Month: January 2012

A study of the IHP demonstrates the safety of endoscopic approach in neonates with suspected GI bleeding.

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A study of the IHP demonstrates the safety of endoscopic approach in neonates with suspected hemorrhage digestive.

– “ with this technique we hope improve treatment and shorten recovery time ”, explains Dr. Rodríguez Herrera, who presented the results of this research

Seville, January 2012.- The direct investigation of gastrointestinal bleeding in neonates is usually made with techniques such as ultrasound or x-rays, “ but these procedures are not very useful to make the diagnosis. However, in adults and children older is routinely by endoscopy. This procedure is not usually considered by all medical personnel of the neonatology units ”, explains Dr. Rodríguez Herrera child Gastroenterology Seville Pediatrics Institute (IHP) team.

Faced with this reality, the IHP launched a couple of years ago a study of clinical research on endoscopic approach in neonates with gastrointestinal bleeding suspected to prove their safety and their usefulness for improving the diagnosis.

“ Began to appreciate that there were newborn infants in which it was not known if there was a digestive bleeding or not, or which was his exact anatomical origin. Experience in clinical management of infants and endoscopy of the child we encourage you to join this procession of experiences in order to develop neonatal endoscopy. It expected improved handling and shorten the time of recovery of these infants ”, points out the specialist, who says that it was necessary to improve the process of information to parents to be an unusual technique and with which they are unfamiliar.

“ In our study all explorations were carried out without complications and served to clarify the origin of the clinical symptoms, what has proved to neonatologists the safety of the procedure and its usefulness in Diagnostics ”, explains the team of Gastroenterology of the IHP.

Institute of Seville of Pediatrics

The IHP is one of the first centres Monográficos Pediatrics at Spain, within private and medicine agreed with the national health system. Today it has more than 100 pediatricians and 20 pediatric medical specialties, which offers its patients a personalized assistance in the provinces of Cádiz, Málaga, Huelva and Seville.

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The Gregorio Marañón houses a BioBank with 561 biological samples for promoting research.

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The Gregorio Marañón is home to a BioBank with 561 biological samples to enhance the research.

as well as having other BioBank of HIV only in Europe, which is home to 14,000 samples.

-Thanks to the specificity of the preserved samples research customized can design

– contains hundreds of samples of diseases such as HIV, hypothyroidism, neonatal sepsis and bronchiolitis

Madrid, January 2012.- hospital Gregorio Marañón has a BioBank that holds samples of blood, plasma, cellsDNA, cell pellet, washing broncoalveolar, serum, biopsies and fabrics with the aim of promoting and strengthening research in diseases such as bronchiolitis, neonatal sepsis, neutropenia associated with childhood cancer, hypothyroidism, rare diseases, HIV, HCV infection and coinfecciones. In total, this BioBank houses 561 biological samples.

The Mission of the BioBank is to contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge and to meet this objective, ensures the receipt, processing and Cryopreservation of biological samples in conditions which ensure its usefulness for present and future research. Due to the specificity of the samples can be designed research tailored to the researchers to the advancement of knowledge of these diseases and biotechnology, which will promote the advancement of basic and clinical research, and is positively in the treatment of those affected.

In this way, any study that arises in the future, both derived from a new discovery in biotechnology or molecular in the clinical setting technology, can benefit from the existence of samples appropriate, promoting in this way the advance in research into these diseases and their possible clinical application.

The platform of the hospital BioBank is structured on two biobanks: one maternal and child health, and other HIV and co-infected. The mother and child consists of six nodes: respiratory, endocrine, neonatology, Pediatric Oncology, rare diseases and pediatric HIV. The respiratory node stored 104 samples of bronchiolitis; the Neonatology has 33 samples of suspected neonatal sepsis; Endocrinology has 394 samples of hypothyroidism; cancer and neutropenia 34 samples, and that of HIV is home to 273. Besides the samples belonging to these nodes, the maternal-infant BioBank has material to be used as controls in projects of research.

BioBank in single European HIV

For its part, the HIV BioBank, which has certified to the quality standard UNE – EN – ISO 9001: 2008, is unique in Europe specialized in processing and Cryopreservation of specimens taken from patients infected with this virus. Consists of 6 longitudinal prospective cohorts: cohort of adult patients infected with HIV, of not progresores long term, rapid progresores of recent or acute infection, cohort of liver transplantation in patients infected with HIV and cohort of HIV patients infected by vertical transmission.

They participate in the deposit of biological material 40 hospitals, distributed by all Spain, and are available from 14,000 samples from more than 6.881 patients. Since its inception, in 2004, this BioBank has yielded 5.797 samples to 29 research projects and has achieved great international projection through pan-European collaboration consortia, as EuroNanoMed, or due to the collaboration in platforms such as the European Society for Biopreservation and BioBanking, the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI) and the International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories.

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Joint communiqué of the ICOMEM and AMYTS on health cuts

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joint communiqué of the ICOMEM and AMYTS on health cuts


Madrid, January 2012.- “ Primum non nocere ” (the first thing is do no harm), is the essence of the medical profession rule and which guides all relations individual physician-patient. When we move from the personal to social doctors do not have any dilemma, for us “ Primum non nocere ” continues to be the basic standard of our conduct.

Within our territorial competence, recently the Bar Association official doctors of Madrid (ICOMEM) and the Association of doctors and graduates of Madrid (AMYTS), support a bases agreement to act on behalf of the health system and its quality, to claim the necessary participation of doctors in all decisions that have clinical implications.

The alarm before the present cuts and announced in the public health system justification, the majority trade union organization among doctors working in the public health system Madrid, as the institution that regulates the medical profession and represents all doctors in our community to express its opinion thereon, andare available to public institutions to assist in the solution of the problems raised. For us it’s a basic service provided to society, alter it or reduce it indiscriminately can transfer this basic rule of our individual and collective behaviour that we are not prepared to resign.

We are fully aware of the very serious economic situation in which we find ourselves and the imperative of public administrations to adjust the budget to the limit as a society we can afford. However, we disagree with the way in which being carried out, not so much by direct managers Madrid public health system, but the widespread and indiscriminate instructions provided them imposed from their higher courts.

In that sense and derived both the measures contained in the Act of accompaniment to the general budget of the community of Madrid and the foreseeable development of the basic portfolio of services announced by the President of the Government of Spain in his investiture speech, we pointed out a number of issues whose application will have direct consequences in the massification of healthcare and the consequent and inevitable decline in the quality of care that we want to preserve:

1. No replacement for 90% of the seats of vacant doctors by retirement. result of the announcement that only 10% of the vacancies of civil servants in strategic sectors, among which is drawn to the health and the armed forces were replenished. Its indiscriminate application in Madrid health, 30% of physicians in hospitals, be retiring that between now and 2015 will be a collapse.

2. Removal of temporary contracts. In the community of Madrid, due to lack of regularity of employment bids, 30 percent of the workforce of doctors is occupied by interns and casual, do not perform extraordinary sporadic jobs that address structural needs arising from the increase in population. delete any renewal will involve an overcrowding and unbearable care overload for health care.

3. Addresses health care in primary care. They need an urgent renewal at the current lack of references for the resolution of logistical problems of the day to day. The community of Madrid, on the other hand, has execution pending a ruling of the High Court of Justice of Madrid, not contested, that forced to cease management of health centres non-medical staff who was appointed.

4. Widespread increase of 2.5 hours in the working week to reach a ceiling of 37.5 hours. Measure which has not taken into account that the optional staff develops, for years, days exceeding the weekly 48, 50 to 60 in the case of the residents. Cannot be a tabula rasa of the medical work as if it were a string of industrial production. Each patient requires attention differentiated according to their needs. For clinical reasons, doctors demand to participate in any decision affecting the reorganization of work and allocation of tasks.

5. The situation of disease of a doctor in any case be considered absenteeism. Again, indiscriminately and to apply to all public employees, with the justification of combat absenteeism, compensation for the first 3 days of temporary disability and compensation of 60 per cent of the base (which is not the full pay) has been announced until the day 20, and 75% of this basis from the day 21. Doctors are the professional group with lower rate of temporary disability. Regardless of this fact, applying generalized punishment downward, rather than pursue to whom really be fraudster, so we are in agreement, it represents a grievance. A doctor with a contagious disease like influenza may represent a risk for their patients. Trying to force him to work by means of economic extortion is torticero.

6. While aware of the current context of crisis, it is our duty continue fighting for the introduction of the professional career, even just in the health care plan at an early stage. We believe that the consequence will be a higher quality of care and believe that it can be a useful tool for the future (at level management and incentive).

These are specific examples already in implementation or in developing. In other autonomous communities, which have been closed primary schools, hospitals plants, points of call, completely altered the schedules, etc. the situation is more serious, but this does not represent any consolation. We are confident that such extreme measures do not reach the community of Madrid, but if they came to produce doctors we are facing.

Doctors denunciaremos to public opinion, and where appropriate, any measure cutting which represents a risk to the quality of care we have committed to our patients.

Our proposal

No one better than the doctors know the health system, its possibilities and its inefficiencies. From the bitter recognition that will be required to apply, also in health care, some cuts from the ICOMEM and AMYTS offer to the Ministry of health of the community of Madrid our selfless collaboration to contribute our knowledge to the application of any measure that has direct or indirect implications in clinical practice. Our goal is to avoid any damage to patients and in any case, from a perspective exclusively medical, prioritize in case of need the attention of those who need it most. The Ministry has in his hand have the critical mass of experts to carry out the difficult task that has fallen.

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20Th seminar on drug addictions: Alcohol, are talking?

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20th workshop on drug addictions: Alcohol, are talking?

Thursday 26 January 2012, at 9.30 a.m., in the Faculty of Medicine of the Universitat de València

Valencia, January 2012- the Department of health and consumption at the Town Hall of Valencia, with the collaboration of the Directorate-General of management and sanitary support of the Generalitat Valenciana and the Foundation help against drug addiction (FAD), the seminar XX on drug addiction which this year bears the title “ Alcohol, are talking? ”, in the Magna Aula of the Faculty of medicine at the University of Valencia.

After the official opening, which begins at 10 a.m. hours, will take place the presentation to the media, at 1100 hours in the room of degrees of the Faculty of medicine at the University of Valencia.

This day aims to reflect on the evolution of a moderate and family consumption, to excessive consumption that make it a distorting element of social relations. It’s a sunset together on how to act against a drug integrated socially, and the policies of prevention and action to revoke figures such as the age of onset of consumption, which, according to the school survey on drugs 2010-2011, at the age of 13.7.

Excessive consumption of alcohol is also a public health problem associated with the person that drinks to their environment and to society as a whole. Domestic violence is one of its most well-known and painful repercussions, and not only to women, also affects children and the elderly.

According to the health and consumption, Lourdes Bernal, Councillor “ is necessary to protect children who are victims of the consequences of the drink of others, even members of his family, which leads to economic and emotional poverty, violence and loss of opportunities ”.

The Town Hall of Valencia, through the Municipal Plan of Drogodependencias (PMD), faces the problems of excessive alcohol consumption from four areas: prevention school, prevention family community prevention and alternatives of leisure and free time. Francisco j. Cañigral, Chief of service of the PMD, stands out in this Plan that “ all the political groups in the Town Hall have always supported all its activities, and the large share of people each year in the programs that we develop ”.

Likewise, the FAD (Foundation for help against drug addiction), has recently presented the DVD “ all about alcohol ”, an informative project providing information about the nature, evolution and impact of the consumption of alcohol in our society. Prior to this material, the FAD launched the campaign in May 2011 “ what to do with alcohol? ”, first dedicated exclusively to this problem. This campaign has a website that reflects the opinions of Internet users: www.quedebemoshacerconelalcohol.com.

Structure of the day

The official opening will be performed by Lourdes Bernal Sanchis, Councillor for health and consumption of the Ayuntamiento de Valencia; José Manuel Almerich Silla, delegate of the Rector for teaching at relief centers; Ignacio Calderón Balanzategui, General Director of the Fundación for aid against the drug addiction (FAD) and Sophia Thomas Dols, Director of healthcare area of the Ministry of health. Generalitat Valenciana.

With the inaugural conference “ Alcohol and adolescents: past, present and future ”, delivered by Javier Elzo Imaz, starts the exposure of one of the problems of excess alcohol consumption: consumption of young people and children.

Will then take place round table “ El Alcohol, distorting element of social relations ” in which intervene, Consuelo Guerri Sirera, head of laboratory of cellular pathology in research centre Prince Philip; Ricardo Pérez Gerada, doctor in the Municipal Plan of drogodependencias (PMD) of the municipality of Valencia and Rosa Mª Maria Torrens, head of the service of teaching, school, Valencian studies health /EVES) of the Ministry of health of the Generalitat Valenciana. As moderator, Victor Agulló Calatayud, Department of Sociology Social Anthropology i. Unitat Social d´Investigació i (UISYS). University of València-CSIC.

With regard to the botellón, Consuelo Guerri, believes that: “ the abuse of alcohol, especially the pattern of consumption of the botellón, where high levels of alcohol in blood and brain are reached in a few hours, are particularly harmful to the developing brain and memory and learning processes ”. For Victor Agulló “ abusive consumption of alcohol or binge drinking can cannot be separated from the recent social changes operated in Western societies and the current situation of international crisis ”. In short, a controversial subject which will be a source of debate.

Municipalities

The second Roundtable, already in the afternoon hours, is entitled “ what we do from the local level? ” and it involved Lourdes Alapont Pinar, psychologist at the UPCCA of Mislata and José Gisbert uncle, psychologist at the UPCCA of Vila-Real. Francisco Bueno Cañigral, Chief of service of the PMD will moderate.

And at the local level, Lourdes Alapont considers that, while the economic means are essential to improve its work, should emphasize the importance of the “ trust and collaboration of all the social agents ” to develop their work. For José Gisbert uncle, “ participation and availability both parents and educators in Vila-Real is high when it comes to carrying out activities of prevention, not just school but also in community and family levels ”.

The Councillor for health and consumption of the Ayuntamiento de Valencia, Lourdes Bernal will present the closing conference: “ sport as an alternative to the consumer ” that will develop Juan Antonio Corbalan, physician, President of Makeateam and former professional basketball player. Corbalán believes that “ the athlete sport has a superb platform to grow, as a sportsman and as a person, social experiences and to absorb all the teaching load of sport not finalist, which is the sport with a capital ”.

Reservation of places per fax (963 981 808) or by e-mail (pmdsanidad@valencia.es).

More information www.valencia.es/tutoriasenred

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USP La Esperanza strengthens the team of the health promotion unit with the addition of the psychologist Idoia Lopez of Lux

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USP La Esperanza strengthens the team of the health promotion unit with the addition of the psychologist Idoia Lopez of Lux

Vitoria-Gasteiz, January 2012.- La Clínica USP La Esperanza has given a significant boost to its unit of health promotion (nutrition and exercise) to strengthen his team with the addition of the psicóLoga Idoia Lopez of Lux, specializing in therapy groups.

The psychologist Guereñu López has a career of more than 15 years and during the last 10 have been made to people affected by multiple sclerosis (both patients and family members) to individual and group level, as well as people affected by párkinson. Also part of the project “ care to care ” promoted by the Diputación Foral de Álava to give emotional support to family members and carers of dependents.

Health Promotion Unit aims to re-educate patients with overweight – with or without prior pathology – and instill healthy habits from the hand of Dr. Iñigo Sáinz, nutrition expert, and Sara Maldonado, Professor of physical education and sport of the University of the Basque country (responsible for the personal training sessions).

A professional of psychology to the health promotion unit of USP La Esperanza comes to meet the objective of assisting a comprehensive and quality patients, thereby providing greater coverage of services. “ Want to contemplate the psychological level to enable patients to recover the illusion. Help to find achievable targets and to acquire healthy habits ”, says the psychologist.

On the USP hospital group

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Madrid, USP hospital is the first hospital private group in the Spanish market. USP hospital now boasts a network of 12 hospitals and 23 health centres which assist 4,000 doctors that attend each year more than two million patients. In 2010 the company recorded 331.494 clinical stays, 118.931 surgery, 11.202 births and 424.511 er.

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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