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Alcohol is considered as the cause of death four percent of the world. A study conducted by Center for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) reveal one of 25 people died due to alcohol consumption.

According to the spokesperson for CAMH, Dr. Jürgen Rehm, consumption of alcoholic beverages in some parts of the world has been increasing. Countries that have increased the consumption of alcohol are China and India.

In Europe, alcohol and even cause one in 10 people died, add Rehm.

“Currently, we know much more effective strategy to control the consumption of alcohol in the world,” said Rehm as quoted from the Times of India, on Monday (29/6/2009).

According to Rehm, most people who often drink alcohol easy get heart disease or cancer.

“Overall, the effects of alcohol as cause of death is not far different from cigarettes in the year 2000 which is the cause of death in developing countries,” said Rehm

Enjoy the music was good for health. A number of researchers in Italy to claim, with listening to music, the people with heart disease and stroke can gradually recover.

“Music can help people with heart and stroke disease in recovery,” said Professor Luciano Bernardi of the University of Pavia in Italy Journal of the American Heart Association.

Research carried out revealed Bernardi, music with a fast tempo can increase blood pressure and heart tap. Also vice versa, with the tempo slow music can reduce blood pressure and heart tap.

Not only tempo of the music, to make music as a therapy in healing, the volume of music to listen to also play an important role. Listen to music with loud volume can increase blood pressure.

“By combining music with fast and slow cardiovascular system can be controlled, thus helping the recovery? Bernardi said.

Research conducted involving some patients who listen to different types of music using headphones. During listening to music, the researchers measure blood pressure, and tap the flow of respiratory heart. Like cited by Telegraph, Tuesday (23/6/2009).

“We see that more patients relax, especially when the music stopped the blood pressure gradually decreased, if it proves slow music can set the heart tap,” he said.

Scientists have identified a new virus in Africa that causes bleeding, such as Ebola virus that is known is chilling.

The virus named “Lujo (LUJV)” is infected five people in Zambia and South Africa in the autumn ago. Four of them died, but the fifth victim can survive after treatment recommendations according to scientists.

“Not clear how people can be infected first. However, the pest came from a family of viruses found in animal does,” said Dr. Ian Lipkin, Columbia University epidemic experts involved in the discovery that, quoted from the Associated Press, Friday (29/5/2009 ).

An article about the virus is written Lipkin and colleagues published online in PLoS Pathogens site, Thursday.

The virus is spread began in September last year, when a woman who work as travel agents in Lusaka, Zambia, sick with fever, which continues to worsen. She then plane to Johannesburg, South Africa, and died there.

The paramedics in Lusaka that she was also treating the sickness, and sent to Johannesburg, and died. Three other victims who are infected health care workers in Johannesburg.

Scientists believe the virus spread from person to person through contact with infected body fluids.

“This is not the type of virus such as flu that can spread wide,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases, which helped fund this research.

The name “Lujo” taken from Lusaka and Johannesburg, two cities where the virus was first identified.