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A change in health care model focused on chronic patients achieve better health, greater patient satisfaction and savings of hospital stays or medical visits.
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Call for press of the Col·legi de American Illes Balears.
palma, 2011-October the convening of press made on Saturday 15th by Dr. Antoni Bennasar Arbós, President of the Col·legi American official of them Illes Balears (Comib), was attending the premise that a serious issue affecting not only the President of the Comib and head of the Inca Hospital Traumatology service firstly analysed, but also to the rest of professionals who make up the Department and collective health care provider in general, that is have planted serious doubts as to its course of action.
During the press conference offered last Saturday by Doctor Bennasar, accompanied by members of the Standing Committee of the Governing Board, never spilled accusations against any collegiate, only dealt with the defence of the honour of the doctor Bennasar and his team of the Inca Hospital trauma serviceas well as the rest of medical professionals on the basis of the audit that had been given the previous day and that refuted the serious accusations that had been poured over him and his service during the last few weeks.
The President of the Comib, Dr. Antoni Bennasar, reiterated that at no time has been its intention to make any particular use of the American College, by calling sincere apologies to all those members who may have interpreted otherwise after the conclusion of this briefing press conference.
The American College of them Illes Balears reminds that all physicians collegiate, by virtue of being so, collegiate facilities at your disposal for free to carry out activities aimed at further training or to disseminate information about health or medical professional field-related interest. Also, Balears patients, through its various partnerships, can also develop its activities for free in the American College.
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The community publishes a nutrition guide, buying and cooking easy for young people.
aimed at young people who live alone and have no time.
-a tool to maintain a healthy and balanced diet
-Offers advice from the weekly purchase until the development of complete menus plan
Madrid, October 2011.- the director-general of primary care in the community of Madrid, Antonio Alemany, yesterday presented the guidelines on nutrition, purchase and easy kitchen for young peoplea publication edited by the Ministry of health addressed to young people who live alone and have no time to cook and buy fresh food.
The guide provides the basics needed for adequate food, from the time of planning the purchase until the development of different recipes. The guide is distributed at the universities of the community and through the website of the Ministry of health.
The director of primary care highlighted that the development of this guide sought to respond to the needs detected among many young people, who often change their eating habits by new labour and social needs that generated changes in lifestyle. “ We wanted that the guidelines on nutrition, purchase and easy kitchen for young people is a tool for guidance on nutrition, from the time of purchase until the way of cooking a food ”, said Alemany.
The presentation of the guide is part of the celebration of world food day and as one of the first activities of the madrilenian network of healthy universities (REMUS) created jointly by the Ministry of health and the 13 universities public and private community of Madrid and aims to achieve healthy University environmentswith activities in the field of nutrition, physical activity, tobacco, alcohol and other drugs and health and leisure.
Clear concepts list of shopping and menu
The guidelines on nutrition, purchase and easy kitchen for young recalls basic concepts of the balanced nutrition, since the number of servings of each food group that must take a day to what foods are included in each group (farinaceous)(, fruit and vegetables, dairy products, meat …) or how to combine them throughout the five meals per day and per week.
The second part of the guide is devoted to the preparation of the shopping list, tips to know in what order to choose the food in the shop or how choose judiciously from the wide variety of products that we offer, for example, some integral varieties among farinaceous (NAP)(, rice, pasta, cookies ….) or some dairy products with less fat. How to sort the purchase, both in the refrigerator as in the pantry, are other explanations offered publication.
In addition, the guide is dedicated to the preparation of menus, starting with a sketch of what groups of foods combine well at different meals or what forms of preparation are the healthiest.
The guide offers menus for breakfast, lunch and dinner with three options which can be exchanged for dozens of different end menus. Each recipe includes your nutritional profile, as well as the list of ingredients and the way of development.
Finally, the guidelines on nutrition, purchase and easy kitchen for young people offers answers to some common questions about issues of nutrition, measures of what is considered a ration of different types of food and what nutrients has and what are needed.
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More than 800 people with intellectual disabilities were free in Barcelona eye care
the IMO welcomed the 14 and 15 October the day “ come and you’ll see ”, organized by opens his eyes, with the support of Dincat and of the school officer of opticians optometrists Catalunya.
Barcelona, October 2011.- Agreed more than 800 people with intellectual disabilities, past 14 and 15 October in Barcelona to eye exams free of charge to evaluate Visual capabilities, detecting refractive problems receive treatment or optical compensation recommendation. In cases in which it was necessary, received, in addition, adapted to their tastes and needs glasses.
The double working day, which counted with the collaboration of the official College of opticians Optometrists of Catalonia, has been driven by open their eyes, an organization non-profit that aims to improve the visual quality of people with intellectual disabilities, 5 per cent of which manifested severe visual problems, from 0.2% of the rest of population, according to who.
One of the main activities carried out opens his eyes is this annual gathering which, under the name “ see and you’ll see ”, it offered free examinations prescribed and handed glasses to people with special intellectual needs.
Opens your eyes has done more than 3,000 eye reviews has prescribed and delivered more than 1,300 glasses in meetings that have taken place in Orense, Madrid, Murcia, Seville or Figueres (Girona), among other cities Spanish.
The meeting of this year was held in the IMO, which was attended by more than 800 people from special education schools, protected housing, occupational centres, foundations and associations in the various areas of disability.
To reach this population, opens his eyes has counted with the collaboration of Dincat (Discapacitat property Catalunya), group that works with over 300 partners, in which 7,000 professionals care for 31,000 people with intellectual disabilities. The great success of response has overflowed the forecasts and has made nearly 600 people have been on waiting list, which is why the organization arises again in Barcelona in 2012.
Test track
During the meeting, participants went through a circuit, in which undergoing a scan measurement of graduation tests of visual acuity with or without glasses, evidence of bilateral vision, evidence of refraction and ocular health, as well as otoscopias to detect problems of accumulation of wax in the ear or perforation of eardrum. In the end, was to the attendees of a comprehensive report with recommendations for, if it is felt that they must attend a review with the specialist. Participants needing graduation, which tend to be between 30 and 40 per cent of the total, will be sent by mail, centres or organizations that work with them, a pair of glasses with frame and lenses organic and unbreakable, in a period of approximately two months.
Generally, the controls are used to “ to update ” the number of diopters of people already using glasses or to detect emerging refractive problems. However, in some cases been detected also a high level of diopters not diagnosed, which has enabled, with simple glasses of high graduation, “ return vision ” to people that lived resignadas with very low levels of vision or a supposed blindness.
According to Ernesto Marco, Vice President opens his eyes, “ much of the evidence we do during the day pose special difficulties with certain participants, because of their disability, are not able to remain motionless, follow the instructions, communicate, etc. Therefore the presence of two volunteers in each test, one of them, is necessarily required with experience in this event ”. Altogether, the appointment counted with the participation of one hundred volunteers opens his eyes, between optometrists, ophthalmologists, Audiologists, occupational therapists, psychologists and other professionals with extensive experience in the field of disability and the Optometry. Likewise, the presence and management of equipment of last generation has been possible thanks to the collaboration of different companies in the sector optometry and the audiometry, among others.
In addition to the revisions, participants could enjoy while waiting their turn, playing with inflatables, taking part in workshops of painting or other games and activities organized by the occupational therapists Association.
why in the IMO?
The Ocular microsurgery Institute has been chosen as focal point of “ come and you will see ” in Barcelona for his high eye level, the extent and equipment of its facilities and its location in a strategic and well-communicated place. The new headquarters of the IMO, which relocated in 2009, assured the best attention 800 persons with disabilities have undergone revisions. The lobby on the ground floor, destined to host professional conferences, hosted on this occasion the various boxes that formed the test track, while the terrace and the garden are located on the same floor, went to playground. In addition to the facilities, the IMO also placed at the disposal of open their eyes a great part of his team of ophthalmologists and optometrists optical that, in a disinterested way, collaborated on eye exams.
But the linking of the opens his eyes and IMO not only responds to installations and high professional capacity offered by the Institute, but also to the philosophy of the IMO, one of whose core values is to cooperate selflessly in the visual improvement and quality of life of the population, either in the poorest areas of the planet, through the Ulls del món Foundation, or its most immediate surroundings, through information campaigns and prevention, which include free fixes sporadic.
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El Dr. Vicente Riambau new Member of the International Andreas Gruenzig Society.
Spain, 2011-October the last October 3 “International Andreas Gruenzig Society” (IAGS) named Vicente Riambau member of their society to the vascular surgeon. The prestigious organization was inaugurated in 1985 after the death of the Dr. Andreas Gruentzig, the cardiologist and German radiologist who made the first balloon angioplasty successful in the world, in order to improve the blood flow of coronary artery ocluidas. The IAGS is an educational partnership of doctors and scientists interested in in the field of cardiovascular health sciences. Members of the society cooperate in the advancement of knowledge and education through research, publication, study and teaching in the field of cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Vicente Riambau is first Spanish doctor admitted to such a society.
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