Domingo, 03 de Octubre de 2010
Experts on nutrition will meet to discuss how diet affects mental and behavioural development of children
University of Granada professor Cristina Campoy Folgoso is the coordinator of a Nutrimenthe public event -an international research project funded by the European Commission through its 7th Framework Programme- entitled “Effect of diet on the mental performance of children”. The conference is being held on October 6th in York, United Kingdom.
Can diet affect our children’s long-term mental and behavioural development? This question will be addressed by a number of international leading experts on child nutrition (...)
Miércoles, 26 de Mayo de 2010
DNA analyses return 13 Haitian children to families: DNA-Prokids Bolivia
After last January earthquake, 25 Haitian children were moved to Bolivia, accompanied by people who could not prove their parenthood. Police suspicion prevented them to be taken to Brazil or Argentina. Up to 13 of them have been returned to their families, after their genetic identification implemented by the Bolivian Attorney General’s Office use of DNA-Prokids, a program created by the University of Granada (Spain).
Natural disasters frequently turn into human tragedies, such as family separations. (...)
Viernes, 05 de Marzo de 2010
First girl identified by DNA - Prokids in Thailand
The UGR program cooperated with the Royal Thai Police to clear up the case. The girl is back to their parents, after living in a shelter for a while.On April 28, 2009 a girl was abandoned in a hospital in Bangkok by a friend of her mother. According to the medical report, she was born on April 12, 2009. After checking and at request of authorities, she was sent from the hospital to Pakkred Babies’ (...)
Jueves, 15 de Octubre de 2009
DNA against traffic in human beings
Experts in genetic identification and criminalistics from Brazil, China, Arab Emirates, Spain, USA, Philippines, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and United Nations (UNODC) will meet in Granada next October 26th and 27th to celebrate the first Forerunner DNA – Prokids Scientific Group Meeting.The meeting will focus on coordination of scientific criteria to create a worldwide database with genetic information of human trafficking victims and their families, to enable police and judicial systems (...)
Martes, 13 de Noviembre de 2007
Accident and emergency departments should offer immigrants translation and cultural mediation services, according to a study
The study, carried out in the Department of Medicine at the University of Granada, consisted of an analysis of health services provided to immigrants in accident and emergency departments in Spanish hospitals. The researchers concluded that, in addition to other measures, there is a need to create an immigrant treatment working party, establish a direct telephone link with a 24h translation service or provide sociocultural mediator services. This research, which was conducted by Francisco Manuel (...)
Lunes, 17 de Septiembre de 2007
A study reveals that immigrant teenagers eat better and have a lower risk of obesity than Spanish teenagers
According to a study carried out at the Department of Experimental Sciences (Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales), immigrant teenagers eat better than Spanish teenagers. For this reason, immigrant teenagers have a lower probability of suffering from obesity, diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases caused by bad eating habits. The study has not only analysed for the first time the habits and attitudes of immigrants towards nutrition, but it also has pointed out that interculturality (...)