Sal e PA no RS - 35 anos
*O Sal e a Pressão Arterial* * *A pesquisa sobre Sal e Pressão Arterial na População Adulta do RS, coordenada pelo Professor Eduardo de Azeredo Costa (diga-se de passagem, padrinho da rede AMICOR) está completando 35 anos. No dia 5 p.p. fui convidado pelo GT sobre Saúde Urbana, Ambiente e Desigualdade da UFRGS para participar de uma celebração do Dia Mundial da Saúde que também neste ano como em 1978 se relaciona com Prevenção da Doença Hipertensiva. Através do link * https://www.dropbox.com/s/21kuejr6rl3v2xx/Press%C3%A3o%20Arterial%20no%20RS.pptx * deve ser possível acessar os slides ... mais »
World Health Day 2013
Silent killer, global public health crisis [image: WHO nurse taking blood pressure of Director-General on World Health Day 2013.] 3 April 2013 -- The *Global brief on hypertension* describes why, in the early 21st century, hypertension is a global public health issue. It describes how hypertension contributes to the burden of heart disease, stroke and kidney failure and premature death and disability. The document also explains how hypertension is both preventable and treatable and how governments, health workers, civil society, the private sector, families and individuals can join ... mais »
Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
About HIA Conditions in the places where we live, work and play have a tremendous impact on Americans’ health. It is much easier to stay healthy when we can easily and safely walk, run or bike; when we have clean air, healthy food and access to affordable housing; and when we are safe from things like violent crime, fires and lead poisoning. Every day, policy makers in many sectors have opportunities to make choices that—if they took health into account—could help stem the growth of pressing health problems like obesity, injury, asthma and diabetes that have such a huge impact on ou... mais »
dark matter
Has the Missing 80% of the Universe’s Mass Been Found? By Michael D. LemonickApril 05, 2013 NASA / ESA / UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ / LEIDEN UNIVERSITY / HUDF09 TEAM The universe has never made things easy: every time you look away, it becomes bigger, stranger, curiouser. And that’s only the part we can see. As you might have heard if you pay attention to these things (and will be distressed to learn if you don’t) up to 80% of the matter in the universe is simply missing. The Milky Way spins so fast it would fly apart if the gravity of some invisible matter weren’t holding... mais »
World Health Day 2013
2013[image: World Health Day 2013 width=] [image: World Health Day 2013 photo]Control your blood pressure27 March 2013 -- This World Health Day, 7 April 2013, WHO and partners focus on the global problem of high blood pressure. Though it affects more than one in three adults worldwide, it remains largely hidden. Many people do not know they have high blood pressure because it does not always cause symptoms. As a result, it leads to more than nine million deaths every year, including about half of all deaths due to heart disease and stroke. -
World No Tobacco Day 31 May 2013
http://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2013/en/31 May 2013 Every year, on 31 May, WHO and partners everywhere mark World No Tobacco Day, highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death globally and is currently responsible for killing one in 10 adults worldwide. The theme for World No Tobacco Day 2013 is: *ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.* A comprehensive ban of all tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship is required under the WHO...mais »
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