Conferência do Rio sobre Determinantes Sociais
Foto enviada pela AMICOR Dra. Vera Luiza da Costa e Silva, tomada durante a recente conferência sobre determinantes sociais no Rio de Janeiro, mostrando, gráfico de nossa autoria (Maria Inês, Bassanesi e eu). Para ver a Declaração Política final da conferência acessar o seguinte link: *http://www.who.int/sdhconference/declaration/Rio_political_declaration.pdf *
The State of World Population 2011
*The State of World Population 2011* *People and possibilities in a world of 7 billion *** * * *Additional Investments in Youth Needed as World Population Tops 7 Billion, States UNFPA Report Tear down barriers to put women and men on equal footing, agency head says…. * * UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, October 2011** * * * English PDF [132p.] at: http://bit.ly/sTVYZ2 Spanish: PDF [132p.] at: http://bit.ly/vZpN56 French : PDF [132p.] at: http://bit.ly/rGnica ** ** ** “…..world population is projected to reach 7 billion. How we respond now will determine whether we h... mais »
Super Broccoli
British Scientists Grow Super Broccoli By Associated Press Thursday, October 27, 2011 | ROSEMARY CALVERT / GETTY IMAGES [image: Rosemary Calvert / Getty Images] Popeye might want to consider switching to broccoli. British scientists unveiled a new breed of the vegetable that experts say packs a big nutritional punch. Richard Mithen, who led the team of scientists at the Institute for Food Research in Norwich, England, that developed the new broccoli. "When you eat this broccoli ... you get a reduction in cholesterol in your blood stream," he told Associated Press Television. "Vegeta... mais »
Astronomer captures image of forming planet
By AUDREY McAVOY :[image: Image: LkCa 15 b] updated 10/20/2011 11:31:08 AM ET HONOLULU — Astronomers have captured the first direct image of a planet being born. Adam Kraus, of the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, said the planet is being formed out of dust and gas circling a 2-milion-year-old star about 450 light years from Earth. The planet itself, based on scientific models of how planets form, is estimated to have started taking shape about 50,000 to 100,000 years ago. Called LkCa 15 b, it's the youngest planet ever observed. The previous record holder was about ... mais »
Overpopulation
Why the Real Victim of Overpopulation Will Be the Environment By BRYAN WALSH Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 - NEXT - 1 of 24 - View All [image: Zebra roam free in front of the Nairobi skyline at the Nairobi National Park on January 8, 2008 in Kenya.] Zebras roam at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya, one of many developing countries experiencing a population boom PETER MACDIARMID / GETTY IMAGES - Maybe it's just the fact that the official day has been set for Oct. 31 — Halloween — but there's a distinct whiff of panic and fear around the expected birth of the 7 billio... mais »
Doença de Chagas
*Referência da AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* 24/10/2011 *Protozoário causador da doença de Chagas pode gerar remédio para cardíacos, indica pesquisa* *O Trypanosoma cruzi é produtor de uma enzima chamada transialidase. Estudos feitos ao longo de quase dez anos pelo Incor-USP já comprovaram que, em animais, essa enzima faz com que placas de colesterol fixadas nas artérias se desmanchem, reduzindo assim o risco de enfartes * O mesmo protozoário que causa a doença de Chagas pode ser também um agente decisivo no combate a outras doenças cardíacas. Uma pesquisa do Instituto do Cor... mais »
State of the World 2011
State of the World 2011: Press Release View Translations of this Release *Worldwatch Institute’s State of the World 2011 Shows Agriculture Innovation Is Key to Reducing Poverty, Stabilizing Climate* *Report provides a roadmap for food security and agricultural investment, revealing 15 high- and low-tech solutions that are helping to reduce hunger and poverty in Africa * *New York, 12 January 2011*—Worldwatch Institute today released its report *State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet,* which spotlights successful agricultural innovations and unearths major succ... mais »
All-TIME 100 Songs
All-TIME 100 Songs Our critics pick the most extraordinary English-language pop recordings since the beginning of TIME magazine in 1923. Here are 100 (unranked) songs of enduring beauty, power and inventiveness [image: Janelle Monae] 2010S ‘Tightrope’ By JESSICA WINTER | October 24, 2011 | 183 Artist: Janelle Monáe Year Released: 2010 species. Even if her concept album *The ArchAndroid* didn’t catch the fire that its irresistible lead single set, the 26-year-old Monáe remains one of the most promising talents of a still-young century, and this song is the evidence. “We call that class... mais »
Sem título
Found: A Watery Solar System Being Born — and Clues to Earth's Creation By JEFFREY KLUGER Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011 An artist's rendering illustrates an icy planet-forming disk around a young star called TW Hydrae, in the constellation Hydra NASA / JPL / Caltech If E.T. is out there, it may be a lot easier to find him than we thought — mostly because there are a lot more places for him to live. Scientists looking for life (or at least earthlike life) have always obeyed a simple rule: follow the water. Biology is a wet process, after all — and generally the wetter the better. Now, the He... mais »
Infections from Cardiac Implants
Geoscientists Find Key to Why Some Patients Get Infections from Cardiac Implants 10/24/2011 03:47 PM EDT [image: Illustration showing stages of Staphylococcus aureus biofilm formation on prosthetic heart valves.] New research suggests that some patients develop a potentially deadly blood infection from their implanted cardiac devices because bacterial cells in their bodies have gene mutations that allow them to stick to the devices. Geoscientists were the major contributors to the finding. *Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences* published the study results online this week.... mais »
Heart and Brain Surgery — Never Gonna Happen
Heart and Brain Surgery — Never Gonna Happen By TERRI POUS Friday, Oct. 21, 2011 - BACK - NEXT - 9 of 10 CHARLES REX ARBOGAST / AP The average human lifespan is significantly longer now than it was in the 19th century, and we have modern practices like heart and brain surgery partially to thank for that. But there used to be doubt that those surgeries could ever happen. Medical attitudes of that time reveal that some were not interested in making any surgical advances. "The abdomen, the chest and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane ... mais »
copper preventing hospital infections
Copper Covering May Cut Hospital Infection Rates By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: October 23, 2011 Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. BOSTON -- Equipping hospital rooms with copper surfaces decreased the risk of acquiring an infection by 45%, researchers reported here. The finding comes after a previous study that showed that copper surfaces -- such things as bed rails and table tops -- harbor significantly lower numbers of microbes than standard materials, according to Cas... mais »
The Real Issues of ADHD
MEDICINE Getting Distracted from the Real Issues of ADHD Yes, it’s a real disorder. Why are we still so disposed to thinking it’s overdiagnosed? By JUDITH WARNER | @judithwarner | October 21, 2011 | 15 Warner's latest book is We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication. The outcry this week in response to the American Academy of Pediatrics’ decision to publish new treatment guidelines for Attention-Deficity/Hyperactivity Disorder in children ages 4 to 18 (as opposed to age 6 to 12, as was the case previously,) has been largely focused on the fear that the chang...mais »
THE ARCHIMEDES PALIMPSEST
[image: The Archimedes Palimpsest] *Welcome*. The subject of this website is a manuscript of extraordinary importance to the history of science, the Archimedes Palimpsest. This thirteenth century prayer book contains erased texts that were written several centuries earlier stil.
social determinants of health
Rio Declaration WHO cannot ignore the fact that poverty causes ill-health The Guardian (blog) Margaret Chan, the director general of the WHO, which has been criticised in Rio for its declaration on social determinants of health. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images All people, everywhere, should have an equal chance of good health for ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian (blog)
New Wellbeing index
The index is at http://ciw.ca/en/ The newspaper article describing it is: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-index-pinpoints-inequalities-in-canadians-quality-of-life/article2207282/ New index pinpoints inequalities in Canadians’ quality of life TAVIA GRANTFrom Thursday's Globe and MailPublished Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 12:01AM EDTLast updated Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 1:27AM EDTnew wellbeing canadian index
Dr. J Willis Hurst passed away
Dr. J Willis Hurst passed away Saturday, October 1, 2011 at 90 years old. An outstanding teacher and writer, Dr. Hurst was also an internationally recognized clinician, having served as personal cardiologist to former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as other government leaders. Dr. Hurst authored or edited almost 400 scientific articles and over 60 books. *The most famous of his scholarly writings is The Heart, which is the most widely used cardiology textbook in the world, first published in 1966 and translated into more than five languages.* Share your memories, tho... mais »
