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The Ministry of Health, Social Affairs and Equal launched on 29 November 2010 its new campaign to promote the use of generic drugs, which bears the slogan Generic drugs: improvements you, improving everyone. The campaign was presented by Secretary-General of Health, José Martínez Olmos, and the director general of Pharmacy and Health Products, Alfonso Jiménez.
The plan of the Ministry of Health and the campaign’s main objective is that citizens and health professionals more aware of the advantages of generic drugs, increase the use of such drugs throughout the National Health System(NHS).
Before looking in more detail plan, define what are generic drugs:
According to WHO, a generic drug is one sold under the name of the active ingredient includes being bioequivalent to the original mark, ie the same composition and dosage form and with the same bioavailability as the same. Can be recognized because the medicine bottle instead of a brand name, include the name of the substance that is made (called the active ingredient in the ICD classification) followed by the name of the manufacturing laboratory.
Such drugs are as safe and effective as the original and also have a lower price so crucial to the financial sustainability of the NHS.
Main objectives of the promotion of generic drugs:
1. Improve information and education of citizens about generic drugs, promoting their use and improving their image.
2. Involve the community pharmacies in informing citizens and in the dispensation of generic drugs.
3. Improve training and information for physicians and other health professionals regarding the safety, efficacy and quality of generic drugs.
4. Expedite the procedure for approval of marketing and public financing decision generics.
The campaign www.medicamentosgenericosefg.es web page, which contains several sections with material in different formats, as well as useful information about generic drugs (price, features, FAQs, benefits from its consumption, links. .)
Eating large amounts of soy may reduce the risk of developing a breathing problem known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers report. In an article published in the journal Respiratory Research, scientists at the Curtin University of Technology (Australia) noted that smoking is the major risk factor for COPD while “diet and environmental exposure to protect the development of the disease , said Dr. Andy Lee, team coordinator.
The researchers studied 278 patients with COPD and 340 volunteers without the disease. The latter ate more soy per day than the first. Similar declines in the risk of COPD was recorded with a higher intake of tofu and bean sprouts.
Doubts and uncertainty about future use
The Ministry of Science and Technology of Argentina warned in a statement on “misleading propaganda” and conduct “fraudulent” about the preservation of stem cells as well as doubts and uncertainty about their future use.
A document prepared by a commission that brings together leading experts from institutions like the INCUCAI, the Anmat, UBA and Instituto Leloir, confirmed what really can be expected from the conservation of these cells. He also warned about the dissemination of misleading information for purely commercial purposes.
The statement said “many private companies that manage commercial cord blood banks made misleading propaganda, to extol the curative potential in several diseases where there is still no clinical evidence for it.” The commission argues that for the families who preserved umbilical cord blood, likely to need in the future “is very low.”
Consequently, “store privately, for personal or family use is no guarantee since for a particular disease may not be appropriate to use, or may not be appropriate for another family member (not being compatible, for example) or to eventual if needed, the amount of stored umbilical cord blood may not be sufficient or suitable for the prescribed treatment. ”
Currently, only advisable to store the blood of a child when the family has another child who has or had a disease that could be treated with bone marrow transplants.
In the United States is known harmful effects of fats and high cholesterol. That’s when statins are the way of healing properties in cholesterol reduction.
These properties could reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
The study found the drug in question and offer benefits compared to people with high cholesterol, reduces the potential cardiovascular events, and even protects patients who have not yet had a heart attack but who have a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
According to the study, are about 33 million seniors who could start taking statins. The same found that statins protect against heart attacks and strokes in older adults with low cholesterol and also has high levels of CRP.
This technique could be an improvement over the process of heart attacks has also given thousands of cases in recent years in the U.S. alone.
Statin use in older adults could be avoided in this regard about 260,000 cardiovascular events per year.
Stem Cell science is a rapidly growing field. As Dr. Robert Lanza, Chief Scientific Officer of Advance cell Technology ventured more into the world of science, he and his team of Scientists are making a leap forward with studies and experiments to save and extend lives. Using human embryo, Dr. Lanza and his team use the Stem Cells to cure blindness and many other diseases, harming the world these days. Being an author of two dozens of books and hundreds of articles, his success in science and technology indeed marked in the history of mankind.
Dr. Robert Lanza did not get the approval of the said study and experiment right away. The team went through a lot of criticism notably from the country capital, people from different walks of life worldwide and most importantly from President George Bush in 2008. There was an earlier study from a Japanese scientist 6 years ago, who successfully used ordinary Stem Cells without using human embryo. Apart from some problems in its practical usage, the said experiment was able to help in extending human life. To eradicate the previous study’s problems, Dr. Lanza and his associates would pluck cells from the embryo without harming it. This is what they are trying to prove to the world that their intention is not to destroy lives but to save them. Wake Forest University Institute wants to replace failing tissue of cancer, heart to cure it and not to mention Alzheimer’s disease.
Currently living in Clinton, Massachusetts, Dr. Robert Lanza is still working in extending human lives by the way of stem cell regeneration.
Many older people struggling with high blood pressure is inappropriate and unnecessary drugs prescribed a combination of pressure, a team of Canadian researchers says.
And, they warn, the dual-frequency protocol unjustified can have serious consequences: an increased risk for kidney failure and even death.
The two types of drugs in question are the angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and blockers, angiotensin receptor (ARBs).
On their own, each is well established and highly effective in controlling blood pressure, the study team said. In addition, a small number of people – those diagnosed with a blood pressure problem in particular related to inappropriate left ventricular systolic function – you can get any additional benefit of taking the two drugs at the same time, they say.
But older people do not need both drugs, the researchers say, especially considering fresh indication that there is usually much more to lose than win.
No wonder the use of this combination of agents is often not based guide, as is often assumed that if only two drugs are beneficial, then the combination of the two must be even more beneficial, he said the study’s lead author, Dr. Finlay A. McAlister, division of general internal medicine and Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
But McAlister said that research has indicated that this is not the case of the mixture of ACE inhibitors and ARBs, and the new study confirms the risks of this combination. The findings were reported March 21 in the Canadian Medical Journal.
The research involved 32,312 people, all aged 65, who were taking an ACE inhibitor alone, an ARB alone or a combination of both.
The team noted that among the approximately 5% taking both drugs, the vast majority – over 86% – do not have a condition that justifies a combination regimen.
They also found that people with combination therapy is not best fit the scheme, most had stopped taking the medication within three months, even in the absence of serious illness or side effects. The researchers speculated that the arterial hypotension was the main reason for abandoning the routine.
Those who stay with the dual-drug protocol were found to be more likely to experience end-stage renal disease or kidney failure or death than were those who took either drug alone.
Dr. Bryan Henry, an assistant professor of medicine at Finger Lakes Cardiology Associates of the University Of Rochester Medical Center in New York, expressed surprise with the results.
There has been growing evidence for years that the combination or not add anything or may be harmful, “said Henry. For some small subset of patients, could help. But in general, these drugs should not be used in combination.
But readers, Henry was quick to add, do not bring home the message that each drug alone is not safe and effective. It’s just the combination that is a problem.
Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow, a professor of cardiology at the University of California, Los Angeles, expressed hope that the medical community’s attention to the obvious risks involved with the combination of the two drugs.
A number of clinical studies have shown no added benefit of taking two drugs together, and the combination is not recommended in treatment guidelines, he said. So it’s really surprising that many patients were receiving anyway.
But now this is an opportunity for physicians to become aware of the risks outweighing the benefits for patients, Fonarow said. It is certainly a risk that must be avoided.
an inguinal hernia is a bulge in the groin, and occurs when there is a defect in the muscular wall of the inguinal region, which allows the abdominal contents, such as the bowel or bladder appears under the skin covered by a bag peritoneum.
We distinguish 3 types of hernia in the groin:
Indirect inguinal hernia
it is commonly seen in young men and children, and may be present from birth, can descend into the scrotum, it evolves.
Direct inguinal hernia
it is commonly seen in men of middle or advanced age, and often on both sides.
Crural hernia
it occurs in older women.
The inguinal hernia appears as a bulge in the groin area that grows with the effort and diminishes or disappears, or bed rest and is accompanied by varying degrees of local pain, even to prevent the daily activity and running the risk of strangulation.
Strangulated hernia is very painful and groin bulge appears hard and tense to the touch, and can not be reintroduced into the abdomen. We usually also accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and may be distended abdomen, which requires urgent medical attention, because in a few hours the intestines can be perforated by lack of blood supply, causing peritonitis.
Risk factors that predispose to develop an inguinal hernia include: the weakening of the tissues due to age, pregnancy, obesity, the effort of the abdominal muscles, also influence cough and constipation. The only definitive treatment for inguinal hernia is surgery, all pacintes can be operated, except high risk patients for surgery and patients with direct inguinal hernia and the elderly, who have no symptoms and in which case it may be useful a truss.
Studies conducted in Finland shows that vitamin D is one of its properties to be a good ally of the organism in regard to developing Parkinson’s. Everyone knows that this type of vitamin plays a key role in bone health and prevention of diseases such as cancer, diabetes type 2 and type multiple heart disease.
Today it has come to the conclusion that those who have high levels of vitamin have lower odds of developing Parkinson, as indicating Finnish researchers from the National Institute for Health and Welfare of Helsinki, who published their work in the Archives of Neurology.
Experts say that eating an adequate amount of vitamin D daily can be critical to prevent the development of Parkinson’s, since this disease usually occurs often in people who do not consume adequate amounts of these vitamins, leading to chronic loss dopaminergic neurons of the brain.
The study was carried out by a group of scientists to research the National Institute for Health and Welfare of Helsinki, Paul Knekt, to the head. To conduct the research, analyzed to 3173 persons of both sexes aged between 50 and 80 years who did not have Parkinson from the years 1978 to 1980, when studies began.
These people were subjected to various blood tests to determine your daily intake of vitamin D, as well as detailed surveys where their health habits and both social and economic aspects of his life. After 29 years of analysis, 50 of those people developed Parkinson’s.
For these results and research carried out, the experts could conclude that those who consumed more vitamin D and performing physical activity show lower risk of developing the disease.
new technique cáncer reconstructed breast affected by Hospital Clinic of Barcelona presented a new technique to reconstruct the breast to women who have had breast cancer, with fat grafts that are implanted body without scarring.
The head of the Plastic Surgery Medical Center, Joan Fontdevila, said at a news conference that the new technique is much simpler than those used so far to repair affected by breast tumor tissue as obtaining large areas body to carry out a reconstruction or the use of prostheses.
He explained that this is a technique similar to liposuction, in which the surgeon takes fat under the skin with the help of a cannula (small tubes) special in any area of the body, leaving scars less than three millimeters.
After removing the fat, processed in the operating room to clean it, separating the red cells and plasma, and subsequently injected into the affected breast by mastectomy, without the need for a new scar.
The operation takes about two hours and recovery time is much smaller, which improves the condition of the patients, who have to endure surgery to remove the cancer and aggressive treatments of chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
According Fontdevila, with this new method of regeneration could cover 80% of patients with cancer who have had breast conserving surgery, and specify a percentage for other types of more radical surgery.
This technique has the disadvantage that cannot be made until after three to nine months after the operation to remove the tumor or after completion of chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions.
the snuff increases the risk of acne in mujeresLa snuff addiction not only increases the risk of lung cancer or bronchitis, but can also cause acne in women, according to a study released today by the British magazine “British Journal of Dermatology.
The research, conducted by a team of Italian scientists found that women smokers are more likely to suffer acne than non-smokers.
The analysis, conducted among a thousand women, revealed how the 42.2 percent of smokers developed non-inflammatory acne, compared with 10 percent who did not use snuff.
Developed by a team of researchers from the San Gallicano Dermatological Institute, Rome (Italy), the report outlines how the smokers who suffered acne had half the levels of vitamin E (good for the skin) than nonsmokers.
Non-inflammatory acne is a form of this skin disease characterized by the presence of closed pores in the skin, cysts and comedones small black and white.
The alleged link between the consumption of snuff and the presence of grains has always generated controversy because they are a multitude of factors contributing to the appearance of skin diseases.
Although the report’s authors admit that the hormonal alterations, stress, occupational and environmental factors also play in the development of acne, they conclude that the findings should lead to the inclusion of non-inflammatory acne from skin diseases related to smoking.