Month: April 2012

Madrid, 20 mar (EFE).-the Spanish fertility society (SEF) has called on the Ministry of health cuts stemming from the economic crisis would not affect the treatment who receive 15% of reproductive age Spanish couples that have this problem and subsidised by the national health system. The Chairman of the SEF, Federico Pérez Milan, has asked health authorities the recognition of infertility as “a disease of the reproductive system”, whose treatment cannot be subject to personal patient revenue as it does with the rest of the services provided by public health. “This can generate inequality: the ability to have children should not depend on personal income”, the expert in the presentation of the book Sociosanitario white of infertility in Spain, a country where three of every 100 children born through assisted reproduction techniques has sentenced. 30% Of cases of infertility due to a female cause, by a similar margin disorder is male; 25% responds to a joint problem and the remaining 15% is of unknown origin, as it includes the publication. Spain has a “very low” birth rates, 1.38 children per woman in reproductive age, below the rate of generational replacement – 2.2 children-. “This could lead to new socio-economic challenges of supporting more ageing populations and the maintenance of economic growth and assisted reproduction techniques can help to alleviate this problem,” has used the expert. Has also added that...

HARO (LA RIOJA), 20 (EUROPA PRESS) The President of the Government of La Rioja, Pedro Sanz, has reiterated this morning the need to “compensation”, that comes “well the country’s Basque, well of the Spain Government, without which the Rioja could not provide more services” health. And is that the health services provided to Basques “far outweigh” to which the Basque country offers to Rioja. Sanz has made these statements to questions from journalists after meeting with the mayors of Haro. It should be recalled that the health controversy broke out a few months ago when the Government of La Rioja ceased to attend patients in several Alava municipalities that went regularly to the hospital San Pedro de Logroño given its proximity. The leader of the Riojan Executive also pointed out that “there is an agreement with Castile-León, whereby citizens of Soria and Burgos come to La Rioja” and that Rioja [in less number] “[go to Castile-León]....

Tokyo, 19 mar (EFE).-Japan will propose to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) the creation of an information network based on small satellites and geared to the prevention of natural disasters, today reported the economic newspaper Nikkei. Satellites would be developed with Japanese technology and its sale to the countries of the region could be financed in part by Japanese funds for development aid, according to the evening edition of the newspaper, citing unidentified Japanese Government sources. The funding required for this network is already included in the games of one of the extraordinary approved budgets this fiscal year, which ends next March 31, adds the newspaper. The Japanese Government believes that a system of satellites from different countries of Southeast Asia would collect and share information that would facilitate the protection natural as typhoons, frequent in the region, and tsunamis disaster. In this context, Japan intends to develop a simulation program to assess any damage caused by natural disasters, which would advise countries based of the ASEAN on the satellite operations. While a regular satellite weighing between 2,000 and 3,000 kilos and its development costs around 30 billion yen (273 million euros), designed by Japan small satellites weigh about 500 kg and its cost would be three or four times less. To facilitate procurement, government study grant credits to low interest rate through the Japan Bank for...

Paris, 17 mar (EFE).-the World Water Forum closed today in Marseille its sixth edition in order to convince world leaders that addressed the issue of water as “a global problem” that has to be solved “for the benefit of humanity”, in the words of its President, Loic Fauchon. “Live a breakthrough on the issue of water” because “it has been imposed as a first priority of global development” said Fauchon in the Palace of congresses and conventions of Marseille, in the South-East of France. This meeting of a triennial basis, that followed the celebrated in Istanbul in 2009 and brought together more than 10,000 people to discuss on water between 12 and 17 March, also certified that “the role of parliaments is absolutely crucial” to seek solutions in the field of sustainable management of water resources. In a final communiqué, the President of the Forum held that the World Conference on sustainable development Rio + 20, which will take place from 20 to 22 June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), decided to include the subject of the water for the first time among its nine key points. In addition, the General Assembly of the United Nations has set for the month of July, a day “totally devoted to water”, Fauchon said in a statement. A non-binding ministerial declaration adopted by the participants of delegations from 130 countries present...

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...