Month: September 2011

Protein prevents HIV replication

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Two medical teams from French universities of Strasbourg (East) and Marseille (South) discovered a protein that prevents HIV, which causes AIDS, to replicate, it announced on Thursday the Faculty of Strasbourg.

The researchers found the properties inhibitors of human protein HBPB (short for English Human Phosphate Binding Protein) in the ability to replicate the virus HIV.

“The results obtained in vitro show that this protein acts in a way not yet targeted by current therapies,” stressed the scientists in a statement.

This protein was already known, but it just to discover its properties in the fight against HIV.

This protein is also very effective against the strains of classical HIV as strains resistant to antiretroviral AZT.

“These promising results open the way to new strategies to develop treatments against HIV”, added the text of the authors of the study, that planned to begin soon in testing live.

Use on a large scale of this protein, however, could occur before several years, the time to do well all the evidence, first on animals and then on patient volunteers.

“Is now a question of means”, indicated doctors. “Now all indicators are green, the early toxicity test showed no side effects, but tests on animals are very expensive and even more so in humans”, added.

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Uruguay launches campaign against hypertension with tests to politicians

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Montevideo, 1 sep (EFE).-Uruguay today launched the national day of hypertension, aimed at sensitizing the population about the importance of controlling blood pressure to avoid possible problems to health, with a series of tests to the politicians in the country, headed by Vice President Danilo Astori.

Armed with manometers and stethoscope, the medical team of the Uruguayan Parliament, Astori is President, toured the offices and rooms of the building to take the tension to all officials and present legislators willing to draw attention to a wrong very common and easy to identify.

As he told Efe the nurse of the Mora Carmen María Parliament, the idea is to draw the attention of the citizens and that those who have high blood pressure can be treated her and start to take medical advice.

“Hypertension is related to a significant morbidity in Uruguay, which means that with hypertension alone, or together with other diseases, it appears as a cause of death and origin of other evils.” “But it can be treated and controlled to avoid having thus fewer opportunities for acquiring diseases that are predictable,” added.

Astori, 71 years and he suffered severe pneumonia less than two years that he remained hospitalized, he controlled his tension in a cloud of photographers and journalists to start mobilization.

In the end, the figures obtained by the veteran political, former Minister of the economy in the Government of Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010), they were positive and not asked to continue any treatment.

With regard to the overall health of Uruguayan lawmakers, Mora confided that hypertension is a bad common among them, “because stress is contributing” to have a high tension and to generate disease cardiovascular.

“Legislators are more or less controlled in reality like the rest of the Uruguayan, and we want that all are checked, not only today and not only members, but all officials of this building and in the end all citizens,” said the nurse. EFE

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Uruguay launches a campaign against hypertension with tests to politicians

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Montevideo, 1 sep (EFE).-Uruguay today launched the national day of hypertension, aimed at sensitizing the population about the importance of controlling blood pressure to avoid possible problems to health, with a series of tests to the politicians in the country, headed by Vice President Danilo Astori.

Armed with manometers and stethoscope, the medical team of the Uruguayan Parliament, Astori is President, toured the offices and rooms of the building to take the tension to all officials and present legislators willing to draw attention to a wrong very common and easy to identify.

As he told Efe the nurse of the Mora Carmen María Parliament, the idea is to draw the attention of the citizens and that those who have high blood pressure can be treated her and start to take medical advice.

“Hypertension is related to a significant morbidity in Uruguay, which means that with hypertension alone, or together with other diseases, it appears as a cause of death and origin of other evils.” “But it can be treated and controlled to avoid having thus fewer opportunities for acquiring diseases that are predictable,” added.

Astori, 71 years and he suffered severe pneumonia less than two years that he remained hospitalized, he controlled his tension in a cloud of photographers and journalists to start mobilization.

In the end, the figures obtained by the veteran political, former Minister of the economy in the Government of Tabaré Vázquez (2005-2010), they were positive and not asked to continue any treatment.

With regard to the overall health of Uruguayan lawmakers, Mora confided that hypertension is a bad common among them, “because stress is contributing” to have a high tension and to generate disease cardiovascular.

“Legislators are more or less controlled, we actually like the rest of the Uruguayans, and we want that all are checked, not only today and not only members, but all officials of this building and in the end all citizens,” said the nurse.

The idea is to draw the attention of the citizens and that those who have high blood pressure can be treated her and start to take medical advice. EFE/file

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Global Fund highlights the work of El Salvador against HIV/AIDS as “solid”

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San Salvador, 1 sep (EFE).-the Global Fund against HIV/AIDS today described as “solid” the work that is done El Salvador to address and counter this disease, although he acknowledged that the rights area should be strengthened human.

“From analysis until the evaluation have been taken into account the priorities of the country in what it refers to the HIV epidemic, i.e. the answer to this problem is very solid”, said Elizabeth Ponce, Coordinator of the team of consultants from the Global Fund, from 22 to 27 August evaluating national work against HIV/AIDS in this country.

During the presentation of the preliminary report of the consultancy, Ponce, of Ecuadorian origin, also acknowledged that there is a “gap” between what they say strategies on paper and that in truth “exists”, in reference to the strategies do not contain everything that the country is really making for what should be included.

“The aspect of human rights should also introduce new things, perhaps to strengthen strategies in terms of human rights” environment with this condition added.

Consultancy carried out by seven international evaluators highlighted, among other things, that the El Salvador programme “lacks mechanisms, indicators and activities to ensure the confidentiality and privacy for HIV testing”.

Between the strengths noted the inclusion of the Legislative Assembly and the Attorney-General for human rights within the actors responsible for the implementation of the programme against HIV/AIDS.

The final report will be presented in mid-September, he told Efe Olivier Letouzé, representative of the Global Fund in El Salvador, who also added that it must still pass by another process before being published.

“With this report the country may request funding to continue the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide,” said Letouzé.

Total worldwide analysed programmes and/or strategies in 10 countries, of which El Salvador is the only Latin America.

According to Letouzé, the other countries are in Asia and Africa, which identified no.

For its part, the representative of the Joint United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in El Salvador, Herbert Betancourt, told Efe that while there has been to stabilize the disease in the country, “not the number of daily transmissions of between 5 to 6 people has been able to download, and that gives us some 2,000 people infected a year”, added.

“El Salvador is after Guatemala, after Belize, almost like Honduras but is in worse condition than Nicaragua and Costa Rica, let us say that we are at level medium” with regard to transmission of the virus, said Betancourt.

According to data from the Ministry of health, the first case of infection in El Salvador was recorded in 1984 and from that year until 31 March past were recorded 17.536 people with HIV and other 8.801 stage AIDS, for a total of 26.337 infected.

A team of consultants from the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS, from 22 to 27 August, evaluaó the national work against HIV/AIDS in this country. EFE/file

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Will rise to 50 dead from drinking toxic liquor in Ecuador

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Quito, 1 sep (EFE).-the death toll from drinking poison in Ecuador liquor increased to 50, after registering today the death of two people for that reason, reported the Ministry of health.

Statistics disseminated by such portfolio notes have also been confirmed 244 cases of poisoning from adulterated alcohol and other 355 patients is maintained on the list of suspicion.

Until the past August 25 the death toll for this cause was 48, but today it was reported the death of a person in the Andean of Azuay province and another in the Amazon of Napo.

The death of people by intake of alcohol mixed with methanol began to register on July 14, when reported 20 cases in the coastal province of Los Ríos (southwest).

The poisoning was extended to other provinces, prompting the Government to declare “State of emergency” in the country and to prohibit the consumption of liquor in several jurisdictions.

The focus for the sale of adulterated alcohol was located in the province of Guayas and it was determined that this product was commercialized as “brandy without bottling” or in containers of fruits with brand liquor “but without health registry”, recently pointed out the Deputy Minister of health, Nicolas Jara.

The latest statistics of the Ministry notes that fourteen cases of blindness by drinking poison liquor, of whom three have died have also been reported.

More than one fortnight of liquor brands have been banned by the health authorities Ecuadorian undertaken urgent actions to withdraw from the market alcohol adulterated.

At the end of August, a judge ordered the pre-trial against the Manager of a factory that was reportedly bottled liquor toxic.

In addition, some 50 people are investigated by the prosecution for selling adulterated alcohol bottles. 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