Antônio Damásio
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FutureMed
FutureMed: How will technology impact the future of health and medicine?* Dates: *Nov 3 – 6, 2013 *Location: *San Diego, California *[+]* The next FutureMed will take place at the beautiful Hotel Del Coronado Hotel in San Diego California on November 3 – 6, 2013. FutureMed at Singularity University is a one-of-a-kind program that focuses on disruptive, game-changing exponential technologies that will revolutionize the practice of medicine and radically transform healthcare and the biomedical industry in the decade ahead. After three very successful, oversubscribed FutureMed programs he... mais »
The Limits of the Earth
The Limits of the Earth — Part 1: ProblemsApril 18, 2013 by Ramez Naam (Credit: NASA) *This is part one of a two-part series on the limits of human economic growth on planet Earth. Part one details some of the environmental and natural resource challenges we’re up against. Part two, on the ultimate size of the resource pool and solutions to our problems, will be published tomorrow and linked here. Both parts are based on Ramez Naam’s new book, **The Infinite Resource: The Power of Ideas on a Finite Planet* The world is facing incredibly serious natural resource and environmental chal... mais »
irrational group behavior
How the Internet (and sex) amplifies irrational group behaviorApril 15, 2013 (Credit: New Line Home Video) New research from the University of Copenhagen combines formal philosophy, social psychology, and decision theory to understand and tackle these phenomena. “Group behavior that encourages us to make decisions based on false beliefs has always existed. However, with the advent of the Internet and social media, this kind of behavior is more likely to occur than ever, and on a much larger scale, with possibly severe consequences for the democratic institutions underpinning the info... mais »
Decision making
Erroneous decision? Blame noisy information, not your brainApril 17, 2013 Rat auditory task: poke the left or right port to indicate which side played more clicks (credit: B. W. Brunton et al./*Science*) Princeton University researchers have found that making an erroneous decision is caused by errors, or “noise,” in the information coming into your brain, rather than errors in how your brain accumulates or processes that information. The researchers separated sensory inputs from the internal mental process. ”To our great surprise, the internal mental process was perfectly noiseless. ... mais »
Brain-treining
*Training the brain to improve on new tasks* April 17, 2013 [image: 800px-Memory_(spel)] A brain-training task that increases the number of items an individual can remember over a short period of time may boost performance in other problem-solving tasks by enhancing communication between different brain areas. The new study is one of a growing number of experiments on how working-memory training can measurably improve a range of skills … more…/.../
Acute Stress
Why some stress is good for you Overworked and stressed out? Look on the bright side. April 18, 2013 *[+]* Brain cells called astrocytes (pink) appear to be key players in the response to acute stress. Stress hormones stimulate astrocytes to release fibroblast growth factor 2 (green), which in turn lead to new neurons (blue). (Credit: Daniela Kaufer & Liz Kirby/University of California – Berkeley) UC Berkeley researchers have uncovered exactly how acute stress — short-lived, not chronic — primes the brain for improved performance. In studies on rats, Daniela Kaufer, associate professo... mais »
Training Schedules
Reversing memory lossApril 19, 2013 [image: Aplysia_californica] Aplysia californica (credit: Nordelch/Wikimedia Commons) Neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have reversed memory loss in sea-snail nerve cells by by retraining them on optimized training schedules. This may be a major step in helping people with memory loss tied to brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, the researchers suggest. “Although much works remains to be done, we have demonstrated the feasibility of our new strategy to help overcome memory deficits,” said a... mais »
When we became Conscious?
When Does Your Baby Become Conscious? by Paul Gabrielsen on 18 April 2013, 2:05 PM | 33 Comments ENLARGE IMAGE [image: sn-baby.jpg] *Smart kid.* A 5-month-old baby, with his mother, prepares for experiments in consciousness. Credit: Sofie Gelskov For everyone who's looked into an infant's sparkling eyes and wondered what goes on in its little fuzzy head, there's now an answer. New research shows that babies display glimmers of consciousness and memory as early as 5 months old. For decades, neuroscientists have been searching for an unmistakable signal of consciousness in electrical b... mais »
Sal Iodado
Caro amigo: recentemente a Anvisa decidiu diminuir a quantidade de iodo no sal. Em 2008 - há 5 anos tinha escrito no site uma coluna sobre o assunto. Com esta noticia resolvi recuperar o artigo que estou te enviando em anexo. Muitos colegas dizem que a Anvisa deveria está preocupada com a diminuição da ingestão do sal e não da quantidade do iodo no sal. Um grande abraço * * *Porque estamos tendo tantos casos de doenças tiroidianas,* *especialmente a tiroidite de Hashimoto.* * * *Reginaldo Albuquerque – em abril de 2008* Na nossa prática diária temos notado um aumento progressivo de p... mais »
NYAS: Neuroscience & Psychology
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Wolfram Alpha
INTRODUCING THE WOLFRAM|ALPHA HANDWRITTEN KNOWLEDGE ENGINE April 1, 2013 8 Comments 629 2605 3972 [image: shadow] [image: The Wolfram|Alpha Team] Posted by The Wolfram|Alpha Team Today, we’re proud to unveil the Wolfram|Alpha Handwritten Knowledge Engine, a new, more personal way of delivering computed answers. You might be wondering where this idea came from. Well, let me tell you a story. We had a thought not long ago that it would be nice to get you (the internet) a gift. One of those “just because” things to spread a bit of happiness around the world. Conventional wisdom ho... mais »
Time 100
TIME 100 Archive Click on the cover to see who made the list each year since 2006 [image: 2010 TIME 100]» Buy This Cover » Buy This Cover[image: 2010 TIME 100]» Buy This Cover[image: 2009 TIME 100]» Buy This Cover [image: 2008 TIME 100]» Buy This Cover» Buy This Cover» Buy This Cover Read more: http://time100.time.com#ixzz2QpSfOkXu
'Western' Diet ?
Does Overall Diet in Midlife Predict Future Aging Phenotypes? A Cohort Study 'Western' Diet Doesn't Make for Healthy Seniors Download Complimentary Source PDF By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Published: April 17, 2013 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, BSN, RN, Nurse Planner Action Points - A diet high in fried, sweet, and processed foods is not associated with ideal aging, defined as the absence of chronic diseases and mental health problems. - The stu... mais »
Long Life
Genetic clues to long life Scientists studying groups of people genetically isolated by location or culture have found gene mutations that seem to prevent the diseases that most often shorten life. The mutations aren’t limited to these groups, and not all group members have them. Learning how these genes work could help extend life for us all. CLICK on a study group to learn more ASHKENAZI JEWS OLD ORDER AMISH LARON SYNDROME ECUADORIANS JAPANESE AMERICANS JOHN TOMANIO AND MATTHEW TWOMBLY
World inequalities
Sellected by the AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja - ENGLISH - ESPAÑOL - FRANÇAIS - हिन्दी - PORTUGUÊS - KISWAHILI - MOVEMENT - ISSUES - VOICES [image: We have the power to change The Rules]
Alzheimer and Exercise
Workout Helps with ADL in Alzheimer's By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: April 15, 2013 Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Action Points - This randomized study evaluated the effects of an intensive long-term exercise program in patients with Alzheimer's disease living at home under the care of a spouse. - The exercise program had beneficial effects on the physical functioning of patients with Alzheimer's disease without increasing the total costs ... mais »
Beet Juice : Hypertension
Beet Juice Beats HypertensionAhluwalia A, et al "Enhanced vasodilator activity of nitrite in hypertension: critical role for erythrocytic xanthine oxidoreductasse and translational potential" *Hypertension* 2013; DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.00933.Drinking a cup of nitrate-rich beetroot juice significantly lowered blood pressure (BP) in hypertensive individuals, a small, proof-of-principle study showed. Full story Source reference:
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