AMICOR 16!
*Caríssimos AMICOR,* Hoje completamos 16 anos continuados de existência, e desejo agradecer a compania, colaboração e estímulo de todos que nos seguem ou nos visitam eventualmente. Inicialmente, desde o dia 17 de maio de 1997, foram mensagens de correio eletrônico para elaborar a Declaração de Gramado, produto do primeiro Seminário Nacional de 10 dias sobre Epidemiologia e Prevenção de Doenças Cardiovasculares, coordenado pelo *Bruce Duncan *e por mim. *http://amicorextension.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/declaracao-de-gramado.html* Depois foram páginas com endereços na Internet, lembrada... mais »
Declaração de Gramado
Declaração de Gramado English version .PROCOR: 9/17/97: The Gramado Declaration-Brazil Sobre Saúde e Prevenção das Doenças Cardiovasculares1 a 10 de maio de 1997. Sob os auspícios da Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, Sociedade e Federação Internacional de Cardiologia, Ministério da Saúde do Brasil, da Secretaria da Saúde e do Meio Ambiente do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul e com o apoio da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), reuniram-se durante dez dias na cidade de Gramado 52 profissionais da saúde no Primeiro Seminário Brasileiro de Epidemiologia Ca... mais »
Que país é este?
*Parabens Dra. Themis,* *Com relação à epidemiologia e à saúde em geral, também a mesma consideração se aplica: felizmente a maior parte da população é saudável, embora nosso foco seja quase sempre a doença...* 17 de maio de 2013 | N° 17435 ARTIGOS ZHQue país é este?, por Themis Groisman Lopes* É a pergunta mais ouvida no momento atual. Ela vem de todos os lugares e das mais diversas fontes. A mídia em seu papel, trazendo manchetes sobre a situação constrangedora que vive o Brasil. São bolsões de corrupção em vários recantos. Pessoas que se locupletam através do suborno, da propina, ... mais »
Power and Persuasion
Propaganda: Power and Persuasion *An exhibition at the British Library* *17 May - 17 September 2013* *Adults £9 | Under 18s free | Concessions available* - *[image: The Girl with White Hair :: Chinese film poster (1950)]* *The White-Haired Girl* *Chinese film poster (1950)* *View full size image* - *[image: Bert, the Turtle]* *Bert, the Turtle* *Leon Carr, Leo Corday & Leo Langlois (1953)* *View full size image* - *[image: Hitler mask and skull]* *Hitler mask and skull* *Franklin Roosevelt's message to young people* *View full size image* - *[image: ... mais »
INTERNET: Brasil
PNAD: De 2005 para 2011, número de internautas cresce 143,8% e o de pessoas com celular, 107,2% *Entre 2005 e 2011, a população de 10 anos ou mais de idade cresceu 9,7%, enquanto que o contingente de pessoas nessa faixa etária que utilizaram a internet aumentou 143,8% e o das que tinham telefone móvel celular para uso pessoal cresceu 107,2%. É o que mostram os resultados do suplemento “Acesso à internet e Posse de Telefone Móvel Celular para Uso Pessoal” da Pesquisa Nacional por Amostra de Domicílios (PNAD) 2011.* *Em 2011, 77,7 milhões de pessoas com 10 anos ou mais de idade (46,5%... mais »
Skin Cancer x AD
Some Types of Skin Cancer Linked to Lower Chances of Alzheimer's A weak immune response might allow skin cancer but protect brain from inflammation, expert suggests Wednesday, May 15, 2013 [image: HealthDay news image] People who had non-melanoma skin cancer were nearly 80 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than people who did not. The association was not found with other types of dementia.WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- There's some good news for people who have had certain kinds of skin cancer: A new study suggests that their odds of developing Alzheimer's di... mais »
the role specific neurons play in disease.
New Technique Opens Window Into Brain Research *Optogenetics allows researchers to control neuronal activity in the brain via light stimulation* [image: Graphic illustration showing a beam of light hitting a neuron]Scientists are developing ways to tease out the role specific neurons play in disease. Credit and Larger Version *May 14, 2013* Before graduate student Ed Boyden clicked the button that sent blue light pulsing across a dish of cultured brain cells in the wee hours of Aug. 4, 2004, he knew that he would learn something, no matter what happened next. If the cultured brain cel... mais »
World Health Statistics 2013
*Selected by the AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* *World Health Statistics 2013* *World Health Organization – May 2013 * Available online at: http://bit.ly/12uJNUs **** “….15 May 2013 – The world has made dramatic progress in improving health in the poorest countries and narrowing the gaps between countries with the best and worst health status in the past two decades, according to the *World Health Statistics 2013*. “*Intensive efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals have clearly improved health for people all over the world,*” says Dr Margaret Chan, Director-Gener... mais »
Pear-Shaped Nuclei Atoms
Atoms Have Pear-Shaped NucleiSome Tia Ghose, LiveScience Staff Writer Date: 08 May 2013 Time: 12:45 PM ET n3 [image: a representation of the radium-224 nucleus in the x, z plane, with the colors as the y-axis scale.] Digsby IM, Email, and Social Networks in one easy to use application! http://digsby.com Scientists have found some atoms have pear-shaped nuclei, rather than the spherical or football-shaped ones. Here, a representation of the radium-224 nucleus in the x, z plane, with the colors as the y-axis scale. CREDIT: LP Gaffney View full size image A few heavy, unstable atoms have... mais »
Treating Pain
HARD CASES MAY 13, 2013, 2:57 PM 158 Comments Hard Cases: The Traps of Treating PainBy ABIGAIL ZUGER, M.D. Wesley Bedrosian I HADN’T SEEN LARRY IN A DOZEN YEARS WHEN HE REAPPEARED IN MY OFFICE A FEW MONTHS AGO, GRINNING. WE WERE BOTH GRINNING. I ALWAYS LIKED LARRY, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS A BIT OF A HUSTLER, A LITTLE ERRATIC IN HIS APPOINTMENTS, A PERSISTENT DABBLER IN A VARIETY OF ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES. BUT HE WAS ALWAYS CAREFUL TO AVOID THE HARD STUFF; HE SAID HE HAD A BAD PROBLEM AS A TEENAGER AND WAS GOING TO STAY OUT OF TROUBLE. Dr. Abigail Zuger on the everyday ethical issues doctors ... mais »
Mirror Images of Amino Acids
Medical Mystery: Mirror Images of Amino Acids Provide Clues to Schizophrenia, Stroke and Lobster Sex [Preview] In the chemistry of life, left-handed amino acids are the rule. Why does nature make so many exceptions? By Sarah Everts *Se houver interesse pelo artigo inteiro posso apontar o caminho. Escrevam-me.* 1 inShare Share on Tumblr **Image: *Dan Saelinger* In Brief - Amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, can adopt forms that, like our right and left hands, are mirror images of each other. When life arose on the earth, it favored so-called left-... mais »
Olive oil
*Et Tu*, Olive Oil? Fats and Endothelial Function Henry R. Black, MD, Robert A. Vogel, MD DisclosuresMay 10, 2013 Editors' Recommendations - The Mediterranean Diet Study: 'Nuts!' to the Low-Fat Diet? - Topol: 'Evidence Is Compelling' on Mediterranean Diet Drug & Reference Information - Myocardial Ischemia - Nuclear Medicine and Risk Stratification - Familial Hypercholesterolemia - Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease *Henry R. Black, MD: *Hi. I am Dr. Henry Black, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the Langone New York University School o... mais »
Johns Hopkins Medicine
[image: Cover Photo] **Message ** [image: Johns Hopkins Medicine] Johns Hopkins Medicine 35,464 likes · 4,480 talking about this Johns Hopkins Medicine Timeline Now Now201320122011201020092008200720062003200220012000199919981996199519931989 1987198619821980197319641957195519491945194419331930192919281919191719161915 1913191219111907190619031902189718931890Opened ** - Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals Johns Hopkins Medicine provides a diverse and inclusive environment that fosters intellectual discovery, creates and transmits innovative knowledge, improves human health, and prov... mais »
social determinants of health
Progress on the implementation of the Rio Political Declaration © Zoltan Balogh Children in a poor district in Budapest, Hungary, 2007 The Executive Board of WHO has released its report on the progress on action on Social Determinants of Health. The report describes the main developments that have taken place since the World Conference in 2011. Tackling Social Determinants of Health is recognised as being a fundamental approach to the work of WHO and a priority area in the draft 12th WHO general programme of work 2014 - 2019 - Social determinants of health report by the Secretaria... mais »
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