A major effort of Sertox is to maintain always a day our statistical registres. So always in the first days of January we climb the data of the previous year, to our website [See, only available in Spanish]. We were very happy that for the first time in many years, the data were transformed into a news item [See].We insist with the idea of the endless stories, as was the theme of Bulletin No. 55. In this case, the absence of appropriate policies in Argentina to limit the spread of drug use, including "paco". This issue is so important that jumped to the front page of the New York Times [See]. We are also happy with the contributions made to our site like the beautiful images of Argiopidae submitted by Carlos Milea [See].Thanks to the Medical Association of Barcelona by renewing our site, as a Web Accredited Medical, [See]. There are many interesting articles in this number to read in all sections, like a new paper of Michael Eddlestone et al. In this number, we include videos to watch related to some articles. You can see the bulletin in Spanish, as not all the news is translated to English language (and conversely). Until next number. JCP

Angela Leis, Deputy Director of Web Accredited Medical, the Medical Association of Barcelona. 22/02/08.We wish to thank you for your confidence in our Quality Program and Accreditation of  Web Accredited Medical, and we also share with you that we are pleased to announce that the accreditation has been renewed dated February 22, 2008. Click here to see (in Spanish).

Carlos Milea, Haedo, Buenos Aires, Ar. February 20, 2008. I studied the career of biology at Faculty of Exact Sciences (and also I am specialist in scientific photo). I am sending you the photo of Argiopidae that can serve anyone who needs to make macro picture. It is taken to pulse with an inverted 50mm Tessar lens, affixed with an extension tube (the tube that was used comes to The sony w5) on the basis of maximum openness and telephoto lens of the old 35 mm machine. It is much better if you can take the camera with any system supporting strong and firm, in my experience. See more images.
Note: See in Wikipedia about Argiope family, large orb-web spider and thank to Carlos for your collaboration.See video in Read more.

Ver Imagen Detection of cocaine in hair and urine samples from inmates under probation using available methodologies at Toxicology´s Laboratory, Bioanalysis´s School, UCVenezuela. Marisela Díaz Tremarías.Abstract.

• Two news articles about statistic from SERTOX in Rosario. Only available in Spanish. See
• New link to SERTOX site or articles from us. Only available in Spanish. See

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An article from Rosario3.com (Feb.11,2008) show some old videos about Rosario. For example, in one; Shot in Rosario, Argentina in 1934 by Antonio Dominguez, cinematographer aficionado. They constitute an excellent window to the past and family life in Rosario in the 1930´s. The park featured in this movie is "Parque Independencia", one of the main attractions in Rosario. Raul Dominguez and Nelson Montes-Bradley can be seen ridding their bicycles on San Juan Street. Length: 5.22 minutes. 16mm. B&W. Temporary music by Jerry Goldsmith was introduced with the sole purpose of rehearsing emotions.[ See the note in Spanish and all videos, at tope of the notice ]
 

First look at vast 'book of life'.BBC News, Feb. 26, 2008.The first 30,000 pages have been unveiled of a vast encyclopedia which aims to catalogue every one of our planet's 1.8 million species. The immense online resource is designed to greatly enhance our understanding of the world's diminishing biodiversity. The creators of the database say it could have an impact on human knowledge comparable to that which followed the microscope's invention in the 1600s. [ See ]

February 2008 . Restoring retinal lamination in the zebrafish mosaic eyes mutant. Taken from: A. K. Christensen & A. M. Jensen Bio Medical Central Developmental Biology 2008, 8:3 [View article] View image or click to expand.

Multiple-dose activated charcoal in acute self-poisoning: a randomised controlled trial. Michael Eddleston,   Edmund Juszczak,   Nick A Buckley, et al. The Lancet 2008; 371:579-587. [ See Full text ]. We recommended also in the same page, to see Related Articles. See also a newspaper article about this paper: Standard treatment for pesticide poisoning useless: study . (Image from this article).

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Cheap Cocaine Floods Argentina, Devouring Lives. nytimes, February 23, 2008.Bilma Acuña has two drug-addicted sons and roams the streets of the Ciudad Oculta slum here with a purpose: to save others from the same fate. She and the group of mothers she helps organize have become the only bulwark, it seems, against the irrepressible spread of paco, a highly addictive, smokable cocaine residue that has destroyed thousands of lives in Argentina and caused a cycle of drug-induced street violence never seen before in this country. [ See ]. In the same page, watch video: Argentina'Cheap Drug Scourge. See previous related news: Argentina: Epidemic of "Paco". Watch video in Read more.

Probiotics increase mortality in patients with severe pancreatitis. Thelancet, com. Feb.14,2008.Probiotics—'good' bacteria—are associated with increased mortality in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) and don't reduce the risk of infectious complications, according to an Article. Researchers did a randomised double-blind, placebo controlled trial of 296 patients with SAP-152 patients received a multispecies probiotic preparation and 144 were given placebo. Similar proportions in each group developed infectious complications, but both groups returned similar results. 24 patients (16%) in the probiotics group died compared to 9 in the placebo group (6%). The authors conclude probiotic prophylaxis should not be administered in this category of patients. (Image from Thelancet article). Watch video about Probiotics in Read more.