Month: April 2012

Washington, 2 APR (EFE).-the President of United States, Barack Obama, said today that he hoped that, at the end, the Supreme Court will confirm the validity of the 2010 health reform, because, in his view, it is “constitutional”. “Trust that the Supreme Court will not take what would be a step of extraordinary and unprecedented to repeal a law approved by a strong majority in a democratically elected Congress”, said Obama, in a joint press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. “Is constitutional.” “This is not only my opinion, but the opinion of legal experts across the ideological range, including two judges of a Court of appeal very conservative”, said Obama. For the American President, the case before the Supreme Court is a “good example” of the warning that a panel of judges, not elected by the people to repeal a law which is why reiterated his optimism that the Supreme will recognize this reality and “will not give that step”. “This is not an abstract argument.” “The lack of the availability of health care affects the lives of the people” and the reform already has given coverage to 2.5 million young people, has emphasized Obama. Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for and against health care reform, focusing on four fundamental aspects on the constitutionality of the law, the main...

Barcelona, 3 Apr (EFE).-A test done at the hospital Vall d ' Hebron has been shown that the placement of a ring of silicone in the womb, introduced by the vagina, reduce by 75 percent preterm birth in pregnancies of risk. The study that publishes the British journal “The Lancet”, today has proved the effectiveness of this silicone ring, also known as a pessary, a sample of 15,000 women who had in common a short cervix (25 mm length), which is a risk factor for preterm birth. Used pessary costs 38 euros, introduces the vagina without surgery and does not generate discomfort or side effects. “It is an extremely simple and cheap system”, highlighted today EfE the head of the unit of medical Maternofetal of the service of obstetrics of the Vall d ' Hebron and coordinator of the study, Elena races. Preterm birth (before 34 weeks of gestation), that occurs in an 8 per cent of the cases in Spain, is the leading cause of severe illness and death in the newborn. To reduce this rate of prematurity enough with that public health extended to the vaginal area the ultrasound of the 20 weeks of gestation, by system, practiced all pregnant. The women who have short cervix unknown it because this malformation them generates no discomfort and only detected by ultrasound. “the healthcare system has to make this...

Barcelona, 3 APR ( EFE).-A test done at the hospital Vall d ' Hebron has been shown that the placement of a ring of silicone in the womb, introduced by the vagina, reduce by 75 percent preterm birth in pregnancies of risk. The study that publishes the British journal “The Lancet”, today has proved the effectiveness of this silicone ring, also known as a pessary, a sample of 15,000 women who had in common a short cervix (25 mm length), which is a risk factor for preterm birth. Used pessary costs 38 euros, introduces the vagina without surgery and does not generate discomfort or side effects. “It is an extremely simple and cheap system”, highlighted today EfE the head of the unit of medical Maternofetal of the service of obstetrics of the Vall d ' Hebron and coordinator of the study, Elena races. Preterm birth (before 34 weeks of gestation), that occurs in an 8 per cent of the cases in Spain, is the leading cause of severe illness and death in the newborn. To reduce this rate of prematurity enough with that public health extended to the vaginal area the ultrasound of the 20 weeks of gestation, by system, practiced all pregnant. The women who have short cervix unknown it because this malformation them generates no discomfort and only detected by ultrasound. “the healthcare system has to make...