Urgent coordinated action from national governments, medical societies and patient organizations is needed to avoid a public health crisis resulting from the tide of preventable strokes that leave many people with atrial fibrillation (AF) mentally and physically disabled or dead, every year. How Can We Avoid a Stroke Crisis in Latin America?, a report from Action for Stroke Prevention – a group of health experts from around the world - reveals the huge economic, social and personal burden of AF-related strokes across the region. Launched today at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 3rd Latin America Conference, the report proposes measures to tackle stroke in patients with AF, the most common, sustained abnormal heart rhythm and a major cause of stroke.
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United Airlines, subsidiaria de United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL) y el ¡Adelante! U.S. Education Leadership Fund han seleccionado a las ganadoras del concurso Destino: Latinoamérica para estudiantes universitarios de origen hispano.
Jamila Hull, de 22 años, originaria de Las Cruces, Nuevo México y estudiante de alemán y conservación de museos quien cursa su último año de estudios en la Universidad Estatal de Nuevo México (New Mexico State University), ganó el primer lugar con un video de tres minutos recalcando las cinco razones por las cuales visitar Brasil. El video de Hull se puede ver en la página de Internet www.adelantefund.org y en la página YouTube de ¡Adelante! en http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03EmTDtfCw.
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Am 20. Mai 2011 wurde der Politiker und Ex-Finanzminister Peer Steinbrück in Bonn mit dem Cicero Rednerpreis 2011 ausgezeichnet. Der Cicero Rednerpreis wird vom Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft seit 1994 für herausragende rhetorische Leistungen verliehen. Eine unabhängige Jury ermittelt jährlich den Preisträger. Peer Steinbrück gilt nach Meinung der Jury als streitbarer Redner mit der besonderen Fähigkeit, Reden und Handeln in Einklang zu bringen. Er ist immer wieder als möglicher Kanzlerkandidat der SPD bei der Bundestagswahl im Jahr 2013 im Gespräch.
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LG Mobile today announced the upcoming release of “Thumbs”, the new texting documentary that chronicles the race to LG’s 2010 National Texting Championship. In celebration of the documentary’s television debut, LG treated audiences in New York and Los Angeles to a theatrical sneak peek of the texting exposé scheduled to premiere on MTV on Friday, August 19th at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT. Providing an exclusive look at the growing phenomenon of texting among today’s youth, the premieres brought industry influencers and texting enthusiasts together for an in-depth look at the fast- paced world of texting and its rising popularity.
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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ad Council today launched a national consumer education campaign to help consumers save money on utility bills. Created pro bono by Texas-based advertising agency GSD&M, the public service advertisements (PSAs) aim to help consumers save money on their energy bills by doing things such as sealing leaks in their homes and using energy efficient products.
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The closest look into the Googleplex without a badge and ID card, I’m Feeling Lucky is the first inside view of life at Google from one of its original employees, Employee number 59, giving readers a chance to fully experience the bizarre mix of camaraderie and competition at this phenomenal company. Learn more about this book here, http://bit.ly/jyftke and its author here, http://xooglers.blogspot.com/ Non Fiction
New York sex therapist, Dr. Morgan Snow struggles with the conflict of preserving her patient’s privacy and the dangerous, sometimes criminal things she hears. From the abused to the depraved, from couples grappling with sexual boredom to twisted sociopaths with dark fetishes. The Butterfield Institute is the sanctuary where Snow helps soothe and heal these battered souls. Learn more about this book here, http://amzn.to/krBsGA and its author here, www.mjrose.com Romantic Suspense Thriller
Sex therapist, Dr. Morgan Snow’s newest patient is a powerful man, secretly addicted to watching internet pornography. She’s also working with a group of high school teenagers equally, dangerously obsessed with these real time fantasies. Fantasies that are all too accessible. Then the women start dying online, now it’s all about murder. Learn more about this book here, http://amzn.to/jvXm5n and its author here, www.mjrose.com Romantic Suspense Thriller
