Surgeon general’s report
Smoking Is Worse Than You Imagined By THE EDITORIAL BOARDJAN. 18, 2014 The latest surgeon general’s report on the health effects of smoking — issued at the 50th anniversary of the pathbreaking 1964 report — offers astonishing new evidence of just how much harm tobacco is causing. Despite the many gains in reducing risks over the past half-century, researchers keep finding new and insidious ways in which smoking is harming the smokers themselves and nonsmokers who breathe in toxic fumes. The report, issued last Friday, finds that cigarette smoking kills even more Americans than previo... mais »
Wealth addiction
For the Love of Money By SAM POLKJAN. 18, 2014 IN my last year on Wall Street my bonus was $3.6 million — and I was angry because it wasn’t big enough. I was 30 years old, had no children to raise, no debts to pay, no philanthropic goal in mind. I wanted more money for exactly the same reason an alcoholic needs another drink: I was addicted. Eight years earlier, I’d walked onto the trading floor at Credit Suisse First Boston to begin my summer internship. I already knew I wanted to be rich, but when I started out I had a different idea about what wealth meant. I’d come to Wall Street ... mais »
Addiction
*ADDICTION*[image: Helen Fisher.] HELEN FISHERBiological anthropologist at Rutgers University, New Jersey and author of Why Him? Why Her? How to Find and Keep Lasting Love "If an idea is not absurd, there is no hope for it," Einstein reportedly said. I would like to broaden the definition of addiction and retire the scientific idea that all addictions are pathological and harmful. Since the beginning of formal diagnostics more than 50 years ago, the compulsive pursuit of gambling, food, and sex (known as non-substance rewards) have *not* been regarded as addictions; only abuse of alco... mais »
Hiroo Onoda
[image: Mr. Onoda, after being persuaded that the war was over.] Hiroo Onoda, Soldier Who Hid in Jungle for Decades, Dies at 91 By ROBERT D. McFADDEN Mr. Onoda was one of World War II's last holdouts, a Japanese Imperial Army officer who guarded his post for 29 years, returning home in 1974.
NSA’s top secret technology
NSA’s top secret technology can tap/infect computers even when not connected to the InternetJanuary 15, 2014 *[+]* Areas where the U.S. has inserted spy software (Credit: NSA/nrc.nl) The NSA has used secret technology to input and alter data in computers even if they are not connected to the Internet, according to NSA documents provided by Edward Snowden, computer experts, and American officials, *The New York Times* revealed Tuesday./.../
‘Orch OR’ theory
Discovery of quantum vibrations in microtubules inside brain neurons corroborates controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousnessJanuary 16, 2014 *[+]* Structure of a microtubule. The ring shape depicts a microtubule in cross-section, showing the 13 protofilaments surrounding a hollow center. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Elsevier’s *Physics of Life Reviews* (open access) claims that consciousness derives from deeper-level, finer-scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of quan... mais »
Human metabolism
Humans Eat Half The Calories Of Most Other Mammals By News Staff | January 14th 2014 01:30 AM | Print | E-mail | Track Comments You may think you eat too much but humans (and other primates) actually burn 50% fewer calories each day than other mammals, according to a study in the*Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences*. Our remarkably slow metabolisms explain why humans and other primates grow up slowly and live long lives. Most mammals, like your family dog or pet hamster, live a rather fast-paced life, reaching adulthood in a matter of months, reproducing and dying in their... mais »
Alcohol and Memory
Mashed Up Memory: How Alcohol Speeds Memory Loss in Men By Alexandra Sifferlin @acsifferlinJan. 15, 20142 Comments - - - - - - iShare Getty Images/Flickr RF RELATED - Men who drink heavily lose memories faster with age *USA Today* - Drinking linked to faster mental decline in men *Businessweek* - Heavy drinking in middle age speeds cognitive decline, study finds *Los Angeles Times* - Email - Print - Share - Comment Follow @TIMEHealth Middle aged men who drink 2.5 drinks per day may accelerate me... mais »
E-cigarettes
Surgeon General’s Report on Tobacco Has a New Target: E-CigarettesThey're popular, but public health agencies have yet to rule on whether they're a safe alternative to traditional cigarettes
Urinary Incontinence
https://www.evernote.com/shard/s255/sh/70cb0d8e-cca1-456a-94e2-8744e6322643/05717ba5521a24f36c8d37dfcdb46430 *A Novel Way To Treat Urinary Incontinence In Elderly Women: Dancing* By News Staff | January 14th 2014 12:07 PM | [image: User pic.]News Staff When you think of treating urinary incontinence in senior women, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Probably not dancing. But maybe it will work, and it sounds like fun.
Urban Heart
- Measuring urban health - Urban HEART - Urban health observatory - Innovations in measurement Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) [image: Cover image from publicaiton] Urban HEART is a user-friendly guide for local and national officials to identify health inequities and plan actions to reduce them. Using evidence from WHO’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Urban HEART encourages policy-makers to develop a holistic approach in tackling health equity. Since the launch of the pilot programme in 2008, Urban HEART has been pilot-te... mais »
Professora Lia Maria Cechella Achutti
*Minha irmã homenageada nos * *50 anos do Centro de Artes e Letras da UFSM* [image: Exibindo Lia - Mérito CAL.jpg]
Public Health
FOUR THINGS WE SHOULD PROBABLY STOP DOING IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN 2014 BY BRIAN J. HONERMANN | LEAVE A COMMENT Within public health, we have many victories to claim. Vaccinations – for example – have been and remain unmitigated successes. Yet, there are many public health interventions that have been instituted and promoted by public health advocates, medical doctors, and various pharmaceutical or medical device companies that have proven to be ineffective at improving health outcomes. Nevertheless, without thorough and regular review, many of these interventions remain a pa... mais »
NEJM Sellection
[image: NEJM Journal Watch] NEJM Journal Watch Year in Review 2013An exclusive annual collection of the most important clinical topics in General Medicine of 2013 – FREE for a limited time! [image: NEJM Journal Watch 2013 YEAR IN REVIEW] Become a valued member of the NEJM Journal Watch community and stay updated on medical developments that will help you improve patient care – plus get FREE access to *NEJM Journal Watch Year in Review 2013*. Plus FREE access to *NEJM Journal WatchEditors' Choice: Top Stories of 2013*, a collection of the year’s 120 most noteworthy NEJM Journal Watch summ... mais »
Exercise and Medical Examination
- Editorial Preventing Exercise-Related Cardiovascular Events: Is a Medical Examination More Urgent for Physical Activity or Inactivity? 1. Barry A. Franklin1* +Author Affiliations 1. 1William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI 1. ↵* William Beaumont Hospital, Beaumont Health Center, 4949 Coolidge Hwy., Area C, Royal Oak, MI 48073 bfranklin@beaumont.edu Abstract Physical inactivity is a serious health problem worldwide, contributing to early development of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases (CVD).1 In fact, our hypokinetic lifestyle is ... mais »
entrevista rara de Freud
Rara entrevista de Freud enviada por Marcelo Blaya Peres*O valor da vida. Uma entrevista rara de Freud. * Tradução de Paulo Cesar Souza – 20 de abril de 2010 Fonte: http://www.espacopsicanalitico.com.br/Freudentrevista.htm *Entre as preciosidades encontradas na biblioteca da Sociedade Sigmund Freud está essa entrevista. Foi concedida ao jornalista americano George Sylvester Viereck, em 1926. Deve ter sido publicada na imprensa americana da época. Acreditava-se que estivesse perdida, quando o Boletim da Sigmund Freud Haus publicou uma versão condensada, em 1976. Na verdade, o texto i... mais »
caffeine
Post-study caffeine administration enhances memory consolidation in humans - Daniel Borota, - Elizabeth Murray, - Gizem Keceli, - Allen Chang, - Joseph M Watabe, - Maria Ly, - John P Toscano - & Michael A Yassa - Affiliations - Contributions - Corresponding author Nature Neuroscience (2014) doi:10.1038/nn.3623Received 30 October 2013 Accepted 09 December 2013 Published online 12 January 2014 Article tools It is currently not known whether caffeine has an enhancing effect on long-term memory in humans. We used post-study caffeine admi... mais »
The Age of Anxiety
An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence*by Maria Popova* *Wisdom on overcoming the greatest human frustration from the pioneer of Eastern philosophy in the West.* *“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives,”* Annie Dillard wrote in her timeless reflection on presence over productivity — a timely antidote to the central anxiety of our productivity-obsessed age. Indeed, my own New Year’s resolution has been to stop measuring my days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence. But what, ... mais »
Cirurgia Cardíaca no RS: Contribuição para a História
*CONTRIBUIÇÕES PARA HISTÓRIA DA CIRURGIA CARDÍACA NO RS* Histórias de 40-50 anos correm o risco de caírem no esquecimento, mas há bastante gente interessada em conhecê-la, e sei que o Nesralla está se preparando para contá-la sob sua perspectiva. Revirando meus arcanos encontrei três documentos e os coloco como contribuição para a memória. Começa com um artigo publicado na Revista da AMRIGS em 1979 no Vol 23, No. 1 Jan/Mar sobre os primeiros dez anos de atividades cirúrgicas no Instituto de Cardiologia. Na época eu ocupava a posição de Dirigente do Serviço de Prevenção das Doenças Ca... mais »
Smoking Report
HISTORIC SMOKING REPORT MARKS 50TH ANNIVERSARY By MIKE STOBBE — Jan. 4, 2014 2:53 PM EST You are here Home » United St - [image: Smoking Report Anniversary] FILE - This Monday, Oct. 13, 1997 file photo shows a cigarette vending machine in a bar in Montpelier, Vt. A law passed by the Legislature banned all cigarette vending machines in the state as of August 28, 1997, but Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell ruled that enforcement of the law would begin in March 1998. On Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry released an emphatic and authoritativ... mais »
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