Hoje 50 anos atrás: o primeiro Report do US-Surgeon General!
50 years: 8 Million Saved Lives
From: ONCOBLOG By Charles Bankhead, Staff Writer, MedPage Today Remembering 8 Million Saved Lives Published: Jan 11, 2014 Fifty years ago today -- half a century -- something miraculous happened. Had it occurred today, most people would have a reaction along the lines of "Meh. Tell me something I don't already know." But 50 years ago, it was a big deal. It still is a big deal. On Jan. 11, 1964, then-Surgeon General Luther Terry, MD, released a reportstating unequivocally that smoking caused lung cancer and chronic bronchitis. The report went on to assert that smoking probably caused or... mais »
Medical Text Books
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Open collaboration
Open collaboration leading to novel organizationsJanuary 6, 2014 *[+]* (Credit: Bitcoin Project) Open collaboration — which has brought the world Bitcoin, TEDx and Wikipedia — is likely to lead to new organizations that are not quite non-profits and not quite corporations, according to a paper by Sheen S. Levine of Columbia University and Michael J. Prietula of Emory University published in the journal *Organization Science.* The authors define open collaboration as “any system of innovation or production that relies on goal-oriented yet loosely coordinate participants who interact t... mais »
Growing human organs
Growing human organs inside pigs in JapanJanuary 6, 2014 *[+]* (Credit: iStock) Meiji University professor Hiroshi Nagashima is creating chimeric pigs, which carry genetic material from two different species, *BBC News*reports. It starts off by making what Nagashima calls “a-pancreatic” embryos. Inside the white pig embryo, the gene that carries the instructions for developing the animal’s pancreas has been “switched off.” The Japanese team then introduces stem cells from a black pig into the embryo. What they have discovered is that as the pig develops, it will be normal except for i... mais »
AD living brain cells
Creating living brain cells from deceased Alzheimer’s patients’ biobanked brain tissue New stem cell lines will allow researchers to “turn back the clock” and observe how Alzheimer’s develops in the brain, potentially revealing the onset of the disease at a cellular level January 9, 2014 *[+]* Staining of these biobank IPS cells show they retain pluripotency (scale bar: 100 microns)(credit: Andrew A. Sproul et al./Acta Neuropathologica Communications) Scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute, working in collaboration with scientists from Columbia Univ... mais »
Vaccines
On-demand vaccines possible with engineered nanoparticlesJanuary 9, 2014 [image: On-Demand-Vaccine] This image shows a collection of vaccinating nanoparticles from 40 to 50 nanometers in size. The inset graphic is a representation of how the engineered proteins decorate a nanoparticle’s surface. (Credit: University of Washington) University of Washington engineers hope a new type of vaccine they have shown to work in mice will one day make it cheaper and easy to manufacture on-demand vaccines for humans. Immunizations could be administered within minutes where and when a disease is br... mais »
Alcohol
Talk to Patients About Alcohol Use, CDC Urges Published: Jan 8, 2014 Download Complimentary Source PDF By Cole Petrochko, Staff Writer, MedPage Today save | A A Roughly 84% of U.S. adults have never discussed alcohol use with a healthcare professional, the CDC reported. Among current drinkers, 17.4% reported ever discussing alcohol with a healthcare professional, and 25.4% of binge drinkers said they had done so, according to Lela McKnight-Eily, PhD, of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in Atlanta, and colleagues. In addition, 13.4% of binge... mais »
Universe: photos 2013
Window on Infinity: A New Year's Photo Album From SpaceWindow on Infinity: A New Year’s Photo Album From Space The universe has been around for 13.8 billion years, and has been gorgeous for every one of them—as this year-end collection of images from 2013 helps prove.
Paleo Code
*Chris Kresser: Your Personal Paleo Code* Humans were made to eat like Paleolithic hunter-gatherers, not farmers By Chris KresserJan. 07, 20141 Comment - - [image: Kresser_YOURPERSONALPALEOCODE] *The following is an excerpt from *Your Personal Paleo Code* by Chris Kresser published Dec. 31, 2013 (Little, Brown and Company).* Agriculture: The Worst Mistake in Human History? Like it or not, humans are animals. And like all other animals, we are biologically adapted to a “species-appropriate” diet and way of life. When animals eat and live in accordance with the environm... mais »
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
[image: 106º Aniversário de Simone de Beauvoir] - - - - - - - Mais imagens Simone de Beauvoir Simone Lucie-Ernestine-Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir, mais conhecida como Simone de Beauvoir, foi uma escritora, filósofa existencialista e feminista francesa. Wikipédia Nascimento: 9 de janeiro de 1908, Paris, França Falecimento: 14 de abril de 1986, Paris, França Educação: Universidade de Paris, Escola Normal Superior de Paris Filha: Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir Prêmios: Prêmio Goncourt, Prémio Jerusalém, Prêmio Sonning Obras [image:... mais »
Human Species
[image: DNA]Genesis of the Human Species Australian scientists said that analysis of DNA taken from 60,000-year-old local human remains showed no links with human ancestors from Africa, suggesting that Africa was not the only site of the genesis of the human species. [image: Paranthropus boisei] TABLE OF CONTENTS - Introduction - Background and beginnings in the Miocene - Striding through the Pliocene - Tools, hands, and heads in the Pliocene and Pleistocene - Language, culture, and lifeways in the Pleistocene
Smoking and Health 50 years
Lives Saved Or Gained: 8 Million Since The War On Tobacco 50 Years Ago By News Staff | January 8th 2014 08:40 AM | 1 comment | Print | E-mail | Track Comments Though the War on Drugs has been a complete failure, and led to making poor people poorer and the rich in that market richer, scholars are touting the War on Cigarettes as a complete success - 8 million lives saved, they estimate. How do you estimate? You create a numerical model to show what might have happened if there had been no action, in this case who died younger than they might have if there had been no warning labels... mais »
Tobacco 21
Tobacco 21 — An Idea Whose Time Has Come Jonathan P. Winickoff, M.D., M.P.H., Mark Gottlieb, J.D., and Michelle M. Mello, J.D., Ph.D. January 8, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1314626 ArticleReferences On November 19, 2013, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg signed into law the “Tobacco 21” bill, imposing the strictest age restriction on tobacco sales of any major U.S. city.1 Beginning in May 2014, it will be illegal to sell tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to persons younger than 21 years of age. The law stops short of making possession of tobacco products by persons under 21 a ... mais »
Voxels
Discovery Behavioral economist studies science of decision-making *Using brain scans, MacArthur Fellow examines people's expressed values and the choices they later make* [image: Colin Camerer]NSF has supported Colin Camerer's research since 1985. Credit and Larger Version*January 6, 2014* When it comes to decision-making, traditional economics holds that people are rational and know what they want. Moreover, they will make their choices influenced by whatever constraints are upon them, for example, the amount of money they have or don't have./.../
Quitting Smoking
Quitting Saves Lives 01/08/2014 09:19 AM EST Source: HealthDay - [image: Video] Related MedlinePlus Pages: Quitting Smoking, Smoking Chantix Helped People with Mental Illness Quit Smoking Longer in Study 01/07/2014 04:00 PM EST Extended treatment combined with talk therapy might be most effective, researcher says [image: HealthDay news image] Source: HealthDay Related MedlinePlus Pages: Mental Disorders, Quitting Smoking Half-Century of Smoking Prevention Extended 8 Million Lives 01/07/2014 04:00 PM EST But almost one-fifth of Americans still light up [image: HealthDay news image] So... mais »
Picada Café e Ivoti (extensão)
Esta página pretende ser extensão da extensão... Para não perturbar a compreensão do texto básico com inúmeros apostos e circunlóquios, tentarei colocar aqui referências que possam contribuir para quem tiver intensão de seguir os caminhos que andamos fazendo para formar uma ideia mais abrangente do tema. Já surgiu um comentário precioso de nosso primo Brenner que coloquei no texto, mas mais uma vez motivado por ele procurei detalhes que resolvi colocar fora do texto mas a disposição de quem quiser. *http://pt.slideshare.net/Carina_Weimer/picada-caf-9580886* Perscheid: *Perscheid* is ... mais »
Twitter 2013
The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2013 Every year, TIME recognizes those who exemplify the very best wit and wisdom Twitter has to offer. Here are the 140 feeds that inspire us to laugh, learn or shake our heads in wonderment. Behind the List By TIME StaffMarch 22, 201353 Comments prev 1 of 142 nextView All Introduction
Bacterial resistance
When Bacteria Can No Longer Be Stopped [image: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria.]DEBATERS - [image: David Gilbert]Fight Fear With Science DAVID GILBERT, PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER - [image: Brad Spellberg]Government Needs to Aid Industry Research BRAD SPELLBERG, LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE - [image: Louise Slaughter]Mandatory Limits on Farm Use Are Needed LOUISE SLAUGHTER, MEMBER OF CONGRESS - [image: Liz Wagstrom]Uses for Meat Production Are a Minor Problem LIZ WAGSTROM, NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL - [image: Matti Jalasvuori]Develop Vir...mais »
Picada Café e Ivoti
*Passeio em busca de memória ancestral por Picada Café e Ivoti* *Como terei que desenvolver aos poucos esta página, quem nos acessar ainda em construção, tenha paciência. Correções e contribuições serão sempre bem vindas.* Anteontem, dia 03 de janeiro de 2014, aproveitando a visita de minhas duas irmãs (*Lia Maria e Maria Helena Cechella Achutt*i) que residem em Santa Maria (onde nascemos) fizemos uma excursão até Picada Café e Ivoti. Na primeira localidade, uma formosa e bem preservada cidadezinha, foi o primeiro lugar onde se fixaram nossos ascendentes da linha Link. Foi lá que nas... mais »[ç
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