Fórum Internacional de Saúde Ambiental
Fórum Internacional de Saúde Ambiental (Confrontos e Contrastes) Escrito por Saúde Ambiental (ESTeSL) em Sunday, March 10th 2013 10 Mar Irá ter lugar, já nos próximos dias 14 e 15 de março de 2013, em Porto Alegre (Brasil), o *Fórum Internacional de Saúde Ambiental*. Este evento irá abordar temas distintos, contudo complementares, nomeadamente: (i) seguridade ambiental na cadeia alimentar; (ii) saúde, energia e água; (iii) cidade e habitação saudáveis; e (iv) saúde ambiental, sendo que em cada um destes grandes temas, outros mais específicos serão objeto de reflexão. O evento tem ... mais »
Digoxin in AF
strike for digoxin in AF: Mortality goes up/cohort studyteve Stiles * San **Francisco, CA *- Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) starting * digoxin* for the first time showed an independently significant jump in mortality over an average of one year compared with nondigoxin users in an observational study reported here today at the American College of Cardiology 2013 Scientific Sessions. Stratified analysis showed the effect to be consistent in men and women and by age. Digoxin was given for rate control; patients with heart failure had been excluded from th... mais »
Mulheres
A Propósito do Dia Internacional da Mulher *No centro Valderês, Ana Lúcia e Lúcia Helena* * *[image: IG-0015-13AC-convite-virtual]
Green tea extract and amyloid plaques
Green tea extract blocks formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s diseaseMarch 8, 2013 [image: green_tea_alzheimer] (Credit: University of Michigan) Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a new potential benefit of a molecule in green tea: preventing the misfolding of specific proteins in the brain. U-M Life Sciences Institute faculty member Mi Hee Lim and an interdisciplinary team of researchers used green tea extract to control the generation of metal-associated amyloid-β aggregates associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the lab. The specific molecule in green tea,...mais »
Recent Heat Spike
Recent Heat Spike Unlike Anything in 11,000 Years By AP / Seth BorensteinMarch 08, 201344 Comments - [image: AB18345] FRANK CEZUS Research released Thursday in the journal Science uses fossils of tiny marine organisms to reconstruct global temperatures back to the end of the last ice age. It shows how the globe for several thousands of years was cooling until an unprecedented reversal in the 20th century.WASHINGTON: A new study looking at 11,000 years of climate temperatures shows the world in the middle of a dramatic U-turn, lurching from near-record cooling to a heat spike... mais »
Dia Internacional da Mulher
From: waba In conjunction with International Women’s Day, on 8th of March WABA is pleased to present our Statement on the theme “ The Gender Agenda: Gaining Momentum” . International Women’s Day (IWD) is an opportunity to reflect on the importance of supporting mothers who increasingly work both at home and elsewhere in the formal and informal sectors.In some instances even playing the role of the main breadwinner of the family. Women everywhere have to juggle with the increasing and competing demands on them - from their families, children, partners and work... mais »
Cidades no Brasil” (2000/2009)
Relatório “O estado das Cidades no Brasil” (2000/2009) Lido *8* vezes | Publicado em Novidades | Última modificação em Qua, 06 de Março de 2013 23:07 [image: Relatório “O estado das Cidades no Brasil” (2000/2009)] tamanho do texto[image: reduzir tamanho do texto] [image: aumentar tamanho do texto] Imprimir E-mail Qualifique este item - - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 (0 votos) O Relatório o Estado das Cidades no Brasil foi produzido por um coletivo de instituições, organizações e especialistas visando contribuir para a compreensão da evolução das condições de urbanização d... mais »
Global Health
Governance Challenges in Global Health Julio Frenk, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., and Suerie Moon, M.P.A., Ph.D. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:936-942March 7, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1109339 *Referido pela AMICOR Maria Ines Reinert Azambuja* ArticleReferencesComments Interactive Graphic [image: Governance Challenges in Global Health.] Governance Challenges in Global Health. Global health is at the threshold of a new era. Few times in history has the world faced challenges as complex as those now posed by a trio of threats: first, the unfinished agenda of infections, undernutrition, and reproductive heal... mais »
Ford Galaxie
Hoje nosso neto Antônio Achutti Olivé, enquanto eu o levava com seu irmão Pedro Martin para a escola, perguntou-me sobre o carro Ford Galaxie* *sobre o qualque ele ouvira a mãe contar que tivemos no fim da década de 60 ou início dos anos 70. Resolvi então colocar algumas fotos e contar algo a propósito. Por enquanto vão duas fotos tiradas na Argentina, durante uma excursão que fizemos com a família e junto com a mãe da Valderês, Dona Léa, de Porto Alegre, subindo para Curitiba, Vila Velha, Foz do Iguaçú, Assunción no Paraguay, depois atravessando o Rio Pilcomayo, entrando na Argenti... mais »
CVD in minorities an young women
American Heart Association *released report on heart disease in minorities and younger women* Comment on One Size Does Not Fit All: Five Tips for Creating Successful Minority Health Education Campaigns by Rachael Seda However, a new study shows that we still have room for improvement among African-American and Hispanic women. In particular, this is important because African-American women have the highest risk of heart disease and Hispanic women have the highest risk of diabetes, which is often linked to heart disease. The new report from the American Heart Association demonstrates... mais »
Recon 2
A community-driven global reconstruction of human metabolism - Ines Thiele, - Neil Swainston, - Ronan M T Fleming, - Andreas Hoppe, - Swagatika Sahoo, - Maike K Aurich, - Hulda Haraldsdottir, - Monica L Mo, - Ottar Rolfsson, - Miranda D Stobbe, - Stefan G Thorleifsson, - Rasmus Agren, - Christian Bölling, - Sergio Bordel, - Arvind K Chavali, - Paul Dobson, - Warwick B Dunn, - Lukas Endler, - David Hala, - Michael Hucka, - Duncan Hull, - Daniel Jameson, - Neema Jamshidi, - Jon J Jonsson, -... mais »
Skin Salt and Hypertension
*HBPR: MRI May Link Skin Salt to Hypertension* By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Published: September 23, 2011 Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner MR images of the calves of a 25- and 68-year-old volunteer. No difference in sodium level in the anatomic section (dashed boxes), but the different intensities refer to sodium concentrations (brighter= more sodium). Image provided by P. Linz. Action PointsNote that this study was published as an a... mais »
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