Ronaldo Sought the Services of an American Surrogate to Have His Baby
A Portuguese newspaper has claimed that the services of an American surrogate was sought by Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo, to have his baby.
According to the Daily Mail, an article in Diario de Noticias says Ronaldo conceived the little boy by paying a surrogate in San Diego at the end of last summer.
A representative for the footballer's management company Gestifute confirmed the 25-year-old was a father but did not comment on the surrogacy report.
According to the newspaper, Ronaldo went to the Algarve region of mainland Portugal to meet the baby as soon as Portugal were eliminated from the World Cup by Spain on June 29.
He waited until then to name his son, the newspaper said.
The Telegraph reported that another Portuguese newspaper, Correio de Manha, said that Ronaldo's mother, Delores, and sisters Elma and Katia would raise the child.
Katia Aveiro told the newspaper that her brother was 'very happy about becoming a father'.
"He has brown eyes and brown hair like Cristiano," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted her as saying.
"He's very happy, of course! Who isn't happy having children?
"The baby looks like him, although he's still very small to see what his features will be like. He's very calm, he just eats and sleeps," she added.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
CELEBRITY HEALTH -Jennifer Saunders
52-year-old Jennifer Saunders has overcome breast cancer after an intensive round of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
The English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress, who was diagnosed in October 2009, is now in remission.
Her doctors confirmed that she is indeed in remission, but Ms. Saunders' spokesperson said she had no intention of talking publicly about her disease. The actress is married and has three daughters.
Cancer Research UK\data indicates that breast cancer is now the most common form of cancer in the UK, but the good news as evinced by Ms Saunders’ recovery is that survival rates are on the rise.
The English comedienne, screenwriter, singer and actress, who was diagnosed in October 2009, is now in remission.
Her doctors confirmed that she is indeed in remission, but Ms. Saunders' spokesperson said she had no intention of talking publicly about her disease. The actress is married and has three daughters.
Cancer Research UK\data indicates that breast cancer is now the most common form of cancer in the UK, but the good news as evinced by Ms Saunders’ recovery is that survival rates are on the rise.
CELEBRITY HEALTH -Lindsay Lohan
Finding inner peace through meditation, spirituality and yoga and adopting these as a permanent lifestyle would prove very helpful to Hollywood diva Lindsay Lohan (Mean Girls), acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed stated in Nevada (USA) today.
Lohan reportedly will head to rehab soon after completing her jail sentence (since July 20 for probation violation) in Lynwood (California, USA), as she has been ordered to check into rehab within 24 hours of her release.
Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, suggested Lohan to determinedly seek Self through mediation and have self-control.
Talking about those who have "conquered themselves", Lord Krishna revealed in ancient Hindu scripture Bhagavad-Gita (Song of the Lord)-They live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame; Rajan Zed said.
Reports indicate that Lohan is most likely to enter Malibu Beach Recovery Center in upscale Malibu (California), which uses "ancient wisdom of yoga and meditation" and "holistic body-mind-spirit methodology", "restores body and mind", and helps clients to "open to a Higher Power".
Six clients share 6,500 square feet Center which is perched high on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean and where the floors are made from exotic woods, marble and hued travertine and which offers exclusive custom-tailored treatment plan for "Brain Restoration". Day at this Center begins at 7 am and ends at 11 pm with "evening meditation" (with little free time) and includes, among other things, "breathing exercises adapted from yoga". According to the Center, "having sex" is a healthy addiction, while "laziness" is an unhealthy/unnatural addiction.
CELEBRITY HEALTH -John Travolta
John Travolta, the 'Pulp Fiction' star is apparently losing hair and could go bald.
The 56-year-old star was photographed last week in Beverly Hills when a cop pulled him over, showing a receding hairline with the male pattern baldness obvious for his age, reports the New York Post.
But two days later, when he was snapped at the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center, he had luxuriant black hair, which some experts say was "a weave."
Travolta seem to want to maintain himself as wife, Kelly Preston, is expecting their third child in May.
CELEBRITY HEALTH -Lady GAGA
After Lady Gaga admitted to her use of cocaine, Boy George criticised the pop star publicly.
The former Culture Club star wrote on his Papermag blog: "Could it be that her use of coke is not so occasional?" reports the New York Post.
"As a recovering addict who knows how dangerous 'occasional' use is, I can think of no reason for Gaga to reveal this to her young audience.
"My mum had the best take on this: 'She's reached the stage where she feels untouchable, you all get there-you did, son' . . .
"Isn't saying you're an 'occasional' drug taker a bit like saying you're bisexual? That usually means you're raving," he wrote.
CELEBRITY HEALTH -JK Rowling
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has given $15.4 million towards a Clinic which will treat and research Multiple Sclerosis, the disease that killed her mother. Named the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic, after Rowling’s mother, the clinic will be based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. The university said Rowling's $ 15.4 million is the largest single donation it has received so far.
The writer who fired the imagination of young minds with her boy wizard creation, said she hopes the clinic will become a “world center for excellence in the field of regenerative neurology.” The center will also study other degenerative neurological conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
JK Rowling, a long term resident of Edinburgh, the Scottish capital said funding the university to attract world-class minds in the field of neuro regeneration was the most meaningful way to back to the city all the goodness it had given her. JK Rowling's mother died in 1990 at the age of 45, before the writer struck gold with her Harry Potter series.
Multiple sclerosis affects about 100,000 people in Britain, and Scotland has one of the world's highest incidences of the disease. Though genetics and environmental factors are thought to play a part in causing Multiple Sclerosis the causes and course of the disease are not fully understood.
CHOLERA TREATMENT AND PREVENTION
Infection of cholera can be adequately treated by administering oral rehydration salts to replace the loss of fluids and salts. In severely dehydrated persons it should be given as Intravenous
fluids.
In severe cases; an effective antibiotic treatment can reduce the volume and duration of diarrhea and the period of Vibrio excretion.
Tetracycline is the antibiotic usually given, but resistance to tetracycline is emerging. Tetracycline resistant strains are now treated with Co-trimoxazole, erythromycin, doxycycline, chloramphenicol and furazolidone. Consult your doctor for proper medication.
Read more: Cholera Treatment http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_treatment.htm#ixzz0yMQXGXew
PREVENTION:
Sanitary disposal of faeces
Hand washing after defecation,
Pure drinking water,
Uncontaminated food supply (particularly seafood and vegetables)
Sanitary preparation of food in commercial establishments and homes.
Cleanliness are the most effective ways in preventing and controlling outbreaks.
Routine treatment of a community with antibiotics, or "mass chemoprophylaxis", has no effect in controlling the spread of cholera.
Limited stocks of two oral cholera vaccines that provide high-level protection for several months against cholera caused by V. cholerae O1 have recently become available in few countries.
Read more: Cholera Prevention http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_preventation.htm#ixzz0yMQiztb2
fluids.
In severe cases; an effective antibiotic treatment can reduce the volume and duration of diarrhea and the period of Vibrio excretion.
Tetracycline is the antibiotic usually given, but resistance to tetracycline is emerging. Tetracycline resistant strains are now treated with Co-trimoxazole, erythromycin, doxycycline, chloramphenicol and furazolidone. Consult your doctor for proper medication.
Read more: Cholera Treatment http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_treatment.htm#ixzz0yMQXGXew
PREVENTION:
Sanitary disposal of faeces
Hand washing after defecation,
Pure drinking water,
Uncontaminated food supply (particularly seafood and vegetables)
Sanitary preparation of food in commercial establishments and homes.
Cleanliness are the most effective ways in preventing and controlling outbreaks.
Routine treatment of a community with antibiotics, or "mass chemoprophylaxis", has no effect in controlling the spread of cholera.
Limited stocks of two oral cholera vaccines that provide high-level protection for several months against cholera caused by V. cholerae O1 have recently become available in few countries.
Read more: Cholera Prevention http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_preventation.htm#ixzz0yMQiztb2
CHOLERA SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS
What are the symptoms of Cholera
Symptoms are
Nausea, vomiting, profuse diarrhea with abdominal cramps.
Stools, which resemble "rice water", contain mucus, epithelial cells, and large number of cholera bacteria.
There is a rapid loss of fluid, electrolytes, which lead to
- profound dehydration
- circulatory collapse
Read more: Cholera Symptoms http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_symptoms.htm#ixzz0yMPgE22H
DIAGNOSIS:
Macroscopic Examination:
Stools resembles "rice water", contains mucus, epithelial cells, and large number of Vibrios.
Microscopic Examination:
Dark field Microscopic examination of stool sample shows rapidly motile Vibrio bacteria.
Cultural Characters:
Enrichment is done in Alkaline Peptone water at pH 8.7 for 6-8 hours incubation.
Typical yellow color colonies appear in Thiosulfate-Citrate-Bile salts-Sucrose (TCBS) agar after 18 hours incubation.
Organisms can be confirmed from culture by staining and examining under microscope.
Specific Tests:
Vibrio cholerae are further identified by slide agglutination tests using anti-O group 1 antiserum and by biochemical reactions.
Read more: Cholera Diagonsis http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_diagnosis.htm#ixzz0yMQ5Ijik
Symptoms are
Nausea, vomiting, profuse diarrhea with abdominal cramps.
Stools, which resemble "rice water", contain mucus, epithelial cells, and large number of cholera bacteria.
There is a rapid loss of fluid, electrolytes, which lead to
- profound dehydration
- circulatory collapse
Read more: Cholera Symptoms http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_symptoms.htm#ixzz0yMPgE22H
DIAGNOSIS:
Macroscopic Examination:
Stools resembles "rice water", contains mucus, epithelial cells, and large number of Vibrios.
Microscopic Examination:
Dark field Microscopic examination of stool sample shows rapidly motile Vibrio bacteria.
Cultural Characters:
Enrichment is done in Alkaline Peptone water at pH 8.7 for 6-8 hours incubation.
Typical yellow color colonies appear in Thiosulfate-Citrate-Bile salts-Sucrose (TCBS) agar after 18 hours incubation.
Organisms can be confirmed from culture by staining and examining under microscope.
Specific Tests:
Vibrio cholerae are further identified by slide agglutination tests using anti-O group 1 antiserum and by biochemical reactions.
Read more: Cholera Diagonsis http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_diagnosis.htm#ixzz0yMQ5Ijik
CHOLERA PATHOGENICITY
V. cholerae is pathogenic only for humans
Cholera Vibrios are ingested in drink or food and in natural infections, the small dose is enough
to cause an infection. After passing the acid barrier of the stomach the organisms begin to multiply in the alkaline environment of the small intestine.
It gets attached to the microvilli of the epithelial cells of the intestinal tract where it multiplies and produce a potent enterotoxin known as cholera toxin.
Cholera toxin is responsible for increased secretion of water and electrolytes in stools from the intestinal cells leading to dehydration, shock, acidosis and death.
Read more: Cholera Pathogenicity http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_pathogenicity.htm#ixzz0yMPSrzQp
Cholera Vibrios are ingested in drink or food and in natural infections, the small dose is enough
to cause an infection. After passing the acid barrier of the stomach the organisms begin to multiply in the alkaline environment of the small intestine.
It gets attached to the microvilli of the epithelial cells of the intestinal tract where it multiplies and produce a potent enterotoxin known as cholera toxin.
Cholera toxin is responsible for increased secretion of water and electrolytes in stools from the intestinal cells leading to dehydration, shock, acidosis and death.
Read more: Cholera Pathogenicity http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_pathogenicity.htm#ixzz0yMPSrzQp
TRANSMISSION OF CHOLERA
Cholera is transmitted by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the cholera bacterium, Vibrio cholerae.
Raw or undercooked seafood may be
a source of infection in areas where cholera is prevalent.
Cholera outbreaks can occur sporadically in any part of the world where water supplies, sanitation, food safety and hygiene practices are inadequate.
Overcrowded communities with poor sanitation and unsafe drinking-water supplies are most frequently affected.
Floodwaters can carry V. cholera and contaminate drinking water supplies. Vibrio cholerae can resist brackish water and coastal water environment with high salinity.
The disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another; therefore, casual contact with an infected person is not a risk for becoming ill.
Travellers at risk of cholera infection may be immunized with the killed whole organism vaccine, which offers about 60% protection for 3-6 months.
Read more: How is Cholera transmitted ? http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_transmitted.htm#ixzz0yMP76Pqy
Raw or undercooked seafood may be
a source of infection in areas where cholera is prevalent.
Cholera outbreaks can occur sporadically in any part of the world where water supplies, sanitation, food safety and hygiene practices are inadequate.
Overcrowded communities with poor sanitation and unsafe drinking-water supplies are most frequently affected.
Floodwaters can carry V. cholera and contaminate drinking water supplies. Vibrio cholerae can resist brackish water and coastal water environment with high salinity.
The disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another; therefore, casual contact with an infected person is not a risk for becoming ill.
Travellers at risk of cholera infection may be immunized with the killed whole organism vaccine, which offers about 60% protection for 3-6 months.
Read more: How is Cholera transmitted ? http://www.medindia.net/patients/waterborne/cholera_transmitted.htm#ixzz0yMP76Pqy
ALL ABOUT CHOLERA
Cholera is a severe diarrhoeal disease characterised by sudden onset of effortless vomiting and profuse watery diarrhea.
A series of six pandemics of cholera, originating in the Bengal basin, ravaged the world in the 19th and early 20th centuries killing thousands of people. Cholera, like plague, became a disease of fear in this part of the world.
Cholera is endemic in India and Southeast Asia.
People infected with V. cholerae do not become ill, although the bacteria can be present in their stools for-14 days.
Illness occurring in more than 90% of people is of mild or moderate severity and is difficult to distinguish clinically from other forms of diarrhoeal diseases. Less than 10% of infected persons develop typical cholera with signs of moderate or severe dehydration.
CAUSES:
Cholera is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae
Vibrio cholerae is a comma-shaped, curved gram negative rods, which are motile
Vibrio cholerae produces a toxic substance called "enterotoxin" this causes cholera, a profuse watery diarrhea that can sometimes rapidly lead to dehydration and death.
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