Month: April 2012

Montevideo, 9 APR (EFE).-the authorities of the Ministry of public health Uruguay today announced the submission to justice for six new cases of deaths of patients allegedly committed by the two nurses accused of murdering 15 people in intensive care from two hospitals in Montevideo units. In a statement, the authorities indicated that these six suspected cases arise from the study of 257 claims the Ministry received since the outbreak the case and involving cases of suspicious deaths in the units where nurses worked. Justice will now need to determine if it starts its own research on six new complaints. As reported by the MSP, the criterion followed in his analysis of complaints received was first to analyze those that occurred in the Centre of Neuro surgical treatment of the hospital of the Spanish Association and the unit of coronary care of the Maciel Hospital, where occurred the murder confessed to the nurses. Of all of these, considered those whose “causes of death have not been clear or suspicious, according to history, the story of the complainant, family and provided documentation”. Third, pointed to the facts with some “criminal semblance” attributable to defendants workers. The Legal advice of the MSP was commissioned to review case by case and select that in the end will be at the hands of justice. The past March 19 all Uruguay was shocked when...

Santo Domingo, 9 APR (EFE).-the abuse of alcohol, cocaine and other drugs coupled with indiscriminate sexual stimulant use has contributed to the increase in strokes and strokes in men under the age of 30 in the Dominican Republic, medical sources reported today. The President of the Dominican society of Cardiology, Petronila Martinez, told local media that in the past five years that entity has registered a 10 per cent increase in cases of stroke to the heart and stroke in less than 30 years in the country. Said that the use of narcotic substances causes constriction of the arteries and therefore myocardial infarction and sudden death, usually by an arrhythmia which usually occurs within the first hour in 30% of cases. Martínez noted that another causative factor of these ailments in the young Dominicans is the indiscriminate use of sexual stimulants, which generate vasodilation, hypotension and decrease in blood flow to vital organs as the brain and the heart and their consequential collapses. The specialist also alerted the mass consumption of energy drinks that predispose the formation of clots in the heart, which tend to migrate to the bloodstream, usually to the brain and cause a cerebral accident at high risk of death or permanent disability among young people. Cited, moreover, that these factors increase their danger when they bind to the excessive consumption of tobacco, lack of exercise...

Sydney (Australia), 10 Apr (EFE).-children who consume more than one daily glass or over drinks soda and carbonated have a greater tendency to develop cardiovascular disease, according to a study published today in Australia. A team of the Westmead Millennium Institute in Sydney explored for the first time the nexus between the intake of carbohydrates of soda or carbonated beverages and sugary soft drinks, and blood vessels on the retinae in children. The head of research, Bamini Gopinath, explained the “Sydney Morning Herald” newspaper that the State of the blood vessels of the retina are a “very precise” indication of the health of the blood vessels of the rest of the body. Previous studies in adults have already shown that the reduction of the blood vessels in the eyes are an early symptom of cardiovascular disease. For purposes of the investigation, the medical team examined the eyes of about 2,000 children of twelve years of age and thus discovered a narrowing in the arteries of the retinas of those children who ingested more than 274 grams of carbohydrates a day. The study recently published in the journal of clinical nutrition for United States also revealed that the relationship between a diet high in carbohydrates and the narrowing of the blood vessels is higher in girls than in boys. “We need further studies, but definitely it’s a wake-up call to...

according to the first Director Manual of Physical activity and health of the Argentina Republic, which was presented yesterday, the ideal is for children and adolescents aged between 5 and 17 to practise at least one hour per day “displacement, games, recreational activities, physical education, scheduled exercises or sports”. These activities, say experts who drew up the Guide, “generates in the boys a better physical condition;” It helps reduce body fat, the risk of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; “improves the health of the bones and even prevents the symptoms of depression”. In adults and the elderly of 65 years, advise to do 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, such as walking quickly, mild jogging or bicycling, as it reproduces the newspaper Clarin in today’s Edition. The manual recommends, in turn, include muscle strengthening activities at least two days a week for the major muscle groups (legs, arms, hips, back, abdomen, chest, shoulders). The publication, aimed at health professionals, was yesterday presented with the aim of promoting a better quality of life and preventing diseases such as cancer, hypertension, diabetes, overweight and obesity, reported the Ministry of health of the nation. Guide was issued within the framework of the world day of physical activity, which took place on April...