World Heart Day 2012
World Heart Day 2012 TAKE ACTION TO SAVE THE LIVES OF THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN YOU LOVE
Sulzberger, a Times Publisher, Dies
*Sulsberger Dies* Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, a Times Publisher, Dies « Previous 1 of 16 Next » - FACEBOOK - TWITTER - GOOGLE+ - E-MAIL - SHARE Arthur Ochs Sulzberger in 1992. For 34 years, Mr. Sulzberger shaped the destiny of The New York Times as its publisher and as chairman and chief executive of the parent company. The portrait on the wall behind him depicts his grandfather, Adolph S. Ochs, who bought The New York Times in 1896. Credit: Burk Uzzle for The New York Times RELATED - Article: Publisher Who Transformed The Times for New Era - Video: Remembering A... mais »
FLU
Indicado por Dr, Luiz Gustavo Guilhermano *Comparison between influenza pandemics of 1918 and 2009 from the perspective of **Hospital São Vicente de Paulo in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil* Paula da Rocha Jaskulski1, Mariluce da Rocha Jaskulski2, Luiz Gustavo Guilhermano3 1 Acadêmica de Medicina da Universidade de Passo Fundo. 2 Professora Titular do Departamento de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Campus de Erechim. 3 Professor Assistente do Departamento de Psiquiatria da Faculdade de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Catól... mais »
Are We Getting Smarter?
How We Know That Humans Are Getting Smarter [Excerpt] In this excerpt from his new book, James R. Flynn explains how he came to understand how our minds have gained in cognitive skills over the 20th century By James R. Flynn 2 inShare [image: Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century, James R. Flynn]**Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century*, by James R. Flynn. Copyright © 2012 James R. Flynn. Reprinted with the permission of Cambridge University Press.*Image: Cambridge University Press *Reprinted from* Are We Getting Smarter? R... mais »
Vitamin D : Alzheimer
Low Vitamin D Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Pauline Anderson Authors and Disclosures - Information from Industry Dose reduction is not always an option when trying to meet individual patient needs in relapsing MS Read about dosing flexibility September 28, 2012 — Yet another study has linked low vitamin D levels with significant health issues — in this case, poor cognition. In this latest systematic review of the literature, people with Alzheimer's disease (AD) had lower concentrations of vitamin D than those without AD, and better cognitive test results were linked to high... mais »
neighborhood and health
Where You Live May Boost Your Sense of Well-Being Mental health improved when families moved from very poor neighborhoods, study found Thursday, September 20, 2012 Related MedlinePlus Pages - Health Disparities - Mental Health THURSDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- When families were given vouchers to move from impoverished neighborhoods to ones that were less poor, the adults in those families experienced lasting improvements in mental health and well-being, new research says. And, these improvements occurred even though the adults weren't making significantly more money afte... mais »
WHF: News Brief
Introduction from the EditorIssue number: 12 Professor Kathryn A. Taubert Chief Science Officer World Heart Federation *Welcome to issue 12 of the CVD News Brief!* In this News Brief, you can read about data from the Whitehall II study which has demonstrated for the first time that regular physical activity reduces inflammatory markers thereby helping to prevent loss of muscle mass, decline in physical function, and the development of cardiovascular disease in later life.You will also be interested to read that a study recently published in the Lancet shows the impact of a sedentary l... mais »
13.2 billion years
Hubble Telescope Reveals Farthermost View into the Universe The "time tunnel into the distant past" gives us a glimpse of galaxies as they looked up to 13.2 billion years ago By Clara Moskowitz and SPACE.com [image: TechMediaNetwork] *LOOKING BACK:* Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, the photo was assembled by combining 10 years of NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken of a patch of sky at the center of the original Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The XDF is a small fraction of sky area, but provides a "core sample" of the heavens over 13 billion light-years.Image: NASA, ESA, G.... mais »
L. E Robinson Achutti: co-autor
[image: Diálogo / Fotografia] Diálogo / Fotografia Autor: Tiburi, Marcia Editora: Senac São Paulo Categoria: Artes / Fotografia Em um mundo cada vez mais marcado pela pre¬sença de câmeras digitais, muitas vezes acopladas a celulares e tablets, discutir a fotografia como uma atividade especializada, pertencente ao mundo das artes, pode parecer, para muitos, fora de contexto... [LEIA+] Atualmente, todos nós podemos tirar uma fotogra¬fia, editá-la e, depois, compartilhá-la e exibi-la em álbuns, porta-retratos e redes sociais, como uma forma de tomar nota da vida cotidiana ou de guardar l... mais »
Neighborhoods...
Physical And Mental Health Boosted By Move To Less Impoverished Neighborhoods Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Mental Health; Public Health Article Date: 24 Sep 2012 - 1:00 PDT Moving from a high-poverty to lower-poverty neighborhood spurs long-term gains in the physical and mental health of low-income adults, as well as a substantial increase in their happiness, despite not improving economic self-sufficiency, according to a new study published in *Science* by researchers at the University of Chicago and partners at other institutions. Although moving into... mais »
medical 'code of silence'
Exposing the medical 'code of silence' By *Libby Lewis*, CNN September 21, 2012 -- Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT) [image: Surgeon and author Marty Makary (second from right) with colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital.] Surgeon and author Marty Makary (second from right) with colleagues at Johns Hopkins Hospital. *STORY HIGHLIGHTS* - A surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital has some ideas about what is wrong with medicine - Marty Makary says doctors and hospitals should talk more openly about medical mistakes - Patients should push doctors and hospitals for information to make ... mais »
The Clinton Global Initiative
CGI: Designing—and Powering—a Better World The Clinton Global Initiative kicks off with a paean to the importance of designing solutions that can scale up. By BRYAN WALSH | @bryanrwalsh | September 24, 2012 | 1 [image: Getty Images] GETTY IMAGES Global problems—in health, in the economy, in the environment—begin and end with design. An intelligently designed system can make success inevitable, and a poorly designed one can make it impossible. Too often we react to global threats after the fact, our responses hamstrung by underperforming and outmoded systems. If we’re going to fix the... mais »
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