Month: October 2011

The figures for blood glucose is more complicated control in people with type 2 diabetes.

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figures of blood glucose is more difficult to control in people with type 2 diabetes.

VIII course of theoretical-practical update in Diabetes Mellitus type 2 Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid (October 19-21)

– close to 5 million Spaniards suffer from type 2 diabetes, and half do not know

– has so far not been confirmed be tighter glycemic control decreases the risk of having a cardiovascular event

Madrid, 2011-October in Spain, type 2 diabetes affects 13.8 per cent of people, i.e., almost 5 million Spaniards, although 6% don’t know. These figures are increasing due to, among other factors, the sedentary lifestyle, overweight and obesity.

“ In diabetes type 2 is essential to control not only the blood glucose, but other cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, lipids, body weight, etc. ”, explains Dr. Lucrecia Herranz de la Morena, in the service of Endocrinology and nutrition of the Hospital Universitario La Paz of Madrid. This fact, together with the role of the family physician in the management of type 2 diabetes, entails the need for specific training on this condition that these specialists.

For this reason, the Foundation for Diabetes held last week VIII course of theoretical-practical update in Diabetes Mellitus type 2, with the collaboration of Hospital Universitario La Paz of Madrid, aimed at promoting the deepening the knowledge about the disease in the family medicine. According to Dr. Herranz de la Morena, “ transmit the experience of a Diabetes unit to primary care physicians in relation to type 2 diabetes, which undoubtedly requires a comprehensive and multidisciplinary treatment is ”.

Of all the cardiovascular risk factors which presented people with type 2 diabetes, in the words of Dr. Herranz of moray eels, “ the most difficult controlling is the Glycemic levels or blood glucose. In this regard, while we have effective drugs to treat hypertension and Dyslipidemia, blood glucose control requires the self-control of the person with diabetes, which requires knowledge about food and diet, on ways to adjust the treatment, etc. ”.To this end, this expert emphasizes the need that people with type 2 diabetes – not only in cases of type 1 diabetes in which the diabetológica education promotes more – received this training.

Deepening and discussion

During the course, consisting of theoretical training sessions and practical modules, have analyzed the most relevant aspects in the diagnosis and comprehensive treatment of diabetes type 2: Obesity in the type 2 diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, peripheral vascular disease, treatment of Dyslipidemia and hypertension, vascular complications, etc. “ it’s topics with very current, not only because of the progress we have achieved in recent years, but also in the search for consensus in some of them ”, explains Dr. Herranz de la Morena. One of them is the desirability of enhancing the treatment of blood glucose levels to prevent cardiovascular events. “ So far, there have been 3 studies to see if being more strict with the objective of control on glucose levels (defined with a hemoglobin glycosylated hemoglobin of 7 or less) decreased the risk of having a cardiovascular event – explains the doctor. However, these studies have produced no positive data on the subject ”.

Another issue that has been discussed is the benefits of diagnosis by hemoglobin glycosylated hemoglobin rather than through the basal blood glucose or postprandiales figures after a shot of glucose. According to Dr. Herranz de la Morena, “ change the diagnosis of basal or postprandiales figures criterion to hemoglobin glycosylated hemoglobin would result in an increase in the cost of the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes and a decrease in the number of cases that are diagnosed ”.

Foundation for Diabetes

The Diabetes Foundation is a charitable non-profit and of general interest which is intended to contribute to the prevention and treatment of diabetes and its complications, as well as to the improvement of the quality of life for people with diabetes.

This develops educational, training, activities of research and social awareness in the entire territory of the Spanish State.

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460,000 people in Spain suffer from schizophrenia

460,000 people in Spain suffer from schizophrenia

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460,000 people in Spain suffer from schizophrenia

25% of cases are not diagnosed

– more than 150 professionals of all Spain meet at the Centre Hospitalier Benito Menni de Valladolid to discuss on the psychosocial aspects of schizophrenia.

-35% of the investment of the State mental health corresponds to direct or indirect costs of caring for patients with schizophrenia.

-psychosocial therapies range from family intervention to job search: 90% of people who suffer this disease will not find work throughout his life

Valladolid, 2011-October more than 150 professionals from all Spain have been analysed in the Valladolid Centre Hospitalier Benito Menni, psychosocial aspects associated with schizophrenia in the III national conference devoted to this disease.

During the day have been particularly interested in analyzing the current situation of a disease that affects nearly half a million people in our country, mainly young people, and alert the enormous gap between the diagnosed patients receiving treatment, and those who do not. “ It is worrying to see how about 25% of people with schizophrenia are not diagnosed, and only 50 per cent are in treatment ” says Rubén de la Fuente, managing director of the centers of the hospital sisters in Castilla y León.

in addition, the economic impact of this disease has been highlighted in health expenditure in our country: of the more than 7,000 million euros that the State invests in mental health, EUR 2 billion correspond to direct or indirect costs arising from the schizophrenia.

Importance of psychosocial interventions

The various rapporteurs have emphasised the positive moment in which today is the study of this disease. They admit that very important advances in the pharmacological field, there are but it is necessary to be associated with other treatments to promote self-esteem, social reintegration of the patient, and ultimately, improve their quality of life.

In this way, has affected the importance of the development of techniques for working with families, for training in social skills or to search for employment among others. “ Are aware of the importance of placing the individual at their surroundings, and in particular, to help these people to lead a daily life as standardized as possible ”, continues Rubén de la Fuente. “ Something so obvious to us, as it is the fact of having a paid employment, is almost impossible for schizophrenia patients: 90% of people who suffer this disease will not find work throughout his life. ”

these days are developed under the sponsorship of the Fundación María Josefa Recio, institution non-profit whose goal is to help and defend the interests of people with mental disabilities or mental illness through the protection of persons with disabilities and the development of research projects and teaching.

Profile of the hospital sisters

The Congregation of the sisters hospital has treated more than 16,000 people in Castilla y León since 1889, more dependent on cases in all areas of mental illness, dementia, elderly, intellectual disability, and rehabilitation.

In our country, the hospital sisters have 28 care centres distributed in eleven autonomous regions: Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, Basque country, Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Andalusia and Canary Islands.

Throughout its centuries-old existence, the hospital sisters have extended by 27 countries in Europe, America, Africa and Asia, offering more than 20,000 places for the care of people with mental illness and/or any pathology.

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The telegerontología will have a doctor at home and saving in health costs

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the telegerontología will make it possible to have the doctor at home and saving in health costs

El Professor José Millán Calenti, Professor of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and director of the research group, gerontology of the UDC, put the finishing touch to the FEIMESA Conference of medicine and health

-other DE LAS papers exclusive was the DE MIGUEL ÁNGEL QUINTELADIERCTOR of the unity of breast of the CNIO, QUE HABLÓ QUE LOS advances in research for classifying different types of cancer of breast and improve LA therapy

A Coruña, October 2011.- the last day of FEIMESA, dedicated to disability, dependency and higher, unveiled what would be the closest thing to having a doctor at home: the Telegerontología, a resource pioneer new technologies that would serve as a home-based support for people-based elderly or dependent. It is a world novelty within public health developed by the team of r & d of the La Coruña Professor Millán Calenti, who introduced him exclusively in the framework of the exhibition of medicine and health, which took place in A Coruña.

It is a 100 by 100 gallego is in pilot phase although it is planned to start marketing in January 2012. The Diputación de A Coruña is planning its next deployment in 83 municipalities in the province and currently runs the civic centers of Coruña.

The Telegerontología enables videoconferencing with doctors and health, is they can exercise as training memory for older people, avoid unnecessary journeys to health centres, representing a saving of the health system. It is framed in the e-health and has many other applications are still in study. On the other hand, it is also in talks with ophthalmologists, that the system could allow, for example, in case of suffering falls, conduct the checkup by videoconference.

Selection of patients for breast cancer

Miguel Ángel Quintela, director of the breast unit of the National Center for cancer research (CNIO), also appeared in the last of the days of FEIMESA with a presentation on “ breast cancer research. He stressed the advances of recent years when it comes to the therapeutic customization to treat the sick of breast cancer by groups. Until the date and for about 7 years three types can be distinguished: the affected need not hormonal treatment, those who do not receive chemotherapy and those of the type Her+2, which obtained a specific therapy. Thus we can determine the most beneficial treatment.

Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, but in the 1980s was in the same way to everyone, and if all they were given chemotherapy, the results were not the best for all. That is why, as pointed out Quintela, “ maybe only benefited from treatment by 30% ”. We must also take into account the cost, that breast cancer patients may have a spending on drugs between 6,000 to 8,000 euros per month, a medication that sometimes only works in one of every four sick.

And always prevention: Spain are detected annually 20,000 cases of breast cancer which 17,000 are diagnosed through a mammogram, “ annual compulsory from the age of 50 ”. This allows to locate tumors, which are best dealt with with metastasis. For the Board of the CNIO, it must continue to invest in research to get to know better the subtypes. Now three types are already known, but it could become a new classification with other subgroups.

Three days have passed by FEIMESA more than 50 experts, scientists and researchers, both Spaniards and foreigners, some of them world specialists in their field, presenting news and medical breakthroughs in exclusive.

Each day is devoted to a topical subject: “ sustainability of the health system in Spain ”, “ research, technology and training ” and “ disabilities, dependency and older ”. Also addressed hot topics such as the cost savings in the health system, the professional intrusion, access to medicines in countries of the third world or the sudden death in the sport.

On the other hand, the audience has been able to make free health checkups, vision tips, oral and auditory, and participate in Raffles for stays in spas, among others.

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Opening exhibition “The labyrinth of Malaria” in square Trascorrales

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Opening exhibition “The labyrinth of Malaria” at Plaza Trascorrales

the inauguration in Asturias of “ the maze of Malaria ” will take place today Monday, October 24, at 12: 00 h., in the Plaza of Trascorrales (Oviedo). Patricia González del Valle García (Director of the Asturian agency development cooperation), will be present at the ceremony Silvia Junco (Councillor delegate for cooperation to the development of the City Council in Oviedo), Carlos medium (Spain of the campaign coordinator “ stop malaria already ”) and Luis Casado (President of medicusmundi Asturias).

Oviedo, 2011-October the campaign “ stop malaria already ”, in which medicusmundi participates actively, has organised a tour by different European cities to raise awareness about the devastating consequences of malaria for the development of the countries of the South, and claim political commitmentECOSOC are needed to eradicate this evil endemic to just the lives of nearly a million people each year.

“ The maze of malaria ” has already come Germany, Poland and Italy and now reaches our country to visit Zaragoza, Oviedo and Vitoria. Visitors must traverse a maze where simulates a mosquito anopheles, transmitting the disease, being persecuted. But what you can do to prevent its bite? There medication to help improve symptoms that causes the disease? The labyrinth has various proposals to participate actively in the fight against malaria.

“ Stop malaria already ” is an initiative of medicusmundi and other 9 NGO in Africa, Europe and United States that works to raise social awareness about malaria as one of the major diseases linked to poverty and a major cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is preventable and curable, its complete and comprehensive control is at our fingertips, and can be treated with medication and proper access. If it fails to curb the prevalence of malaria, the mortality rate can be increased in the coming years, putting in obvious risk one of the goals of the objective 6 goals for the Millennium Development (MDGs): “ have halted and begun to reverse the incidence of malaria and other major diseases by the year 2015, ”.

The exhibition “ the maze of malaria ” can be visited from 24 to 30 October in the Trascorrales Plaza, Oviedo, discovering who visit various aspects of the disease through sounds, videos, installations and panels that offer more information about the origin of malaria, areas affected, measures of protection and how to stop the spread of the disease.

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The Faculty of Medicine of the UPV/EHU Debuts next generation medical virtual Simulator.

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The Faculty of Medicine of the UPV/EHU opens a medical virtual Simulator of last generation.

the most advanced in the world!.

-Students learn to perform surgical sutures, bandages, bladder drilling, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation auto or basic function in the operating room

-the Centre also has a doll, valued at more than 40,000 euros, which can represent any type of parameters to simulate the bodily alterations of a real patient in real time

– the new laboratory has eight modules and a small amphitheatre, occupying a total area of 700 square meters with the latest virtual reality simulators

Bilbao, 2011-October on Tuesday morning took place the inauguration of the new laboratory of skills in surgery and Radiology Department of the Faculty of medicine and Dentistry of the University in country Basque/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV/EHU). “ This new laboratory puts the UPV/EHU in the forefront on virtual simulation, both for undergraduate students of graduate ”, says Professor Ignacio García-Alonso, Professor of the Department of surgery, radiology and medical physics from the BASQUE country.

In the formation of degree, the new lab allows train the students in surgical skills before actual practices in the hospital. “ Among other skills, students learn to perform surgical sutures, bandages, bladder drilling, basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation auto or basic function in the operating room ”, advises Professor García-Alonso. All this is possible thanks to the simulation of virtual reality available to the laboratory. “ Also have a room of communication skills, where you practice the doctor-patient relationship ”, adds Professor of the BASQUE country.

As for applications postgraduate courses, laboratory allows simulations to provide basic skills in microsurgery, laparoscopic and neuronavegacion students.

“ Had more or less fully equipped ” – ensures the Professor – “ however, after being at the University of Maastricht in November of the year past, one of the more pioneers at European level in medical simulation equipment, have managed to get its height ”, says Professor García-Alonso, who claims that the simulator which will enjoy the UPV/EHU students is “ excellent ” and one of the most advanced in the world. “ The construction period has lasted for a year, but it was worth ”, University Professor says satisfied.

The new laboratory has eight modules and a small amphitheatre, occupying a total area of 700 square meters with the latest virtual reality simulators. In addition to virtual simulators, the Centre also has a doll, valued at more than 40,000 euros, which can be programmed to simulate in real time any body alteration of a real patient. This doll has been acquired by the Vice President of the Campus of Biscay in the ordinary call of teaching support.

The BASQUE country has also been pioneered the model of cooperation to move forward with this lab, in which participated the Faculty of Medicine of the UPV/EHU, Cruces Hospital and Ortovás medical SL private enterprise. With this model of cooperation, since the UPV/EHU ensures that it seeks to give the necessary training to enable students to acquire a minimum ability prior to the direct contact with the patient. “ Practical training is now organized, evaluated and accredited ”, Professor García-Alonso qualifies.

Course pioneer on engines of high speed in column

In this line, the Faculty of medicine and Dentistry of the UPV/EHU organized, together with the Department of neurosurgery of the Hospital of crosses and the Midas Rex Institute, the first workshop on use of Midas Rex of high-speed engines in column has taken place in the laboratory for Experimental surgery, with the most advanced technology in this field thanks to Medtronic, who during the 18th and 19th October provided the machinery to the University for teaching use.

During the course of the course each participant had the opportunity to know, firstly, the characteristics and behaviour of the various options of high-speed engines. “ These engines are used to penetrate bone, where higher speed, greater precision in the speeches ”, says Professor García-Alonso. Attendees also learned the technical applications in surgery of spine within a secure environment, as well as new technologies developed for spinal surgery.

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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