According to elcomercio.com, on January 16, 2012 at least one indigenous inhabitant of Colombia is dead while 10 others are hospitalized after drinking a fermented beer mix made from bananas. Apparently a banana plantation located in the southern department of Guaviare was accidentally sprayed with glyphosate, an element used to exterminate illegal harvests. According to […]
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According to informe21.com, on January 11, 2012 a woman attempted to kill her husband in a particularly unique manner. The woman residing in Rio Petro, Brazil attempted to poison and kill her intimate partner by putting poison in her vaginal area while seducing the man to perform oral sex thus ending his life. The husband […]
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A foreign citizen was identified as Chang Huiyan 70, the Tourist Police and the Public Ministry investigate causes of death. An American tourist died of nationality within the room of a hotel located on Avenida El Sol, in the city of Cusco. The victim was identified as Huiyan Chang, 70. According to information workers in […]
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CBS program Sixty Minutes conducted an investigation on stem cell fraud concerning a company operated by a former U.S. physician in Ecuador. Dr. Dan Ecklund MD is operating a company called Stem Tec Labs. The video explains that it is illegal to export to the U.S. stem cells. Dr. Ecklund’s firm sent the cells purchased […]
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With the effect of rainfall on the coast also were widespread outages in several counties Manabi intermittent, causing damage at least in the hospital Portoviejo IESS masts and the TV signal located on the hill of leaves, as many stations could not broadcast its programming. The electricity in this province is in charge of the […]
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Mexico Vivo Foundation launched a campaign to promote is performed early testing for HIV during pregnancy, which has caused controversy in social networks. The campaign uses three posters, and in each place the image of a child. In each of them accompanied by the motto “Have HIV” and swap the words How queer? “,” Drug […]
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Three informal miners were crushed under tons of mud and rocks in the province of Tambopata, Madre de Dios department in the southern Peruvian jungle, police said Saturday. The accident occurred early Sunday when the miners, whose names were not released, worked informally in a tunnel at the height of kilometer 115 of the Puerto […]
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As part of the action to prevent an outbreak of measles, then the case presented in the airport in Mexico City, health authorities have set up vaccination posts in the country’s airport terminals, with a Cancun of the main tourist destinations in the country since the weekend was conditioned offices of the vaccine airport to […]
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From two weeks ago the House of Temporary Assistance (CAT) of the Municipal DIF, is a health siege by an outbreak of chicken pox, and was announced by the attorney for the Defense of Children and Family BJ DIF, Ana Luz Ortega Escamilla. Read Article
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The Ministry of Public Health reported the occurrence of an imported case of malaria in a 46-year-old from Ituzaingó with a previous history of travel to Nigeria. In Corrientes there have been no cases in recent years. From early Zoonoses brigades preventive spraying conducted at the hospital and the neighborhood where the patient lives. Read […]
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Implants that are at the center of the scandal was created by the company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) and seem to have an unusually high rate of rupture, leading to the French authorities urge his removal. Worldwide about 300 000 were sold PIP implants, used in cosmetic surgery to increase breast size or replace breast […]
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In a climate of great concern, the Casa Rosada reported yesterday that President Cristina Kirchner was found to have a papillary carcinoma in the right lobe of the thyroid gland, “without metastases and well located.” Among malignant tumors, cancer, papillary carcinoma “is of little aggressive or dangerous if caught and treated early with surgery, without […]
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A cow owned by Alejandro Villagomez, died in the community Illuchi, Baños de Agua Santa, affected by the bite of a bat rabies transmitted by cattle, as determined in the analysis made by Agrocalidad. “Before he died the vacon could not walk, he bent legs,” said Elena Tapia, daughter of Villagomez. In this situation, Alfonso […]
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Tabasco went on alert to be a major outbreak of dengue in the neighboring state of Quintana Roo and Yucatan, so the fence has been strengthened health in the areas around these towns, said Health Secretary Luis Felipe Graham Zapata . He explained that it was discovered that there are outbreaks in these regions, so […]
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The Buenos Aires government ordered a complete ban on shellfish harvesting to avoid poisoning. On 13 December, a Brazilian tourist died in Chubut by eating spoiled food, which led to that now they were about special prevention measures. Read Article
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As part of the regulations of the initiative Minha Casa, Minha Vida*, the Brazilian government is planning to give 3% of the newly constructed living spaces to the elderly and 3% to those with disabilities. The participants will have to register in the national registry of social programs, CadÚnico according to economia.ig.com.br. Read Article ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ […]
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and acquired syphilis, gonococcal infections Genitourinary, chancroid, genital herpes and Human Papilloma Virus, presented an upsurge in the number of cases up to five times more compared to those presented in 2010. In addition, Puebla appears within the first states with the largest number of patients seen by infections like trichomoniasis […]
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An unexpected death found Branka Novak (62), of Slovenian nationality, in an exclusive hotel Huajje area of Puno. According to Novak Aoje reference, husband of the tourists died, she was treated by a private physician since had cardiorespiratory problems and asthma. The spouse said that cardiac arrest would have occurred at 17:00 hours last Saturday, […]
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RPP reported a U.S. citizen dead and about twenty wounded was the outcome of a traffic accident this afternoon (December 23, 2011) at 2:00 pm in average sector Pampachulla, jurisdiction of district Urcos Quispicanchi province (Cusco). The incident occurred when a unit of tourist transport company Tour Peru, who moved from Puno to Cusco with […]
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Ibarra. The Health Commissioner on a complaint basis reserved proceeded to close a pharmacy that operated illegally in the street entrance Tungurahua Alpachaca Parish are informed in a statement. Operational and decommissioning. During the operation of control found lots of expired drugs and medical samples that are prohibited for sale to the public. In addition, […]
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After 14 years of presence in the country, and despite all the existing campaigns and having a network, the chain was forced to close the eight restaurants that remained open in the three main cities: La Paz, Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de the Sierra. It is a question of the first Latin-American country that will […]
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AP reports that medical officials say five recovering drug addicts died and 35 others were sickened by soy sausage served for Christmas dinner at a rehabilitation center in western Mexico. Read Article
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Between 21 and 23 December, Nariño crepe sent food to the most affected communities in Roberto Payan. Delivery is expected in the coming days to the shelters. As safe water, municipal water systems would be covered. However, an estimated 1,000 families in the upper reaches of the rivers are still under served. The requested support […]
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A young man died today in Santa Fe when he exploded a pyrotechnic device in the mouth and at least 200 people were injured by the misuse of fireworks and other accidents associated with Christmas celebrations, including six children with serious injury. In this context, specialists from various hospitals in the city and the provinces […]
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The body of a foreigner was found on the island of Bastimentos by units of the National Civil Protection System (SINAPROC). From early morning the man was being sought after Australian citizenship two men arrived last night to report the disappearance of the subject. It is said that the deceased allegedly jumped into the sea, […]
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A tourist, and a native of Mexico City, also lost his life in this tourist destination drowned when he entered the Beach Hotel “Acapulco Princess.” The tourist was identified as Armando Barrera Rojas, 48 years old, and his death occurred at about one pm on Monday. According to the data collected, the visitor was with […]
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47 people have died in traffic accidents between 2000 Kennedy Avenue and 2011 The information was submitted by the National Traffic Safety, adding that in that period there have been 2007 cases and 54 of them for speeding. Read Article
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“The arrival of the Christmas and New Year and summer vacations have important migrations of people from one place to another. So, we must be vigilant now more than ever, “warned his peers provincial Minister of Health of the Nation, Juan Manzur, during the opening of the last meeting of the Federal Health Council (COFESA). […]
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The Buenos Aires Federal Court did not accept appeals by the defense of Richard Bruno, owner of the drugstore Arcasel, partner and employee. The company used to sell stolen or adulterated drugs. The Buenos Aires Federal Court rejected the releases of three defendants in the case called the “drug mafia” is Richard Bruno, owner of […]
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Venezuela with the help of medicines manufactured Portugal, Colombia and Cuba. It is expected that between July and August 2012 to start out the first batches of antibiotics. In addition to antibiotics, manufactured generic drugs to treat heart disease, anemia, psoriasis and HIV as well as vaccines to immunize against several diseases. The Minister of […]
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The demonstrators burned tires and threw dolls camaretas demanding that they recognize benefits of Emergency Ordinance No. 037. Health sector workers radicalized their indefinite strike in the Piura region with burning tires and toys, throwing camaretas and clashes with police. They require the payment of benefits set out in the Emergency Decree No. 037, however […]
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Three capital spend the holidays without drinking water, as a result of landslides. At the height of holiday season, nearly two million Colombians suffer from lack of water in three capitals: Cucuta and Manizales Riohacha. The crisis is greater, especially in the lower strata. In the Guajira, a bottle of water costs 4,000 pesos, while […]
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The Public Relations Department of the Municipality of Guayas said that only one chain Hipermarket Mi Comisariato, the shopping center located in the South Riocentro, was closed for alleged health problems. The supermarket located in the North Riocentro mall on Avenida Francisco de Orellana, north of Guayaquil, only received a summons to the legal representative […]
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Departmental Health Service (Headquarters) reported dengue death of a woman of 54 years in the town of Yapacaní. The program manager Dengue Venues, said the patient came in with all the symptoms of the disease, “there was an outbreak of dengue in the province Ichilo, specifically in the Chapare Yapacaní and Cochabamba area. In Yapacaní […]
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An Argentine tourist residence in Brazil, traveling on a sailboat on the Patagonian coast with her daughter and two friends, died today in the town of Camarones Chubut, intoxicated with shellfish affected by red tide. Meanwhile, 24 year old guard remains hospitalized in the Hospital of Trelew, but out of danger. Unaware of the ban, […]
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The director of the National Institute of Health (NIH), Juan Gonzalo Lopez, said on National Radio that the number of burnt gunpowder during the holiday season up to 89 people, of which 69% are minors.Read Article
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The Argentines do not like to move: six in ten people do not perform any physical activity. He says a report by consultancy TNS Argentina and coincides with the numbers, at the beginning of the year, had spread from the Ministry of Health. According to the National Survey of Risk Factors for 54.9 percent of […]
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Christmas fairs constitute a danger in this season, due to incorrect wiring performing traders, mainly using twin wire without insulation that is not indicated for use in improvised trade stand, which was found this morning in the raid by the Attorney General, and SEAL provincial municipality. Toys sold also pose a risk to the safety […]
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Health authorities in Panama on Monday decreed an epidemiological alert upon detection of a bacterium resistant to a lot of antibiotics known as New Delhi carbapenemase metallo-type (NDM), medical sources. Among the sanitary activities in Panama include epidemiological surveillance and research as well as the steadily increasing participation of laboratories in the system for early […]
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Peru’s government has reopened an investigation into a controversial birth control programme of sterilisation. The announcement has brought fresh hope to the many women and men who feel their rights were violated. Read Article
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At least twenty-five percent of Juarenses is vulnerable to some risk from natural hazards that persist in the city, according to the recently approved Natural Hazard Atlas for the Municipality of Juárez that drew up the Municipal Research and Planning. María del Rosario Díaz Arellano, director of that research body, said that compared to the […]
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Reporteros.mx reported that the Attorney General of the State of Yucatan, notified the Canadian Embassy of the death of two citizens of that country at the port of Progreso. Following the initial drug test for, it was determined that the death of the couple on the beach in Progreso, was by drowning. According to tests […]
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He was identified as Jocannes Huggel Matias, who on Thursday afternoon was found in Lake Calima input 4. Colonel Julian Gonzalez, commander of the Valley Police said vital signs weak, so he was taken to St George Hospital in the municipality of Calima Darien, where he died.”Once the judicial inspection of the body in her […]
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Hunger is widespread in indigenous communities that make up the municipality of Guachochi. Indians suffer severe malnutrition every week two children have to be referred to a hospital with serious health problems and several complications, while in remote communities do not get the support and people are desperate. Read Article ————————————————– DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE […]
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The femicides increased dramatically in the Dominican Republic so far this year, and registered outweigh the intimate deaths in 2010 and unfortunately violent follow the pattern 2011 is expected to reach a figure record. According to statistics from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) in just eight months about 157 women were victims of […]
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The Health Minister David Chiriboga, announced a mass vaccination against rabies outbreak in various parts of the Amazon by bat bites. However, Chiriboga lamented the difficulties in diagnosing the disease and the resistance of indigenous communities to the vaccine.Three remote communities in the canton Taisha in Morona Santiago province, have been affected by the outbreak […]
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In tarimiat Achuar communities, new and Wampuik Surik (header Huasaga parish), Taisha Canton, on the border with Peru, province of Morona Santiago, there is much pain and crying in the forest for the death of 9 members of these communities by human rabies, according to laboratory results. The situation is dramatic, to say the least, […]
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After an immersion of 50 minutes and more than 40 meters in depth the fisherman was taken to Hospital.A fisherman in one of the groups of Puerto Juarez, the capsule entered the hyperbaric chamber treatment in critical condition after suffering decompression sickness after a dive, it seems serious. Read Article
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Tourists from Lima Lima was swept away by river water Pichanaki when he tried to swim by the intense heat in the area. The lifeless body of a Peruvian tourist identified as Marco Antonio Suarez Ramirez (38) was found at the height of the waterfall Puerto Ipoki, Satipo, Junín , as far as he was […]
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Agents Tahuantinsuyo police station investigating the causes of death of an Italian tourist, which took place inside the building located in the Mariscal Gamarra urbanization in the city of Cusco. The deceased was identified as Lucciano Matrone, 35, who had fallen from the stairs from the second floor of his house, being wounded, according to […]
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The Metropolitan Council decided to implement this measure as part of the prevention plan “Safe Time” before the high death rate in the capital because of excessive alcohol consumption, said Villarán.The ordinance requires that wineries, liquor stores and other establishments may only sell alcoholic beverages until midnight, while bars and enabled only may do so […]
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A motorcycle taxi driver died after his vehicle fell into the river Rimac, San Martin de Porres. The man had hit a truck that fled the scene. The 4 passengers were injured. Read Article – Video/a>
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Ecuador, after Paraguay, is the country with more accidents per 100,000 people, said Juan Manuel Leaño, transportation specialist at the IDB (International Development Bank). Read through in 2010, there were 50,000 accidents in Ecuador, which killed 2,500 people and 15,000 were seriously injured, while this year the country and recorded 5160 deaths from this cause. […]
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The authorities’ strategy is now to go in search of vulnerable populations, which are part of the gravediggers and cemetery workers. The health secretary Cali, Elidia Gomez said that the lack of security features have emerged compromised. Read Article
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Chile presents a disturbing rate of obesity and propensity to traffic fatalities of the population, the study “Overview of Health 2011”, in which our country is compared with the 34 OECD member nations, organization which brings together the most advanced and developed state of the planet. While the increase in obesity affects all countries in […]
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The Brazilian government announced the construction of a new technology park in the state Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which allow the country to sixfold increase its production of vaccines and biotech medicines currently producing monopoly of multinationals. At a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, the Health Minister, Alexandre Padilha, in the presence of President Dilma […]
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Human rabies caused by bat bites indigenous Shuar, continues to claim lives and until yesterday the death toll reached four. Health Authorities of Morona Santiago and Shuar leaders agreed that the death toll could rise. Edwin Sarche, director (e) Macas hospital, said yesterday that on Thursday November 24 came to this nursing home a 9 […]
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Northwestern Argentina has the highest indicators of risky alcohol consumption, is the region of the country where more beer is drunk during the weekend and where the drinkers most often take five or more glasses on one occasion. This view was reflected in a study of the Secretariat for Prevention of Drug Addiction and the […]
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“In these two years were reported more cases than all the rest of the decade,” says the document, which adds that this disease remains concentrated mainly in men who have sex with men (MSM). Although there has been an increase in heterosexual cases, the Chief Epidemiologist of the Provincial Health Directorate, Luis Alberto Mena explains […]
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Police and public prosecutor found bottles of herb Ayahuasca. When averaging the eight o’clock on Friday 25, in the facilities of the lodge (Espíritu de Anaconda)”Spirit of Anaconda”, located on the road penetration, Frenchman Fabrice Pierre Epiene (39), was found dead in a room within which they found several bottles of Ayahuasca brew, so authorities […]
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In the red alert citizens awoke in massive layoffs of public hospital doctors increasingly takes more strength the rumor that they will be replaced by Cuban doctors, with wages lower than those dismissed, and unconditionally to the interests of government Rafael Correa. “It is what it says on the environment,” says Dr. Francisco Andino, one […]
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“My wife is here but no supplies, nothing. On Wednesday, the emergency had to bring a relapse,” he explained as he remembered that all drugs that are delivered to your family had to buy because the hospital no more than a week. The medical center offered only confinement and care of nurses, a situation he […]
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The swine flu outbreak is serious and unpredictable, according to World Health Organization, WHO, that is why the authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, MAGFOR, announced that Nicaraguan border there is a health alert, because it has detected swine fever in Guatemala. “We have declared a health alert and we have restricted the […]
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He died mid-morning on Wednesday a man who was held at the Central Hospital of the Armed Forces after emergency surgery to extract several bags of cocaine brought into the stomach of Venezuela, some of which could not drive and therefore had surrendered to the authorities. The National Drug Control (DNCD), the agency confirmed the […]
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CAUSE OF DEATH NOT GIVEN – Ship had been on Red Alert. Hace 1 h 48 min An American tourist died during a cruise from Uruguay on Tuesday that docked at the port of Rio de Janeiro, said in a note to the federal police is investigating the cause of death. The ship, with over […]
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The Ministry of Justice and Labor, decided to temporarily suspend work contracts in seven companies raised meat and refrigerators that far after the outbreak of FMD. he measure will affect workers in seven meat companies that have raised the temporary suspension of contracts. The Undersecretary of Labor reminds employers that violate labor standards will be […]
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Rule out tuberculosis outbreak in the hospital Edgardo Rebagliati They say that four days ago was reported working with TB. They say that four days ago was reported working with TB. “We are not dealing with an outbreak of tuberculosis and no surprises to create among the population,” said the manager of the Healthcare Network […]
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COZUMEL, MEXICO Death of a tourist 69 years when diving in Chankanaab reef with four friends. Suzanne Stevenson, a native of Baltimore, United States, this morning, on board the vessel “Sleeping shark”, she went to Chankanaab reef located in the south of the island. The underwater experience that began as an activity on their vacation […]
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A national of Argentina tourist died after being struck by lightning while returning from visiting Churup Lake , located in the area of Tayacoto in Huaraz ( Ancash ). The fatality was identified as Walter Frederick Lohlé (36). His body was rescued by members of the Unit and the High Mountain Dirincri, in coordination with […]
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Generaccion.com reported that an Australian tourist, Jeff Purcell, died of an apparent overdose while at a McDonald’s located in Miraflores, Lima, Peru on November 09, 2011. Apparently he went into convulsions and hit his head on the sink in the bathroom. He was dead when firefighters arrived at the scene. Reports indicated firefighters stated the […]
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There are high concentrations of uranium in Chihuahua A study by the Center for Advanced Materials Research (CIMAV) over a decade revealed that in the Chihuahua-Sacramento valley formed areas of high concentration of uranium contaminated the local water because in this territory have been reported numerous deposits of uranium ores, such as the Sierra de […]
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After 29 days on strike, the strike by health unions in Panama continues after the National Negotiating Medical Commission (Comenenal), supported by hundreds of associations and organizations, announced Thursday it is preparing a general strike if the government does not withdraw of the 349 National Assembly the draft Public Private Partnership (PPP) to consider privatization.Read […]
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO) nearly 18 million people worldwide suffering from Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, an infectious disease that causes changes in the skin and eye damage that can lead to blindness.In America, this disease is endemic in six countries and more than 500 thousand people at risk of infection. […]
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The Peruvian authorities decreed an “epidemic alert ‘at airports and ports of Peru in order to detect in a timely manner cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) or Escherichia coli entero- haemorrhagic (EHEC). Regional Health Authority The Port of Callao installed from morning reported that a strict watch a team of doctors at the Jorge […]
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At least ten people were killed and 37 injured in a road accident at the height of Pindamonhangaba municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo (southeast), as reported by the State Traffic Police (TRE, for their Portuguese acronym). Fatalities are nine adults and one child. Of all the injuries, there are 16 serious […]
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Cornejo, state leader of the National Peasant Confederation (CNC), said that in several communities in Zacatecas and there are families who suffer from hunger, so called State Cabinet officials to make “its own model” to seek financial resources to the Federation. Elaborated on the governor Miguel Alonso Reyes made frequent visits to the Chamber of […]
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Because each year in the state recorded 800 deaths a thousand associated with diabetes mellitus, this condition is placed on top of the causes of death in the state, revealed the Ministry of Health in Hidalgo. The state agency said that diabetes is characterized by high levels of blood sugar. “It is a chronic disease […]
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A 217.2 percent have increased the number of new cases of diabetes in the last three years in Sinaloa, according to statistics from the Federal Ministry of Health. According to the document, at week 40, 2008 the rates of this disease were found in 11 000 831 new cases that year whereas the current figure […]
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Despite preventive measures applied by health authorities, cases of dengue are increasing in the town: in 15 days reached 110: 90 classic and 20 hemorrhagic. Therefore, brigades were put in action and walk door to door to apply drill abbot and pots. The rains, which are attributed the outbreak of the mosquito transmitter, have truce […]
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The disease claimed its first victim and the Regional Office of Health is on alert, he announced the start of free vaccination campaigns. After five years of epidemiological silence confirmed the deadly outbreak of yellow fever in the region of Ayacucho. The confirmation was made after the analysis carried out to a pregnant minor of […]
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Detected the first case of whooping cough in Paysandú. It is a two-year-old from Guichon, who was admitted to Salto. According to unofficial information gathered by the newspaper The Telegraph, it is a boy who had been hospitalized recently at the Pereira Rossell Hospital in Montevideo due to a lung condition and there would have […]
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70% of medicines sold in unauthorized warehouses would be false. Stores do not have formal providers such as pharmacies and opting to source from markets that sell adulterated or expired drugs.The head of the Executive Control of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIREM) Manzanedo Gianina Cabal, reported that at least 70% of tablets that are sold […]
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The alleged seller was arrested at the Mall Hayuelos when carrying, authorities say fake drugs for patients of HIV / AIDS. On Tuesday night October 18, 2011, a man was captured in Bogotá a person of 43 years that supposedly marketed fake drugs for patients with HIV / AIDS. According to Major Jose Luis Palomino, […]
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The Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Evelyn Matthei, reported this morning that since the entry into force of the new law postnatal on 17 October, 15 421 permits have been granted six months postnatal. He further reported that in 25 cases, the mother gave him the benefit of his father, as the case of […]
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The Ministry of Health maintains its secrecy and does not explain the reason for the layoffs of 110 health professionals and 90 nurses. Yesterday, the head of that Ministry, David Chiriboga, in a television interview, said that this was the result of a process of analysis at national level (see note sharing). The Forum for […]
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Twenty Colombian tourists were eating food poisoning apparently were in poor condition during a visit to the spa Atacames Ecuador (northwest and near the border with Colombia), on Tuesday reported a medical source. Foreigners were admitted to a hospital emergency de Atacama, where tables were rehydrated after suffering vomiting and diarrhea, said Dr. Diana Santillán […]
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Mexican Obesity, an alarming problem In Tamaulipas, since January is conducted a program called “Fitness for a better Reynosa”, this program is headed by the Municipal Secretary of Social Development known as SEDESOL. As we all know, Mexico is the most obese country in the world, and Tamaulipas are worried about this, so far the […]
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The state Health Department issued a public warning, not to buy or consume a food supplement called “Q-10”, it does not have sanitary permits to ensure their effectiveness without cause damage to health. He said the action stemmed from a phone call from a client who asked whether that product was endorsed by the Ministry […]
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Derived from operations conducted by the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (Cofepris), in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property ( IMPI), Federal Police (PF) and Tax Administration Service (SAT), the Attorney General of the State of Jalisco (PGJEJ) and the Federal Consumer Protection Agency (Profeco), is […]
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Another student ITID of Soledad Vargas José Miguel Noriega, 14, who is in ninth grade, was hospitalized on November 2 in the Clinical Prevention, with symptoms similar to two other students of the institution. His father Jose Noriega said that the October 26 school received a call informing him that he had to go pick […]
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An unexpected outbreak of dengue in the Yucatán, which has resulted in three confirmed deaths from hemorrhagic shock, has generated a public debate and with interference from political parties about who or who would be responsible for the level of infection and the disease that now bears reach even questioned the official figures from institutions […]
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Residents Tireo Borough are on alert to the emergence of at least four suspected cases of cholera. A girl of 7 years, residing in section Suriel, died Thursday allegedly because of cholera, according to family members reported, even though doctors say it was because of lung problems. Read Article
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The Social Security Institute (IPS) last week confirmed that two children died from boarding pictures of chickenpox. El ente instó a la población a estar atenta a esta enfermedad, ya que son comunes los brotes del mal en esta época del año. The agency urged people to be aware of this disease, and outbreaks are […]
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The outbreak of hepatitis in the town of Tampico and was controlled by health authorities in the jurisdiction number two, to establish health fences to prevent its spread, said Secretary of Health in Tamaulipas. The outbreak was reported in three colonies of the municipality as the Guadalupe Victoria, The Presidents and Tampiquito, in which seven […]
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There are 99 confirmed cases in the country, so that the government seeks to immunize children up to five years. This November the program will be extended to people up to 15 years of age. Read Article
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Ministry of Health of Bogotá assumes cost of this program, amounting to 3,500 million pesos. About 14,000 girls, from fifth grade, the public and private schools in the towns of Fontibon Engativá and San Cristobal that day will benefit from vaccination against this virus that causes cervical cancer. Each dose of this vaccine costs 150,000 […]
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The El Niño phenomenon triggered contagion figures of classic dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever in Antioquia. This was reported the Health Office, who said that while in January 2009 showed 166 cases of dengue fever in the department, so far are 2010 and 420. “At the moment we are not going to declare a health […]
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