April, 2010


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Apr 10

They propose that social work provides treatment for obese state

The author of the initiative, Modesta Genesio di Stabia (Neighborhood Independent), told the press that follows the spirit of the National Obesity Act, passed in 2008, and focuses specifically the lack of actual coverage of this disease by the administration Provincial Health Insurance (Apross). warned that the gap remains despite the “continued growth in the numbers of incidence of this disease in Argentina”s population,” recalling that covers Apross currently only the cost of bariatric surgery, but without providing outpatient treatment or inpatient weight reduction by natural means. “It is assumed that the least invasive to more invasive precedes as a treatment strategy, “argued the legislator in an attempt to demonstrate the” vacuum “that e1000xists in the current model of coverage of social work staff in failing to exhaust state natural methods of weight reduction prior to surgery. Continue reading →


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Apr 10

Know the 10 best restaurants in the world

Redzepi has been appointed ambassador of “The New Nordic Food” by the Council of Ministers of their country. Moreover, in recent years has worked to raise the profile of Nordic cuisine and its establishment prepares dishes with ingredients from the Faeroe Islands, Greenland and Denmark. THE PODIUM
Second place went to El Bulli, with three Michelin stars and that closed between 2012 and 2013, so that its creator can visit different countries to reinvent their cuisine based on new inputs and techniques. In anticipation of what was coming, Adrià said today that the country beyond being the best, “what matters is to maintain the reign Spanish “in the world of gastronomy. “The Fat Duck, Heston Blumenthal, the UK, complete the podium with his menu of dishes designed to achieve a delicious sense of flavors, textures and aromas.
SUPREMACY IBÉRICA Spanish El Celler de Can Roca, siblings Joan, Jordi and Josep Roca, Mugaritz, Andoni Luis Aduriz invest their positions last year (now fourth and fifth) while Juan Mari Arzak ranked ninth. Continue reading →


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Apr 10

IMF optimistic that Greece supports Athens

The minister, George Papaconstantinou said that Greece has no intention of falling into arrears on their financial obligations to creditors to repay less than they owed. After the talks this weekend in the main offic1000e of the International Monetary Fund, said he expected the IMF board in early May approve the request by Greece for about 13,400 million dollars in loans. “We are confident that this will be done over time and continue to be able to finance the public debt Greek absolutely no problem,” said Papaconstantinou told reporters. Moments earlier, the IMF chief said negotiations on a large emergency loan for Greece were accelerating and expressed optimism that an agreement before the deadline next month in Athens have to do your payment. Dominique Strauss-Kahn said he had held constructive talks this weekend in Washington with the minister Papaconstantinou on the loan application made 13 400 million dollars to the IMF. Greece also hopes to obtain loans for about 40,000 million dollars from a group of 16 European countries. Strauss-Kahn said that everyone involved in the bailout Greece understand “the need for speed” to the seriousness of the debt crisis. “I have confidence that we can conclude these discussions in time to meet the needs of Greece,” said Strauss-Kahn in a statement. Athens, which also plans to implement austerity measures, facing the payment of 11,300 million dollars of debt on May 19. “We are all aware of the seriousness of the situation and valiant efforts made by the Greek people, “said Strauss-Kahn. The increasingly serious crisis of Greek sovereign debt was on Sunday the main issue of concern for financial leaders world, who are ready to conclude a conference in the U.S. Continue reading →


25
Apr 10

Chile died in the Nazi Paul Schaefer, founder of Colonia Dignidad

“The death of Paul Schaefer prevent continued criminal prosecution because there is no criminal prosecution in this world who are dead,” said the president of Chile, Sebastian Pinera. Schaefer”s Health worsened in the last hours, and died at 07H20 local time (11h20 GMT) resulting from severe heart disease, as detailed Gendarmerie. “The immediate cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest due to coronary failure he suffered at his age, “said for his part, Judge Jorge Cepeda, who investigates crimes committed within the so-called” Colonia Dignidad “. According to testimonies some people who managed to flee the enclave, during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990), Colonial, covering some 16,000 hectares, was used as a concentration camp and torture. In fact, the enclave was to be denounced as “a state within a state” by former President Patricio Aylwin (1990-1994), who initiated steps to unlock the secrets hidden in that location.

Together with a group of German settlers, Schaefer founded the Colonia Dignidad in 1961, in the region of Maule, in southern Chile, a benevolent society for disadvantaged children. Continue reading →


25
Apr 10

Arizona immigration law enacted Gobena despite criticism obama

Brewer passed the law with his signature at a ceremony aired live on television, while thousands of people portestaban against Congress rule against Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, state bordering Mexico.

Arizona has about 460,000 illegal immigrants and is the busiest border crossing in the nation.

become a law the state crime found in the country illegally. Also require police officers to question anyone about their immigration status, only suspected that this individual is illegally in the country. Obama said shortly before the enactment of law that the measure could violate people”s civil rights, and asked the Justice Department to examine the measure to determine if it is legal, because it believes that the measure threatens to undermine “the basic notions of justice” of Americans . But the president”s comments did not convince the state”s Republican governor to veto what would be the most uncompromising law of the country against illegal immigration.

The U.S. President also maintained that the federal government should reform the national immigration rules, otherwise leave the door open to “irresponsible persons,” the DPA news agency. Continue reading →


24
Apr 10

Slows Armenia ratified the peace treaty with Turkey

Erevan (Reuters) – Armenia on Thursday suspended the ratification of the peace agreements with Turkey, which overthrew the US-led efforts to end a century of hostilities between neighboring countries. Armenia, with Christian roots, and Muslim Turkey signed agreements in October last year to establish diplomatic relations and open its borders in an attempt to overcome the legacy of the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in the First World War. However, the process had been bogged down before Thursday”s decision, as each party accused the other of trying to rewrite the treaty and setting new conditions. None of the two parliaments approved the treaty, which would generate huge economic benefits for the impoverished Armenia, at the same time improving the credentials of Turkey as a candidate for membership in the Union and boost its European presence in the South Caucasus. Analysts said the ruling Armenian, two days before the 95th anniversary of the massacre was not the end of the road, but an attempt to pressure Turkey. Armenia was angered by comments by Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who said that ratification was dependent on its neighbor to reach an agreement with Azerbaijan, a close ally Turkey and energy partner for the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Continue reading →


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Apr 10

Warn need cultural change remedies against abuse

“There is a mandate in the company installed a pill solve any ailment and this message is driven indirectly by the doctors themselves, to a lesser extent by pharmacists and in most part by the advertising of medicines,” said Carlos Damin, Professor of Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). Professional spoke during a debate on rational use of drugs organized by the Confederation Pharmaceuticals Argentina (COFA) under the monitoring of the 26,567 law enforcement, which provides that remedies can only be dispensed in pharmacies. Damin, who is also head of the Toxicology of Hospital Fernandez said at the Buenos Aires health center were treated last year 2182 cases of severe intoxication. Of that number, 53% (1,157) of cases were due to excess alcohol and 300 by the abuse of drugs, especially psychotropic drugs such as benzodiazepines, while cocaine intake exceeded only 100 cases and the “paco” 82 people attended. While the law 26,567-enacted in November 2009 – allows only pharmacies to dispense medications and is a step towards limiting its abuse, “we need a cultural change in society and say that the retailers” selling remedies because people ask them “he said. According Damin, one factor that affects the demand of remedies are doctors themselves, who” must attend a patient every seven minutes in his office for an greater economic difference, so often prescribe a medication without knowing the condition that brings the patient. ” Toxicology Chief Fernandez stressed that other factors” are the laboratories that push many doctors to prescribe a particular drug, while direct advertising consumer calls remedies because they consider the drug as a market commodity rather than a social good. ” Damin said that is common to see in the hospital “to many people who were poisoned because they consumed an antibiotic for fever or 21 years many young people who take sildenafil (Viagra) after taking alcohol” “It”s very common to see well poisoning alcohol-related psychiatric drugs, “said the doctor, noting that in this cultural change” the role of media is very important for them to become health promoters, highlighting and food hygiene. Continue reading →


21
Apr 10

Europe flights resumed, decreases risk of ash -

LONDON (Reuters) – European airports to resume their activities began slowly on Tuesday for five days after stopping the flights because of a huge cloud of ash, but some countries were more cautious after reports of a possible new cloud on the way. Uncertainty and the irregular pattern of the navigable airspace could last as long as the Icelandic volcano continue throwing ashes into the sky and the ec1000onomists are beginning to model the long-term economic impact.

The last time the volcano continued erupting for over a year.

However, there was a big boost for passengers and cargo flights as Britain, a major international air hub and a popular destination, said it will reopen its airspace in hours. The gradual reopening offered stranded passengers a relief after days of frustration since the imposition areas banned from flying on Thursday. control agency European aviation, Eurocontrol, said Tuesday he hoped that about half the traffic from Europe to function, some 14,000 flights , up from third flying on Monday. Air France reported that it planned to fully meet their long flight schedule Wednesday, although travel in parts of northern Europe would remain suspended. Germany maintained its airspace closed, with some exceptions. Britain sent a ship to northern Spain to collect about 300 Britons stranded. The island reported that use Madrid as a connection point at which British citizens can fly stranded outside Europe, and sent more than 100 buses to take them to coastal ports. IMPACT ECONOMIC The European Union, which on Monday reached an agreement to ease flight restrictions under pressure from the airlines that lost 250 million dollars a day, acknowledged that progress was slow. “We know that there are still many problems for the passengers on the ground,” he said at a news briefing the European Commission spokeswoman Helen Kearns. ” we face an unprecedented crisis. The changes will continue throughout the week, “he said. The economic impact of the cloud, which affects parts of the supply chain, increase strongly if Air travel is altered by a second week, which could complicate the fragile recovery of the global recession. Continue reading →


21
Apr 10

Justice annuls “absence” of gay links

Discharge, as an administrative judge, “ordered the Registrar to give you the marriage certificate and provided in the judicial custody of the book” and warned Gomez-Alsina civil judge of first instance, “that” to persist in their position t1000he case is settled before the Supreme Court, according to the decision cited by the activists. He also said the “nullity” of the resolution by Gomez Alsina, dated April 16 in the file labeled “Inthis Lamuedra Ricardo c /Norma Edith Castillo s /annulment of marriage,” and any other decision that involves the “fundamental and highly personal rights” of the parties.

The LGBT Harmless further noted that also fought offices of the Judiciary Council of the City of Buenos Aires and the nation to “expose the involvement of the autonomy of its jurisdiction under the gross interference” of his colleague. Continue reading →


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Apr 10

Ministry of Health and are co-production meeting on AIDS

Announcing the release by the Ministry of Health said today that the program seeks to elaborate on aspects such as accessibility to treatment and advice to the test, collecting the experience of health teams working in coordination with civil society organizations. “Through the testimony of patients and professionals demonstrates the effectiveness of current treatments for the infection become chronic, while to focus on prevention of this disease,” stressed . The cycle consists of 13 chapters including cardiovascular diseases, dengue, sexual health, Leishmaniasis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, rational use of medicines, vaccinations, cervical cancer, teenage pregnancy and smoking. Continue reading →