http://www.ladysilvia.biz http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/17363/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/17363/salute/0/ Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:07:00 +0200 Brussels: "REACH is a key example of balance-striking between the three pillars of sustainable development: competitiveness, social and environment. REACH ensures a high level of protection of human health and the environment, while also playing an important role to encourage innovation, foster competitiveness and better enable enterprises meet essential demands of consumers” underlined Vice-President Antonio Tajani, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, and Janez Poto?nik, Commissioner for environment, in a joint statement. ”These announcements are extremely welcome. Taken with the Vice-President and Commissioner’s visit here today, they signal that the Commission and ECHA stand side-by-side in making REACH work to the benefit of European ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/15341/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/15341/salute/0/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:20:15 +0200 Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said "The guidance papers are a useful and practical step to help public authorities and companies to understand how best to achieve rapid approval for training aid and aid for disabled or disadvantaged workers. They are a further implementation of our economic-based approach to assessing state aid, in accordance with the Commission's 2005 State Aid Action Plan. The guidance also complements the Commission's Communication to the European Council on a shared commitment to employment" The recently adopted General Block Exemption regulation (see IP/08/1110 and MEMO/08/482 ) enables Member States to grant a large number of aid measures, including training aid and aid for the employment of disabled or disadvantaged workers, without prior notification ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/14995/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/14995/salute/0/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:32:35 +0200 The United States and the European Union have urged travellers to Mexico to exercise caution, amid concerns over the spread of the swine flu virus. Mexico fears the virus has claimed as many as 149 lives there. Cases are also confirmed in Canada, the US and Spain. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US - which has 40 confirmed cases - was taking the issue "very seriously". World Health Organization (WHO) experts are meeting to consider raising the global pandemic alert level. The UN has warned that the virus has the potential to become a pandemic. But it says the world is better prepared than ever to deal with the threat. See map showing confirmed and suspected cases Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said on Monday that 149 people ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/14119/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/14119/salute/0/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:18:57 +0100 Indonesian : An Indonesian fisherman who feared that he would be killed by tree-like growths covering his body has been given hope of recovery by an American doctor - and Vitamin A. Dede, now 35, baffled medical experts when warty "roots" began growing out of his arms and feet after he cut his knee in a teenage accident. The welts spread across his body unchecked and soon he was left unable to carry out everyday household tasks. Sacked from his job and deserted by his wife, Dede has been raising his two children - now in their late teens - in poverty, resigned to the fact that local doctors had no cure for his condition. To make ends meet he even joined a local "freak show", parading in front of a paying audience alongside victims of other peculiar ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/14052/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/14052/salute/0/ Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:10:35 +0100 Bruselles: Some 56 000 people in the EU are currently waiting for a transplant operation. Every day 12 of them die waiting for an organ to be donated. In light of these grim statistics, the commission is seeking to increase organ donations  , including by getting EU countries to exchange organs more regularly among themselves. Some countries already do this, but it is rare. The commission is also proposing EU-wide standards for donations and transplants to prevent large disparities that undermine safety and complicate ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/13930/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/13930/salute/0/ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:17:08 +0100 Bruxelles: ACT. Commission White Paper of 23 October 2007 'Together for Health: A Strategic Approach for the EU 2008-2013' [COM(2007) 630 final - Not published in the Official Journal]. SUMMARY The area of health is essentially the responsibility of the Member States. The role of the European Union (EU), as laid down in the European treaties, is to undertake measures to supplement the work of the Member States, while providing European added value, particularly with regard to major health threats, issues that have a ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/13929/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/13929/salute/0/ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:09:04 +0100 Bruxelles: ACT. Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 15 December 2005 on combating HIV/AIDS within the European Union and in the neighbouring countries, 2006-2009 [COM(2005) 654 final - Not published in the Official Journal] SUMMARY There are signs of a decline in action on HIV/AIDS at the moment, ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/13060/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/13060/salute/0/ Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:36:13 +0200 Bruxelles: Will we soon be eating cloned animals? The general public first became aware of the cloning with the birth of Dolly - the first cloned animal. But the idea of eating meat or drinking milk from cloned animals is a different issue? Cloned animals seen in global food chain by 2010 Cloning is not a commercial practice in Europe and as far as we know there are no cloned products in the European food chain, but according to the European Commission, products from clones are "on the verge of widespread commercial use" and are "expected to spread within the global food chain before 2010". This is an issue of concern for MEPs on the Agriculture Committee. Chairman Neil Parish points to the problems cloned animals suffer. ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/12865/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/12865/salute/0/ Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:05:32 +0200 Brussels : The trend is discussed in an EU cannabis report that aims to serve as an authoritative reference for what continues to be a controversial drug. At over 700 pages, the report by Europe's drugs watchdog, EMCDDA, is one of the most comprehensive surveys on the subject to date.From the plant's use as a medicine in the 19th century, the two-volume opus traces the history of cannabis in Europe, including the Dutch "coffee shop" phenomenon and the drug's UK decriminalisation in the 1960s. The report explores patterns of use, health effects, treatment, supply, legislation - even street prices and potency.Cannabis has long been the drug of choice in Europe, with nearly a quarter of all adults trying it at some time in their lives. But it has also been a major source ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/12599/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/12599/salute/0/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:41:45 +0200 Keratinocyte growth factor receptor (KGFR/FGFR2-IIIb) is a tyrosine kinase protein that belongs to the family of the fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs). KGFR represents a splicing transcript variant of FGFR2 gene and is expressed on epithelial cells of different organs. The alternatively spliced isoform, known as FGFR2-IIIc, is found in cells of mesenchymal lineages [1], [2]. KGFR plays a key role in the control of epithelial growth and differentiation, carrying out its biological effects in a paracrine way [3] through high affinity binding to its specific ligands, namely keratinocyte growth factor (KGF/FGF7), FGF10 and FGF22 [4]. Among them, KGF acts not only as a potent mitogen for primary human keratinocytes, but also promoting their differentiation program [5] and protecting them ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11878/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11878/salute/0/ Sat, 01 Mar 2008 14:49:20 +0100 Although stem cells persist in restricted regions of the adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS), replacement of neurons does not take place in most regions in intact conditions or after injury. In the last years, proliferative multipotent cells have been isolated from the parenchyma of many CNS regions considered constitutively nonneurogenic, suggesting that the nonneurogenic CNS parenchyma is endowed with a latent neurogenic potential that might be exploited for neuronal replacement. However, neurogenic fate determinants acting during development and in the germinative zones are not expressed in the intact brain and after lesion, thus arguing against the presence of neurogenic competence in parenchymal precursors. Conversely, the basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor Olig2 ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11784/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11784/salute/0/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:23:23 +0100 More than 234,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year and of these, more than 27,000 will die from the disease. For men 40 : 59, one in 38 will contract the disease and for men 60 : 69, one in 14 will learn they have prostate cancer. Sixty-five percent of all prostate cancers are found in men ages 65 : 69. Below is vital information and links to help you understand benign prostate changes and symptoms to report to your physician.If you have already been diagnosed with prostate cancer, you'll want to know about the best treatment for your individual case. The links to staging and treatment that follow will give you a general idea of treatments available for different stages of the disease.US TOO International, Inc is an organization offering education and support to prostate ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11671/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11671/salute/0/ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:25:23 +0100 Scientists are reporting evidence that intact, double-stranded DNA has the "amazing" ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. And then like friends with similar interests, the bits of genetic material hangout or congregate together. The recognition — of similar sequences in DNA's chemical subunits — occurs in a way once regarded as impossible, the researchers suggest in a study scheduled for the Jan. 31 issue of ACS' Journal of Physical Chemistry B. Geoff S. Baldwin, Sergey Leikin, John M. Seddon, and Alexei A. Kornyshev and colleagues say the homology recognition between sequences of several hundred nucleotides occurs without physical contact or presence of proteins, factors once regarded as essential for the phenomenon. This recognition may help increase ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11566/salute/4/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/11566/salute/4/ Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:48:27 +0100 BROWNSVILLE, Texas : Four-year-old Jeremiah Burkett will be ready for pre-kindergarten this fall, at least as far as immunizations go, thanks to the free vaccination service given during Operation Lone Star, a mission teaming up Texas military units and local health agencies to provide free medical and dental service to South Texas residents. Vela Middle School here is one of four sites for the ninth annual humanitarian mission. Among these services, various immunization shots are offered; including hepatitis, tetanus, influenza, and for the first time during Operation Lone Star, human papillomavirus (HPV). Army National Guard Spc. Stephanie Cardenas, an emergency medical technician from the 236th Military Police Company and assigned to Texas Medical, is giving immunization shots to ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/9840/salute/4/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/9840/salute/4/ Tue, 08 May 2007 10:53:20 +0200 Hello. I always did know that MSG was really bad for you and was addictive. but I didn't know that it made you fat! I found this really fascinating and scary!!! MSG Hides Behind 25+ Names, Such As 'Natural Flavouring' I wondered if there could be an actual chemical causing the massive obesity epidemic, so did a friend of mine, John Erb. He was a research assistant at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, and spent years working for the government. He made an amazing discovery while going through scientific journals for a book he was writing called "The Slow Poisoning of America". In hundreds of studies around the world, scientists were creating obese mice and rats to use in diet or diabetes test studies. No strain of rat or mice is naturally obese, so the scientists have to create ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/9531/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/9531/salute/0/ Sun, 06 May 2007 06:12:54 +0200 Asti (Italy), Excuse me but I need to call your attention to an important thing in my lyfe at present. This is an appeal arranged with the Italian Association of Donors' Bone Marrow to find with the greatest urgency a compatible donor for Michela, my wife aged 35, who is suffering from Multiple Myeloma. This is a malignant proliferation of plasma cells which are responsible for manufacturing immunoglobins as part of the function of the immune system. A transplant of bone marrow can be used to offer hope to her or to other patients with the same illness or other similar illnesses (for example Leukaemia). Why are transplants necessary ? The word transplant suggests the image of a major organ transplant, but bone marrow transplants are very different. Bone ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/2490/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/2490/salute/0/ Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:21:16 +0200 What is CFS? Chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, is a debilitating and complex disorder characterized by profound fatigue that is not improved by bed rest and that may be worsened by physical or mental activity. Persons with CFS most often function at a substantially lower level of activity than they were capable of before the onset of illness. In addition to these key defining characteristics, patients report various nonspecific symptoms, including weakness, muscle pain, impaired memory and/or mental concentration, insomnia, and post-exertional fatigue lasting more than 24 hours. In some cases, CFS can persist for years. The cause or causes of CFS have not been identified and no specific diagnostic tests are available. Moreover, since many illnesses have incapacitating fatigue as a symptom, ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/8983/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/8983/salute/0/ Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:37:06 +0100 The International Federation has given its support to an emergency appeal to donors for 10 million euros to replenish a stockpile of vaccines for Africa's "meningitis belt". Some 2,500 people have died of the disease this year. The arrival of a new strain has made action even more pressing. As well as seeking to build up the depleted stockpile, the Federation is stressing the need to keep up the pressure on the pharmaceutical industry to produce an affordable vaccine that can prevent the three strains of meningitis to which Africa is prey. The appeal, launched in Geneva on 7 November, comes two months before the start of the annual meningitis season. The World Health Organization - with the support of the International Federation, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the UN Children's ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/1887/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/1887/salute/0/ Sat, 26 Aug 2006 14:11:08 +0200 Christoph Schüller1, Yasmine M. Mamnun1, Mehdi Mollapour2, Gerd Krapf1, Michael Schuster1, Bettina E. Bauer1, Peter W. Piper2, and Karl Kuchler1* 1 Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Genetics, University and BioCenter of Vienna, A-1030 Vienna, Austria 2 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K. * Corresponding author. E-mail address: kaku@mol.univie.ac.at . Weak organic acids such as sorbate are potent fungistatic agents used in food preservation, but their intracellular targets are poorly understood. We thus searched for potential target genes and signaling components in the yeast genome using contemporary genome-wide functional assays, as well as DNA microarray profiling. Phenotypic screening ]]> http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/1069/salute/0/ http://www.ladysilvia.biz/ladysilvia/1069/salute/0/ Sun, 21 May 2006 23:04:19 +0200 Ecco un'altra buona ragione per dimagrire: l'alta concentrazione di zuccheri nel sangue molto comune tra persone in sovrappeso, aumenta la probabilità di perdere la memoria nelle persone anziane. A dimostrarlo è stato un piccolo studio pubblicato ieri su Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences nel quale alcuni ricercatori hanno messo in luce come gli anziani con alti valori ematici di zuccheri hanno l'ippocampo, area che presiede alle funzioni mnemoniche, più ristretto della norma. Vista con ottimismo la notizia suggerisce che una semplice dieta e un costante esercizio fisico possono aiutare chiunque a mantenere più a lungo i ricordi. Lo studio conferma quanto già osservato in pazienti diabetici che sono più a rischio della media di soffrire di disfunzioni mnemoniche. Il ]]>