Month: April 2012

the respiratory physiotherapy is one of the most important in the CF daily treatments Cystic Fibrosis national day -the Council General of schools of physiotherapists of Spain (CGCFE) recalls that respiratory physiotherapy is 80% of the different treatments of these patients as regards health benefits referred to in Madrid, March 2012.- member of the General Council of schools of physiotherapists of Spain (CGCFE), Alicia Quintana has assured, on the occasion of the celebration tomorrow of the national day of Cystic Fibrosis, respiratory physiotherapy is one of the most important in this disease and therefore daily treatmentsIt must be part of a program of daily treatment, constantly adjusted to the changes and needs of the patient. Cystic Fibrosis (CF) or muscoviscidosis ” is an incurable genetic disease that manifests from the moment of birth. One of every 3,500 births is affected and one in 30 people is a bearer of the defective CF gene, so her can pass on to their children. This disease is characterized by a malfunction of the glands of external secretion of the body, especially the pancreas and the bronchial tree. This functional alteration can lead to different symptoms include recurrent respiratory infections, cough and chronic coughing, abundant and foul-smelling stool, nutritional problems, dehydration, or infertility in males. According to Quintana explained, it’s a complex disorder that affects many organs of the body, although in every...

action to retrieve a person’s sudden death must be immediate, less than two or three minutes to be successful -The medical checks carried out to athletes are sometimes inadequate. -the percentage of survivors to a sudden death is environment to 5% – 10%. Vitoria-Gasteiz, April 2012.- It’s a really shocking fact for the speed with which takes place and the outcome of the same. We can say that a sudden death is when occurs in less than an hour since the patient, without prior known serious disease, begins to suffer the first symptoms until it dies. According to Dr. Ignacio Camacho, cardiologist of the Clínica USP La Esperanza, performance in order to recover a person’s sudden death must be immediate, less than two or three minutes to be successful ”. In the sports world this event causes a great shock, on the one hand are estimated to be athletes, and especially those involved in sport at a high level, healthy people, without prior pathologies, and because their sport involves continuous checkups, however, medical examinations carried out athletes are sometimes insufficient ”maintains the specialist. Symptoms can range from the sudden loss of consciousness, severe pain in the chest or head to sensation of dizziness, palpitations, etc. in the moments before his death. Disease are the most common causes of sudden death in athletes coronary (which have more than 35 years)...

la Fundación Abbott convenes the II contest of stories on chronic disease -the aim of this literary competition is to raise awareness of the impact of chronic diseases more emotional and humane perspective. -Carmen Posadas will be, for the second year, President of a multidisciplinary jurors assessed the literary quality of the stories and informative capacity. Madrid, April 2012.- With the aim to make known the human dimension of chronic diseases, the Abbott Foundation has called for the second consecutive year the contest of stories on chronic disease. It’s a literary competition open to the participation of anyone wishing to show experiences or emotions related with any chronic disease. An opportunity to ensure that patients and their families, health professionals and general population can project in a story with informative purposes, individual, family and social diseases such mainstreaming. For the election of the stories winners and finalists has appointed a multi-disciplinary jury assessed both literary quality and its informative value. To do so, has selected relevant characters from fields like literature, medicine, journalism, politics or patients associations. In particular, they are part of the jury the writer Carmen Posadas; the President of the Commission of health and services social of the Congress of Deputies, Mario Mingo; the Member of the Real Academia Española José Manuel Sánchez Ron; the President of the Spanish society of Rheumatology, Eduardo Úcar; the President...

more than 90% of maternal deaths that occur in Colombia could be avoided -Between 2010 and 2011, the number of deaths increased by 23% – the largest number of cases occurred in Bogotá, Córdoba, Antioquia and Cauca -the Colombian Federation of obstetrics and Gynecology proposed to increase the number of doctors and specialists in health centres -the decrease in the maternal mortality rate is one of the priorities of the World Health Organization and one of the parameters used to measure a country’s development Bogota, April 2012.- in 2011, according to figures published by the National Institute of health, 495 Colombian lost their lives due to complications related to pregnancy or childbirth. The figure represents an increase of 23% over the previous year (2010), were killed when 403 women and is one of the highest recorded since 2005, period in which died 456 mothers. The situation is of concern to the representatives of the Colombian Federation of obstetrics and gynaecology (Fecolsog), who warn that more than 90% of the deaths could be prevented if you take measures to improve women’s access to health services and increase the security of care. Dr. Jimmy Castañeda, attached to that body, gynecologist says that despite the fact that maternal mortality is a parameter to measure the development of the countries and is one of the health priorities of the World Health Organization, Colombia...

anger and hostility rise 19% the risk of heart disease and depression increases three times the risk of dying after a heart attack various studies in recent years have shown -A review of studies published in Spanish journal of Cardiology (REC) has revealed that negative emotions such as anger, anxiety, depression and stress are triggering factors of cardiovascular disease in people who already have other risk factors such as hypertension, unfavorable lipid profile, prevalence of abdominal obesity, sedentary lifestyle, diabetes mellitus or having suffered from a myocardial infarction previously – for its part, another study in women, researchers from the UNED, has revealed that the suppressed anger or which is not expressed properly, have a negative impact on cardiovascular health in part by their association a worst control of frequent cardiovascular risk factors such as blood both systolic and diastolic hypertension -the mechanism by which acts of anger is as follows: a few hormones called Catecholamines produce a harmful effect direct on the cardiovascular system and cause an increase in heart rate, blood pressure, as well as narrowing of the arterial vessels, including the coronary, and release of favourable factors of the formation of thrombi, resulting in ischemia myocardial – the Takotsubo syndrome ” is a particular disease simulating acute myocardial infarction but with normal coronary, and has been associated with a massive activation of the sympathetic system with...