Month: April 2012

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Starbucks opens on Monday the first of its new chain of bars in juices Evolution Fresh, in its greatest step so far away from the coffee, which hope to strengthen the position of the company in the sector of the healthy food, valued at about $ 50 billion. However, the juice bars business is fragmented and is very competitive, and some analysts believe that Evolution Fresh premises could have profit margins lower than Starbucks cafes. The company has not yet clarified how many local plans to open, and the popularity of its first store in Bellevue, Washington, a city accommodated on the outskirts of Seattle, be closely monitored. The bar will offer fresh and bottled juices of fruits and vegetables, smoothies and food such as salads, sandwiches and soups. The menu will include options vegan and vegetarian. The company, which has the largest chain of coffee shops in the world, bought Evolution Fresh by $ 30 million into effect in November, and the CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, said then that the bars independent juice and successfully have annual sales above $ 1 million per unit. Fresh fruit and vegetable juices have gained popularity in United States, where some consumers use them as replacement of meals, and others drink them as part of “cleaning” diets. Evolution Fresh was created in California by the founder of...

new YORK (Reuters) – when a group of residents of Medicine of the University of Chicago were given an iPad to enable to use it in his work, detected that use Tablet helped them to be more efficient when they asked for analysis and testing to their patients. A study of the University program, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, followed 115 residents who received the device purchased by the hospital. The majority of residents who used the devices to access the medical history of patients and coordinates your care said that it reduced an hour of daily work. In addition, tended to more quickly send requests for testing. “Current medicine is very connected with information and a large amount of data is stored, but computers are not beside the bed (of patients),” said Dr. Bhakti Patel, lead author of the study from the University of Chicago. But using tablets, residents can view the analysis results instantly and request what you need the patient just decides the treatment. And everything from the room of the patient. After the good results of a pilot study on some residents, the team of Patel handed iPads 115 residents of internists in late 2010. The manufacturer of the iPad, Apple, did not give funds for the study. Residents could consult the medical histories, communicate with the laboratory or other areas of the hospital...

Oviedo, 18 March ( EFE).-the Deputy for Asturias of IU Gaspar Llamazares has today accused the Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, of “lying to the Spanish” by saying that he was no supporter of the co-pay in the Spanish public health system. Llamazares, has participated today in Oviedo in an electoral act of IU, noted in statements to journalists that Rajoy “lied yesterday when he said that there was no supporter of health care co-payment” because his party with CiU “have voted for this tax on illness”. “Therefore, Rajoy has lied to the Spaniards and should explain it,” said member of Parliament of IU, which has affected in that the co-payment “contradicts the health system public, that it is precisely made to protect the weak against the disease, especially in times of...

Malaga, 16 ( EUROPA PRESS) The Secretary national health and Social Affairs of the People’s Party, José Ignacio Echániz, has argued that a public health in a situation “ruinous” without having to resort to formulas I copago can be addressed and brought as an example “the intelligent measures” which, in his view, is taking the Government of Castilla – La Mancha, in which he is Health Minister. In statements to the media in Málaga, where he has participated in a meeting with Andalusian health professionals, Echániz has asked the President of the Board, José Antonio Griñán, not accused the PP of wanting to introduce such measures and “giving account to the citizens of its management of public health”. “What we know through the patron saint of the pharmaceutical industry and the health services industry are nearly 3 billion euros”, emphasised. Echániz has emphasized that in “no Spanish autonomous community governed by the PP there is no copayment” and has defended how himself faced the “ruinous” situation of La Mancha health reach the autonomy Government last year. “The Andalusian PP may find something if it reaches the Board”, has been added. “In Castilla – La Mancha have had to make adjustments, cutting back unproductive expenditures, we have been able to restore the delicate situation with clever measures, but without asking the citizens to do a contribution beyond that already make...

Seoul, 16 mar ( EFE).- the South Korea today condemned the announcement of Korea of the North of launching a satellite in April next and said that if Pyongyang carries out such an action deemed her “a serious Act of provocation“. “If Korea of the North launched an observation satellite, it will be a serious act of provocation against peace and stability in the Korea peninsula and Northeast Asia,” said the Foreign Ministry South Korean in a statement released by the local agency Yonhap. The Foreign Ministry in Seoul, which rules out have announced action for exclusively peaceful purposes, as defend Pyongyang, argued that the North Korean launch would violate UN resolution 1718 of the Security Council of the United Nations, which prohibits the Communist country to nuclear and ballistic missile tests. The Foreign Office South Korean, who interprets that the launch is cover up a long-range ballistic missile test, demanded the Communist regime to “immediately stop such an act of provocation and comply with their international obligations”. Today, Korea of the North had previously announced through its state news agency KCNA that will launch its satellite Kwangmyongsong-3 Earth observation through a long-range rocket into space in April to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the founder of the country, Kim Il-sung, the 15th of the next month. Pyongyang promised to respect international standards on launch of science...