Archives for Health
February 2nd, 2012
Europe is freezing, with the wave of cold weather hitting several countries, mainly in the East, leaving many dead, according to recent reports. Temperatures plummeted to -33ºC in the Ukraine, -31ºC in eastern Bosnia and to similar figures in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, and this drop in temperature is likely ...
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January 3rd, 2012
Thirty-seven people have died in thirty-six accidents registered on the roads since the 23rd December, when “Operation Christmas” started, and up until New Year’s Day, the Department General of Traffic (DGT) have informed that these incidents also resulted in a further ten serious and ten minor injuries. Among those killed in ...
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December 29th, 2011
Spain’s reform of the tobacco law has paid off, resulting in 600,000 fewer smokers and a reduction in sales estimated at 500 million packs during its first year in operation, according to estimates by the National Committee for Smoking Prevention (NPTC). The legislation, which came into effect on 2nd January 2011 ...
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December 26th, 2011
About ten million people (22.5% of the population) in Spain are living in a situation of "relative poverty", with about 500 euros a month, and another two million are living in "severe poverty", with revenues of only around 300 euros per month, reported ABC News. As the president of the European ...
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November 30th, 2011
Sunday was the World Day of Remembrance for Victims of Traffic Accidents. The good news for Spain is that over the last 10 year period, traffic mortality has fallen more than 50 percent, from 5,517 fatalities in 2001 to 2,478 last year. A total of 41,665 people lost their lives ...
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October 31st, 2011
La Mancha is the Spanish heartland. Sprawling over a high plateau between Madrid and the Mediterranean, it is the birthplace of Manchego cheese and Pedro Almodóvar, and the legendary stomping-ground of Don Quixote himself. Life has a harsh edge here. The weather is more extreme than elsewhere in Spain, and the ...
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October 26th, 2011
Extra virgin olive oil has significant health benefits. Several studies have shown that regular consumption of this oil is good for the bones, because it stimulates growth and the absorption of calcium; for the endocrine system, because it improves metabolic functions, and for the circulatory system, because it helps prevent ...
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October 20th, 2011
Recent studies have confirmed the anti-cancer properties of purple garlic and Valencian pomegranates. Some of these studies were carried out by scientists at the Ramon Cajal Hospital in Madrid and the University of Castilla-La Mancha and others by researchers at the University Miguel Hernández in Elche. All are meeting in Madrid ...
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October 18th, 2011
After the rescue efforts undertaken by the troops deployed in the Cuevas de Almanzora (Almeria), it has been confirmed that they have recovered the bodies of the three people who remained missing after a hillside collapsed on Friday morning, burying them in the mountain cave house in which they lived. The ...
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September 14th, 2011
Caffeine may become a new ally against the sun's harmful rays. U.S. scientists say that moderate consumption of coffee, and perhaps even direct application to the skin, may help reduce the risk of developing melanoma skin cancer, the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Apparently, according to research published in the National ...
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