Month: February 2012

25% Of secondary school pupils are overweight or obese in Australia

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Sydney (Australia), 20 feb (EFE).-one out of four students, mainly males, suffer from overweight or obesity in secondary schools in Australia, according to a medical study released today in the oceanic country. The study, which was based on surveys to 14,000 students in 238 schools across the country, stresses that low socio-economic status increases the risk of minors suffering from overweight or obesity, according to the local agency AAP. These factors, according to the study published in the medical journal of Australia, linked to the use of electronic means and exposure to television, as well as the lack of physical activity and appropriate hours of sleep at night, favor the propensity for obesity or overweight....

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Taiwan discover model to predict cancer in patients with hepatitis C

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Taipei, 20 feb ( EFE).- A group of researchers Taiwanese today announced the discovery of a new model to predict the chances that a patient with hepatitis C develop liver cancer. The model contemplates the age of the patient, their indexes ALT and AST of liver function, the virus RNA in the blood, cirrhosis, and genotype of the virus, explained the team director Chen Chien-jen, Vice President of the Academia Sinica of the island. The model can predict the appearance of cancer with an accuracy of 80%, he added Chen, Hepatitis B and C viruses are the main causes of liver cancer in Taiwan, where hepatitis B produces 20 to 25% of cases and the C, 70-75%. Three of the 23 million inhabitants of Taiwan are carriers of the virus of hepatitis B and about 360,000 of the virus of hepatitis C, according to data from the Department of health on the island. The same tennis team presented a new method to diagnose hepatitis B and its control, through the extent of the HBsAg Antigen, which are proteins produced by the virus of hepatitis B. With these discoveries the Taiwanese researchers hope to detect earlier both the emergence of hepatitis as the odds that results in liver cancer....

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A shrine of healers in the Himalayan mountains

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Gathers Shrestha Kathmandu, 20 feb ( EFE).- Nepal, nestled in the mountains of the Himalayas, is still a sanctuary for thousands of healers as Mohan Rai, who practice their ancestral techniques of healing ceremonies very criticized by the Government Maoist. A healing ceremony has a source component ritual: the shaman, between music of drums, asks the spirits which one is causing damage to your patient and reason, and then apologizes for this offering incense and fruits. “This is a complicated vocation, and it takes discipline and respect for nature to be shaman,” explained to Efe shaman Mohan Rai, 84, he began his apprenticeship in the Office when he was only a child at the hands of his father, uncle and grandmother. Rai leads an Institute that come from three decades ago hundreds of anthropologists and patients from all corners of the globe to learn skills and knowledge, but shamanism is at once subject and popular mistrust of the Government. In Nepal, where health services are poor and they are mainly concentrated in urban areas, many people often resort to local shamans in his first attempt to put an end to a disease. The other side of the coin is that his dealings with the spirits puts them in the axis of the superstitions, and often there are accusations of black magic and lynchings as the happened last week in...

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Good news: the moderate consumption of alcohol helps to prevent dementia

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(www.neomundo.com.ar) alcohol abuse is bad for health, but seems moderate amounts of this drink to help the brain. People who eat a bit of alcohol may have one lower risk of developing cognitive impairment or dementia. These conclusions reached by a study published in the journal Age and Ageing. The authors stressed that indiscriminate alcohol consumption affects memory and encourages the neurodegenerative problems, but their study found that small to moderate amounts seems to have the opposite effect. LAS DEMENCIAS dementia covers a set of disorders that affect the brain, for which various diseases fall within this category. The most common is Alzheimer’s disease but there are other types, such as that caused by the stroke and vascular dementia. One of the first symptoms is lack of memory, but as the condition progresses people suffer confusion, personality changes and difficulties to solve problems, to the point that can not carry out simple, everyday actions. A little ALCOHOL of To analyze the possible impact of alcohol on the prevention of dementia, the authors analyzed 23 investigations in total worked with 3,327 patients over 65. None of them suffered any health problems. Each participant answered a questionnaire about their lifestyle, especially the consumption of alcohol, and went through a review of health that repeated a year and a half and three years later. In the period that lasted research, 217 people...

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In Bolivia the lack of scientific experience delayed the exploitation of lithium

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Delays in efforts to Bolivia by capitalizing on its rich reserves of lithium are being partly attributed to the lack of scientific experience in the field within the country. Strong global demand for lithium carbonate for rechargeable batteries for cell phones and laptops has tripled its price in less than a decade to reach about US $6,000 per ton. But a pilot plant scheduled to begin producing carbonate lithium research purposes in 2009 has been postponed until may 2012. And the first plant to industrialize the production of lithium – originally expected to begin producing lithium batteries in 2014 – has been delayed until the end of 2015. Luis Alberto Echazú, Manager of resources the State Bolivian Mining Corporation (Comibol) desiccated, told local media last month (January 17) that there have been delays in the signing of contracts, as well as also technical, social and environmental challenges that explain delays. But some experts also blame a lack of scientific expertise and to the slow response of universities to meet the scientific needs of the country. Lithium reserves in Latin America Argentina, Bolivia and Chile have about 85% of the world’s known reserves of lithium. Bolivia has half of them, mainly in the Salar de Uyuni, but is failing to capitalize on them, while the Bolivian Government issued a decree in 2008 to promote the industrial exploitation of lithium. Jose...

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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