In the World COPD Day, Dr. Alberto Lopez Araoz, specialist in charge of Bronchoscopy Service at Hospital Universitario Austral, explains about the disease, which can even be the third cause of death in the year 2020.

According to a study by the Public Health Commission from the Ministry of Health in Spain, tobacco and obesity are the two most important factors that can aggravate a bout of influenza A.

The musician was very sad with the popular singer’s medical profile. Charly said “she was once the best voice of Argentina. She’s almost a rock star.”

Millions pray for her. Mercedes isn’t adored just in Argentina. The warmth and strength of her voice broke all possible boundaries and moved the crowds. Today, the world hopes for her life at the Trinity sanatorium in Palermo. The most renowned Argentina’s folk singer is connected to a respirator, fighting for her life. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

A patient admitted to hospital in Albacete two and a half weeks ago has become Spain’s seventh victim of the Swine Flu virus.

Argentine Health Minister, Juan Manzur, assures today in a press conference that “the 90 % of the virus that circulates is from the H1N1 flu” and confirmed that “right now” there are 100 thousand people affected by respiratory illnesses.