, but its mission has been extending.

Opportunity still works seven and a half years later but the road was its brother Spirit, whose wheels were bogged down in the Martian sand and after unsuccessful attempts by the NASA to save him left communicate in March 2010.

The NASA is already preparing the new generation of Martian robots and is almost ready for take-off Curiosity that will start between November 25 and December 18 this year for a landing in August 2012.

Reproduction of the picture taking robot Rover to the rocks with a texture never seen before on Mars, while continuing to search and capture of siltstones stones that may have traces of life, according to NASA scientists announced. 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