Month: April 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – the command of campaign of the President Barack Obama on Monday launched a website at Spanish which seeks to provide personalized information about the benefits that so far has generated 2009 health law and which will provide when leading its implementation in 2014. Gabriela Domenzain, Director for the Hispanic press of the Obama For America campaign, told reporters that the launch of the web site is “an example of our commitment” to give a tool to our community in both languages. Domenzain stressed the importance of the Health Act for Hispanics, noting that 31% of them don’t have insurance. It estimated that 9 million Hispanics will have in 2014. In their efforts to attain re-election, Obama describes Bill of health as one of its main achievements while Republican presidential candidates agree on its goal to cancel, if they reach the White House. The announcement of Domenzain coincided with the first of three days of hearings held by the Supreme Court of Justice, to the allegation of 26 States that the requirements of the new law to expand Medicaid funds violate the Division of power between the federal Government and the State. Most of the claimant States are governed by Republicans, whose presidential Raul agree to seek the annulment of the Act in case of reaching the White House. To fulfill two years of the adoption of...

SANTIAGO DE CUBA (Reuters) – the Pope Benedict XVI on Monday urged Cubans to build a new and open society in the Socialist country, which seeks to strengthen ties with the Government of Raúl Castro to boost the public role of the Church in times of change that have generated hopes and fears on the Caribbean island. The Holy Father began a three day visit that many expect the Church to increase its power to mediate with the Communist Party, only legal on the island, on issues as sensitive as human rights, political freedoms and dissident groups. “desire to appeal to give new vigour to their faith (…) and with the weapons of peace, forgiveness and compression, fight to build a society open and renewed, a better, more worthy of man society”, said the Bishop of Rome in a crowded homily, which began under a scorching sun and sprinkled with a light drizzle ended. The Pope was greeted by President Castro at the airport of Santiago de Cuba under the thunderous salute of cannons and the cheers of thousands of people, in a tribute to the Virgen de la Caridad, national patron in his 400th anniversary. The historic meeting between Pope John Paul II and former President Fidel Castro in 1998 put an end to the hostility between the two institutions since the triumph of the revolution in 1959....

on Tuesday, EL COBRE, Cuba (Reuters) – Pope Benedict XVI will visit the sanctuary of El Cobre, a small town near Santiago de Cuba that is home to the Virgen de la Caridad, a national symbol that has given strength to the Church to bid on a greater role in the middle of the transformations facing the Socialist nation. The Holy Father asked Cubans to build a new society “open and fair” during its multitudinous mass on Monday in Santiago, first stop of a three day trip that many expect will generate greater openness of the Government to deal with sensitive political freedoms and human rights issues. “The wake of so many pilgrims, also I would like to go to the copper to prostrate at the feet of the mother of God (and) ask her intercession for the destinations of this beloved nation guided by the paths of Justice, peace, freedom and reconciliation”, said upon his arrival in the country after visiting Mexico. Last year, the procession of a replica of the image throughout the island revived the faith in a country that was officially atheist until 1992 and led to the visit of the Pope 14 years before John Paul II smoothed over the hostile relationship which existed between the Church and the Government since the triumph of the revolution in 1959. Pilgrimage to celebrate the anniversary number...

CHICAGO (Reuters) – patients who observe images of their hearts and see for themselves the accumulation of calcium in the walls of your arteries do a better treatment with drugs to combat cholesterol and are more likely to download weight, reported researchers. The finding was obtained from two studies submitted in the annual session of the American College of Cardiology, in Chicago. The experts took through hearts images CT scans with registration of blood calcium coronary (CAC), a test that uses a scanner to take detailed pictures of the heart muscle. Specialists said that those people with more advanced disease who saw images of his heart were 2.5 times more likely to take their Statins as I had indicated and more than three times more likely to lose weight, compared with those who had submitted to the test and could see little or no evidence of the disease. “beyond of the diagnostic and predictive value of the “ CT heart scan, is also very beneficial in terms of motivating people to follow behaviors that we know that they cause a reduction of mortality and morbidity “ heart”, said Dr. Nove Kalia, one of the principal investigators from both works. Take statins and adopt better lifestyles, as one healthier diet and exercise, can have an enormous impact on a patient’s heart health. “the interesting thing is that the greater was...

they have the record of having doubled the consumption of alcohol in 15 years MADRID, 27 ( EUROPA PRESS) Europeans consume more alcohol than the citizens of any other part of the world. In particular, the equivalent of 12 litres and means of pure year alcohol or three drinks a day. Thus reflects it a report by the World Organization of health ( who) co-sponsored by the European Commission, which shows that Europe has the “dubious honor” of doubling in 15 years the average consumption of alcohol in the world. “the dubious honour European have to double the global average consumption of alcohol is clear, with known health implications for drinkers, people around them and society in general,” said regional director for Europe of the who, Zsuzsanna Jakab, for whom the message of this report is that “the burden of disease associated with alcohol in Europe is avoidable”. According to this document, changes in social, cultural, geographical and economic between the various countries of the EU have led to distinguish four groups: Eastern and Central – Eastern Europe, Midwestern and Western Europe, Scandinavia and southern Europe, with different consumption patterns and trends. This differentiation reveals that higher consumption of alcohol occurs in the Eastern and Central – Eastern Europe, with 14 liter and a half of pure alcohol per adult per year, compared with the nearly 12 litres and...