Month: November 2011

Scientists patented a system that facilitates the study of gene function in DNA libraries

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scientists patented a system that facilitates the study of the gene in DNA libraries function

thanks to a collaborative project between the CSIC and the Pablo de Olavide University

-the system opens the door to the study of genes in libraries metagenómicas whose function is unknown so far, maximizing the detection of possible forward industrial and technological functions

-this patent stems from the work led by Eduardo Santero, scientific of the UPO, in the framework of the Consolider project “ the metagenome of the Iberian Peninsula ”

Madrid, 2011 November- A group of scientists led by Eduardo Santeroresearcher of the University Pablo de Olavide, has patented a new system that will facilitate the study of the function of genes stored in a library metagenómicas. Born in the framework of the project Consolider wit “ the metagenome of the Iberian Peninsula ”, in which participating experts from all Spain, this new methodology will make it possible to enrich the knowledge about microbes, while it will serve as a germ to new practical applications related to the environment or therapeutic research.

The libraries metagenómicas, those that store the DNA of bacteria found in a particular environment, represent a breakthrough in the knowledge of the genome of microorganisms. A tool that facilitates the study of microbes without resort to its cultivation, sometimes very complex depending on the case. However, this advantageous system has certain limitations. Much of these stored genes can not be expressed, i.e. fail ever to fulfil its role, remaining silenced and undetected because they are not in his original body.

To solve this problem, the team led by Eduardo Santero has developed a system that facilitates that these genes which can not be expressed if it develop its task, maximizing the chances of detection are the functions that encode. According to the investigator, “ our methodology will make it easier to discover new proteins with novel functions and even unique, allowing the development of new products with useful activities in areas such as medicine, agriculture or the industry ”.

Microbial map

This new patent stems from the work carried out by the research group “ gene expression in bacteria of environmental concern ”, of the UPO, in the framework of the project “ the metagenome of the Iberian Peninsula ”. This initiative, funded by the Consolider Ingenio 2010 program, part of the observation that about 99% of the soil microbiota is refractory to its cultivation in the laboratory and their biotechnological potential remains unexplored and therefore unknown. Access to this great diversity is an important source of knowledge to basic level and future technological developments.

Consolider Ingenio 2010 program

The wit Consolider programme aims to achieve research excellence in Spain, enhancing cooperation between researchers and scientists, generating multiple research groups. The set of projects included in the Consolider program will mobilise more than two billion euros over the next four years, of which about 50 per cent will be contributed by the State.

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis indicate the deterioration in the health care received

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patients with rheumatoid arthritis indicate the deterioration in the health care received

-Closing in several communities in units of Rheumatology or deletion of the administration of intravenous treatments results in deficiencies in health care received by patients with rheumatoid arthritis

-the study “ rheumatoid arthritis: a vision of the present and a look to the future ” developed by the University of patients, reflects the existing difficulty in access to health care services

-ConArtritis highlights the social, medical and economic advantages of the hospitals of day


Madrid, November of 2011- La Coordinadora Nacional de arthritis (ConArtritis), association that encompasses 18 associations of patients with rheumatoid arthritis of all Spain, shows their fear that the crisis affects health care received by patients with rheumatoid arthritisfollowing the recent events have passed in the form of adjustments and cuts in several communities.

“ Patients see with fear as close Rheumatology services in Catalonia, or how recently in Menorca has been deleted, in a Center, administration of treatments intravenous for the rheumatoid arthritis, this no doubt has a direct impact on health care received by patients with rheumatoid arthritis ”, says Antonio i. Torralba, President of ConArtritis.

It should be noted the already existing difficulties for patients with rheumatoid arthritis in access to health services and information related to habits of life, preventive measures and information concerning the administration of drugs, as reflected in the study “ rheumatoid arthritis: a vision of the present and a look to the future ” developed by the University of patients.

Many AR patients attend the day hospitals where administered them intravenous medication in a comfortable and safe, the day hospitals are integrated into a conventional hospital care centres, offering patients that must undergo some form of chronic treatment the same services as a conventional hospital, but without the need of income. For Torralba, “ is essential to highlight the social, medical and economic advantages that benefit patients, their families and the health system, derived from such centres that after recent adjustments and cuts, are being affected at the same time. The deletion of these centres is adversely on the quality of life of the person with RA forced to move to other hospitals to receive their medication, we are talking about people who may also have a reduced mobility ”.

Rheumatoid arthritis about

Rheumatoid arthritis is a disabling autoimmune, systemic, chronic and sometimes disease characterized by inflammation of the membrane surrounding the joints. This swelling causes pain, stiffness, and swelling, which can lead to the irreversible destruction of the joints. The effects of RA are not limited only to joints that can affect other organs and systems (circulation, eyes, lungs etc) and can cause other health complications. RA affects mainly young adults aged between 25 and 55 years, and in many cases, the diagnosis interrupted their professional and personal development. In our country, its incidence is 0.5 per cent.

About ConArtritis

The national coordinator of arthritis, ConArtritis is an association non-profit which includes 18 associations of patients with rheumatoid arthritis of all Spain. Mission is to integrate and to represent the associations of patients with rheumatoid arthritis before authorities and health managers in order to promote public and legislative initiatives that will result in the full social integration and employment and the improvement of the quality of life of patients.

ConArtritis provides the associations of patients that includes their experience and advice, as well as relevant information about the disease and the latest medical and scientific advances in its treatment.

Continuously, ConArtritis promotes awareness of rheumatoid arthritis and its consequences to society at large.

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The young Spanish deemed occasional drinkers, older than 45 supported greater alcohol consumption

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Spanish Youth deemed occasional drinkers, older than 45 supported greater alcohol consumption

II study international Bupa Health Pulse 2011: health and welfare

-63% of youth are considered ‘ occasional drinkers ’

-21% of those over 45 years admits drinking alcohol several times a week

-one of four young women smoke daily má10 cigarettes s

-Spain (35%) exceeds the percentage of smokers compared with countries such as United Kingdom (24%) and United States (21%)

-73% of Spaniards admits drinking alcohol, only overtaken by Australians (74%) and British (82%)

Madrid, November of 2011. Health disorders affect the well-being of people and some of them, such as sleep disturbance, changes in mood and anxiety are caused by the consumption of tobacco and alcohol, which can also lead to chronic diseases. 21% Of Spaniards aged between 45 and 54 years ensures drinking several times a week, while young people aged between 18 and 24 it recognizes only 8 of every 100. This is one of the main conclusions drawn from the study international Bupa Health Pulse II 2011, done by Bupa, the parent company of Sanitas.

In addition, young Spanish people are the best concept of themselves as the consumption of alcohol. Stresses that 63% of Spaniards between 18 and 34 years considers drinker “ light ” or “ sporadic ” and only 11 of every 100 young people supported by one slightly higher consumption and is classified as a drinker “ moderate ”. Among individuals of 45 to 54 years, half of those interviewed said that his consumption of alcohol is “ mild ” while 19% are included in the category of drinker “ moderate ”.

Among young people, only 2% recognizes alcohol on a daily basis, according to the Bupa international study II, while the majority of respondents (71%) claims to drink several times a month. These figures confirm the trend by the Ministry of health in its home survey on Alcohol and drugs which stated that alcohol consumption is concentrated especially on the weekends.

Ministerial data also suggest that alcohol is the substance most commonly used psychoactive (79%) and that his intensive use (the ‘ drunkenness ’) registered an increase: 46.3 per cent of young people between 15 and 24 years old admitted to being drunk in the last 30 days.

Alcohol can affect breathing, heart rate and the functioning of the brain in their perceptual and cognitive functions. These effects may appear gradually over 10 minutes and can reach its peak in about 40 to 60 minutes. The habitual use of alcohol depresses the central nervous system, producing clinical depression, confusion and, in severe cases, psychosis and mental disorders.

However, in general terms, 73% of Spaniards recognized that he drinks alcohol. Of this amount, more than half (56%) makes it several times a month and the rest more frequently. The majority did not consider it to exceed, and only 2% is cataloged as a heavy drinker.

The study also emphasizes that the alcohol taxes are necessary because they help to pay for health care, according to 32% of Spaniards. Something that Brazil citizens (48%) and China (49%) also considered positive. Even 28% of Spaniards are in favour to ban alcohol consumption in outdoor spaces. Countries such as Mexico (44%) and India (59%) are more supporters ban it while in United States (17%) are more flexible with this measure.

The Spaniards, more drinkers to smokers

28% Of Spaniards between 45 and 54 years consumes more than 10 cigarettes a day. If we analyze the collective more young, between 18 and 24 years, 25% said to consume more than ten cigars daily.

However, 36% of Spaniards ensures not having tried smoking ever and only 20 of every 100 says smoking more than 10 cigarettes a day.

On the other hand, 35% of Spaniards admits that smoke on a regular basis, a figure superior to the countries Mexico and Australia, where its consumption is around 30% and well above others like United Kingdom (24%) and United States (21%). However, consumption of alcohol, only United Kingdom (82%) and Australia (74%) of the 12 countries studied, exceed Spain, which records a 73%, and New Zealand.

Spain measures to ban smoking in public places and bars boast good acceptance by 58% of respondents. 44% Supported the prohibition of tobacco advertising and 39% believes it should increase in the minimum legal age to be able to consume tobacco, controlling compliance more severely. Restrictive measures, however, have failed deter smokers. Only 23% of respondents has been raised seriously stop smoking.

Data sheet

For the preparation of this second study of Bupa Health Pulse 2011 has been a total of 13.373 interviews online in 12 countries (United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, Mexico, India, EE)UU. (Brazil, China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and New Zealand). The questionnaires were answered between April 22 and May 23. In Spain 1,048 persons were interviewed and established quotas to ensure that the sample be representative at national level by sex, age and region.

Group Sanitas

The Sanitas group, specializing in health and geriatric care, includes companies: Sanitas insurance, Sanitas hospitals, Sanitas Residencial and Sanitas new business.

You sanitas insurance is the leading company with regard to private customers of insurance for medical care and health in Spain, with 1.98 million members. In 2010, its turnover was EUR 1.449,5 million. You sanitas hospital manages four hospitals and 71 health centres multiespecialidad and dental. You sanitas residential is one of the main companies of Spain elderly care, he has 41 residences throughout the country and has more than 5,000 residential spaces. You sanitas new business offers a wide range of complementary health services in their own centres and through the Sanitas Mundosalud centres.

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Hospital Universitario Ntra. Mrs. Candelaria revalidates the quality of 28 services to ISO for the third consecutive year

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the Hospital Universitario Ntra. Mrs. Candelaria revalidates the quality of 28 services to ISO for the third consecutive year

Santa Cruz De Tenerife, November 2011- La Asociación Española de Normalización y Certificación (AENOR) has been recertified for the third consecutive year to 28 service of Hospital Universitario our Lady of Candelaria (HUNSC)dependent of the Ministry of health of the Canarian Government, with the ISO 9001: 2008 standard, so it guarantees the quality and good practice in providing medical and health care for the safety of the patient and the humanization in the attention. In addition, the entire hospital according to the standard ISO 14001: 2004 environmental management system has also is revalidated.

The scope of this recognition of the quality and best practices in Hospital Universitario Ntra. Mrs. Candelaria covers 28 services enshrined in different features, such as health care and surgical character: specialized centre of urgent attention; Hospitalization; Hospitalization at home; Neonatology; Unit of intensive care medicine; Operating room; Resuscitation unit, post-anesthetic recovery pre-anesthesia consultation unit; Unit of surgery without income, see ambulatory pre-anesthesia and savings programme, blood; Medical Oncology Day Hospital; Obstetrics; Oncology; (ENT and liver transplantation).

They have also been recognized by AENOR support diagnostic and therapeutic services, such as Hematology analysis; Clinical laboratory for conducting tests of Biochemistry, microbiology, Inmunoalergia and fertility; Laboratory of pathology and Nuclear Medicine.

Next to these, also reconfirmed eleven support services: admission and documentation clinic; Attention to the user, Social work and information; Food; Sterilization; Hospital pharmacy; Supplies; Hospital engineering; Hospital Radiophysics and radiation protection; Technologies of information and communication; Health management and quality unit.

Candelaria, road to excellence

The HUNSC the Candelaria project, launched in 2006 on the way to excellence, an initiative that promotes the implementation of procedures and guidelines that help to improve the management and the quality of their services and requiring to continuously review services to satisfy users.
In these five years, not only has increased the number of services accredited by according the ISO 9001 international standard, but who has also managed to certify an environmental management system and achieve, by 2010, the seal of excellence European 400 + granted by the European Foundation for quality management (EFQM)being the first public hospital in the province of Tenerife in obtaining it.

The benefits of implementing this type of quality and environmental management systems always beneficial in patients and society, so that, when a patient is assisted in any area of the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, its reception, diagnosis, follow-up testing, drug management, surgical interventions or continuity of care is carried out appropriately to your needs, with a personalised and humane treatment, ensuring its clinical safety, and controlling significant impacts on the environment. This allows, in addition to increasingly meet the expectations of patients, improve the level of well-being of society and the protection of the environment.

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Hospital Universitario de La Ribera implements a program of music therapy for patients with severe mental disorder

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el Hospital Universitario de La Ribera implements a program of music therapy for patients with severe mental disorder

experts say that it’s successful adjuvant treatment, and therefore the Centre of Alzira is one of the first public hospitals in the community incorporating this procedure therapeutic.

-more than 90 patients of the center of Alzira with bipolar disorder, major depression or schizophrenia will participate in this outstanding program therapeutic.

-this initiative has been scholarship by the Ministry of health among other 50 projects submitted by other centres within the ‘ programme for the promotion of Mental Health and against Social exclusion and stigma ’.

– according to the service of Psychiatry, the annual incidence of these cited three pathologies exceeds 3% of the population, by which about 7,500 inhabitants of the region.

Alzira, 2011-November Hospital Universitario de La Ribera has launched a program of music therapy for patients with serious mental disorder. More than 90 Alzira Health Center patients suffering from diseases such as bipolar disorder, major depression or schizophrenia will participate in this therapeutic program of six months duration.

According to experts of the psychiatry service of the Bank, this treatment has proven to be an effective sensory technique complements the pharmacological treatment and it can reduce by 10% the probability that the patient suffers a relapse or a re-entry.

That is why that Alzira hospital is one of the first public hospitals in the Valencian Community to incorporate this therapeutic procedure. In addition, the program of La Ribera is a pioneer at regional level in the fact that family members involved in the care of the patient involved in treatment sessions.

According to the psychiatry service of the Bank, the annual incidence of these three aforementioned pathologies exceeds 3% of the population, so nearly 7,500 people of the region suffer from these diseases.

Music therapy is a discipline of verbal and nonverbal communication that uses music and sounds for therapeutic purposes that stimulates communication and the expression of feelings, by fostering social integration and a better quality of life of the patient.

In this sense, music promotes the recognition of emotions, self-esteem and self-control, boosting contact, reality orientation and development of social skills.

This initiative of the Hospital of Alzira has obtained a scholarship funded by the Ministry of health among other 50 projects submitted by other centers in the program for the ‘ promotion of Mental Health and against Social exclusion and stigma ’ convened by this body.

The program of music therapy for patients with acute mental disorder is aimed at patients admitted in the psychiatry service at the Hospital Universitario La Ribera and for those that are currently in follow-up posthospitalización.

In this sense, the program will be taught by two musicoterapeútas in coordination with psychiatrists from the unity of hospitalization and nursing team graduates. To this end, patients will participate in two weekly sessions of one hour. Psychiatric patients are only present in the first and the second will be also attended by family members.

In the words of Dr. Thomas of Vicente, head of the psychiatry service, “ through this program will be able to promote the positive interaction of the patient with other people, an increase in self-esteem and the use of rhythm as generator element of order. In this way can help you integrate into your environment as quickly as possible. ”

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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