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*De nossa janela...* Um dos lindos fins de tarde desta semana No dia que choveu, nossa neta Julia registrou as gotas de chuva na vidraça. Na terça feira que ficou como "Open House", das 17 às 19:30 para receber amigos e conversar tomando chá
virus x cancer
Tailor-made viruses for enhanced cancer therapyAugust 2, 2012 *[+]*[image: computer_simulation_parvovirus] Computer-Simulation of a Parvovirus (credit: German Cancer Research Center) Parvoviruses specifically kill cancer cells and are already in the clinical trial stage for treating malignant brain tumors. However, they can also infect normal cells — without doing any harm to them — so a large portion of viruses is lost during therapy. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now modified parvoviruses in such a way that they initial... mais »
O amanhã de hoje
1987 time-capsule predictions for 2012August 1, 2012 by Amara D. Angelica [image: maglev-vacuum-train-11] *Writers of the Future* has released the 1987 time capsule predictionsfrom science fiction writers for the year 2012. Levitated superconducting trains in 2012? Not quite yet. (Credit: ET3) They ranged from wildly utopian to prescient. The utopian predictions included people living in space and on the Moon, an expedition to Mars, much industry located off-planet, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease effectively cured, a network of levitated superconducting trains under constru... mais »
Programming Eukaryotic Transcription Functions
A Synthetic Biology Framework for Programming Eukaryotic Transcription Functions( http://www.kurzweilai.net/expanding-synthetic-biologys-toolkit-for-creating-genetic-circuits To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. - Graphical Abstract *Cell, *Volume 150, Issue 3, 647-658, 3 August 2012 Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. 10.1016/j.cell.2012.05.045 Authors Ahmad S. Khalil,Timothy K. Lu[image: send email],Caleb J. Bashor,Cherie L. Ramirez,Nora C. Pyenson,J. Ke...mais »
Is Anxiety Overdiagnosed?AUG 1 2012, 10:13 AM ET *Overlooking socioeconomic conditions and jumping to a psychiatric diagnosis can prevent us from addressing the real issues behind anxiety.* [image: RTR2Z3W6main.jpg]Lucy Nicholson/ReutersThe list of practical and existential worries that keep mothers up at night runs long. They worry about their children getting hurt or killed in an accident. They worry that their children will not be happy and, on a lesser scale, that they will not be socially and academically successful. They worry, I'm sure, that they stay healthy, that they do th...mais »
Show maravilhoso
Show Maravilhoso* *referência enviada pelo AMICOR Jorge Rocha Gomes [image: Clique em mim!] * **Sempre fiquei intrigado como a musica consegue com suas sete notas falar em qualquer pais e todo mundo entende. Este e um belo exemplo.* *Abrs melodiosos* Não perca por nada! Não perca este som MARAVILHOSO que começa mansinho no Rio de Janeiro, mas é só o início. Em seguida os instrumentos e instrumentistas espalhados pelo Brasil e pelo mundo vão se integrando. Don't miss this show. It is wonderful, it starts slowly in Rio de Janeiro but then it is added by other Brazilians and worl... mais »
Serviço público e Desenvolvimento
*De nossa AMICOR: Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja*Serviço público e desenvolvimento – uma questão para Dilma julho 31, 2012 *em Destaques por Equipe do Blog* Maria Inês Azambuja: “Se o Setor Saúde não é usualmente percebido pela sua força econômica, e sim – equivocadamente – como gerador de despesa, o mesmo ocorre com os funcionários públicos”. Por Maira Inês Azambuja, médica e professora do Depto. de Medicina Social da UFRGS. O proximo Congresso da Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO) irá ocorrer em Porto Alegre, nas dependências da UFRGS, entre os dias 14 e 18 de Novembro... mais »
Urban Mental Health
The Adler School - About - Campuses - Programs - Admission - Institutes + Centers - Alumni + Friends - News + Events - APPLY| - REQUEST INFO| - DIRECTORY| - LOGIN Summary - /2012 Conference - /Institute on Social Exclusion - /Institutes + Centers - About - Team - Projects - News - 2012 Conference - Join Our Mailing List - Calendar About the Conference Today, more than half of all global humanity lives in urban areas. That figure is projected to grow to more than 60 percent by 2050. Although cities possess condi... mais »
No ECG Screens for Low-Risk Adults
*É de se considerar esta recomendação já que em nossa prática geralmente está incluída a realização de ECG em todo o paciente mesmo assintomático que nos procure?!* *Lembrei-me do tempo em que iniciei há 54 anos- e havia aprendido antes durante minha formação - que a rotina era: Anamnese, Exame físico, Eletrocardiograma e Fluoroscopia (Não havia ainda intensificador de imagem...)?!...* USPSTF: Still No ECG Screens for Low-Risk Adults By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Published: July 30, 2012 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Univ... mais »
Coffee
Coffee: The Original Wonder Drug? July 24, 2012 [image: Slide 1.] - - - - - 01 of 13 Next *Mental and Medical Benefits of Coffee: Introduction* The best part of waking up...is reducing your risk of neurodegeneration. And depression, and cancer, and cardiovascular disease... It's becoming increasingly clear that coffee is more than just a morning routine. The body of data suggesting that the world's most widely used stimulant is beneficial in a variety of mental and medical conditions is growing at a staggering rate. A recent study published in the*New England J... mais »
Inequality
From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) ******** *Divided We Stand: Why Inequality Keeps Rising * *Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 2012 * Website: http://bit.ly/N2aE0n ** “…….The gap between rich and poor in OECD countries has reached its highest level for over over 30 years, and governments must act quickly to tackle inequality, according to this OECD report. **** The report notes that the average income of the richest 10% is now about nine times that of the poorest 10 % across the OECD. The income gap has risen even in traditionally egalitarian countri... mais »
World Children 2012
From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) *Save the Children* *Child Development Index 2012: **Progress, Challenges and Inequality* ** Available online PDF [36p.] at: http://bit.ly/P6Pfmi**** “…..The 2012 edition of the Child Development Index tells a story of success. This edition of the Index shows that substantial progress has been made in addressing the most basic threats to child survival and well-being. On average, the lives of children around the world in the indicators we measured improved by more than 30%. This means that the chances of a child going to school were one-third hig... mais »
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