Professor Bernard Lown
Care Debate POSTED ON OCTOBER 10, 2012 Photo: The bloggers in 1985! Today, everyone seems concerned about their health. My grandfather likes to quote Norman Cousins who said, “Most people think they are going to live forever until they develop a cold, when they think they are going to die within the hour.” That’s me! We certainly seem to be more health conscious than ever before in history, due in part to the Internet and 24-7 health news. (Killer mosquitos, hospital superbugs and disease-resistant antibiotics make me long for a bubble.) These days especially, health care has become... mais »
How many Galaxies?
How Many Galaxies Are There in the Universe? The Redder We Look, the More We See *Ethan Siegel is a theoretical astrophysicist living in Portland, Oregon, who specializes in cosmology. He has been writing about the Universe for everyone since 2008, and can’t wait for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. A different version of this post appeared on his blog, Starts With a Bang. * “It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.” –*Joseph Campbell* One of the bravest things that was ever done with the Hub... mais »
Zinc
Zinc Harder to Absorb in Old Age, Animal Study Shows Nutrient deficiency is associated with inflammation, cancer, heart disease, diabetes By Robert Preidt Thursday, October 11, 2012 [image: HealthDay news image] Zinc deficiency in people can lead to a weakened immune system and increased inflammation associated with a wide range of health problems, including cancer, heart disease, autoimmune disease and diabetes.THURSDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- A study in mice has helped researchers identify how zinc deficiencies might develop in older people -- even when they are consuming the... mais »
Chocolate >>> Nobel Prize ?
Chocolate: Sweet Path to Nobel Prize? By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Published: October 12, 2012 Swiss chocolate is world renowned for its luxurious richness, but now it may also be known for it's brain-enhancing power. An analysis in the *New England Journal of Medicine* suggests that Switzerland's high consumption of chocolate correlates with its high number of Nobel laureates. Many studies have touted the health benefits of chocolate including taming hypertension,slowing heart disease, easing congestive heart failure, and preventing stroke, while others have show... mais »
NCD
The Lancet, Volume 380, Issue 9850, Pages 1283 - 1285, 13 October 2012 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61692-4Cite or Link Using DOI Measuring progress on NCDs: one goal and five targets Robert Beaglehole a, Ruth Bonita a, Richard Horton b, Majid Ezzati c, Neeraj Bhala d, Mary Amuyunzu-Nyamongo e, Modi Mwatsama f, K Srinath Reddy g Heads of states and governments made commitments to the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Political Declaration from the UN High-level Meeting on NCDs in September, 2011.1 A key commitment in the Poli... mais »
Dia da Criança
*FELIZ DIA DA CRIANÇA!* [image: Feliz Dia das Crianças] Valderês com um dos netos, Antônio.
angiotensin IV analogs as pro-cognitive/anti-dementia agents
Prospective Alzheimer’s drug builds new brain-cell connectionsOctober 12, 2012 *[+]*[image: 572px-PET_Alzheimer] PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease (credit: US National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer’s DiseaseEducationand Referral Center/Wikimedia Commons) Washington State University researchers have developed a new drug candidate that dramatically improves the cognitive function of rats with Alzheimer’s-like mental impairment. Their compound, which is intended to repair brain damage that has already occurred, is a significant departure from current Alzheimer’s treatme... mais »
Cyberattack?
Panetta Warns of Threat of Cyberattack on U.S. | Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned Thursday that the United States was facing the possibility of a "cyber-Pearl Harbor" and was increasingly vulnerable to foreign computer hackers who could dismantle the nation's power grid, transportation system, financial networks and government, report Elisabeth Bumiller and Thom Shanker in Friday's New York Times.In a speech at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum on the Hudson River in New York, Mr. Panetta painted a dire picture of how such an attack on the United States might unfold. He... mais »
Influenza Is a Trigger for Cardiovascular Disease
*Paabéns à Dra AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* Mensagem Embora ainda sem justiça ao tamanho do feito - pois fui eu que re-introduziu a hipótese de associação entre infecção e atherosclerose em um tempo em que o colesterol era dominante - 1994 - já dá para comemorar! e com o Bruce... O artigo publicado a partir da minha tese de doutorado acaba de ser citado! *MIRA* Journal of Infectious DiseasesOctober 9, 2012 Increasing Evidence That Influenza Is a Trigger for Cardiovascular Disease 1. A. Niroshan Siriwardena http://jid.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/10/09/infdis.jis... mais »
Journey of Mankind
*Indicado pela AMICOR Anne Schneider* Journey of Mankind[image: bradshaw foundation] Who were our ancestors? From where did we originate? If we came out of Africa, what governed our migration routes? And when? Finally this interactive map reveals the epic journey. [image: bradshaw foundation] *view the Journey of Mankind*[image: journey of mankind]
Depression and Posture
*Walking with good posture can ease depression, study finds October 5, 2012 by Philip Riley in Psychology & Psychiatry (Medical Xpress)—* Walking with a slouched or despondent body posture can lead to feelings of depression or decreased energy, but those feelings can be reversed by walking in a more upright position, according to new research. Ads by Google Exercise Your Brain - Games You Didn't Know Existed to Fight Brain Decline and Aging. - www.lumosity.com In an article published Oct. 5 in the journal Biofeedback, Professor of Health Education Erik Peper found that simply choosin... mais »
Our Galaxy measurementes
Mass of Dark Matter Revealed by Precise Measurements of the Galaxy The Galactic rotation velocity from this research is higher than that of previously known (220km/s). This results in the conclusion that the mass of the Galaxy, especially that of dark matter, is about 20% larger than what has been previously considered. A research team, led by Associate Professor Mareki Honma（NAOJ) has reached the following two conclusions: *Story Source:* The above story is reprinted from materials provided by*National Astronomical Observatory of Japan*. *Note: Materials may be edited for content ... mais »
Nobel Prize 1012
Nobel Prize Goes to Briton, Japanese for Stem Cell Work By ASSOCIATED PRESS | October 8, 2012 | + British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized cells of the body can be reprogrammed intostem cells — a discovery that scientists hope to turn into new treatments. Scientists want to harness that reprogramming to create replacement tissues for treating diseases like Parkinson’s and diabetes, and for studying the roots of diseases in the laboratory. The prize committee at S... mais »
Sem título
Half of the Facts You Know Are Probably WrongA review of *The Half-Life of Facts: Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date* by Samuel Arbesman. Ronald Bailey | October 2, 2012 [image: Half-Life of Facts]Dinosaurs were cold-blooded. Vast increases in the money supply produce inflation. Increased K-12 spending andlower pupil/teacher ratios boosts public school student outcomes. Most of the DNAin the human genome is junk. Saccharincauses cancer and a high fiber dietprevents it. Stars cannot be bigger than150 solar masses. And by the way, what are the ten most populous cities in the... mais »
Temperatura...
Qual a mais alta temperatura possível? Para começo de conversa, a ideia de que uma temperatura é “alta” é relativa. No corpo humano, cuja temperatura média é de 37°C, uma febre de 42°C pode ser fatal. No Vale da Morte, deserto localizado no leste da Califórnia (EUA), foi registrada a temperatura atmosférica mais alta já atingida na Terra: 54°C.Sabemos que existe uma temperatura mínima que um corpo pode atingir, o chamado zero absoluto (-273,15°C), em que suas partículas param de se movimentar e de emitir energia. Contudo, fica uma dúvida: será que existe uma temperatura máxima poss... mais »
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