Today: the leap second

NASA Explains Why June 30 Will Get Extra Second

Credits: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Originally developed to study distant astronomical objects called quasars, the technique called Very Long Baseline Interferometry provides information about the relative locations of observing stations and about Earth’s rotation
and orientation in space.The day will officially be a bit longer than usual on Tuesday, June 30, 2015, because an extra second, or “leap” second, will be added.

“Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down a bit, so leap seconds are a way to account for that,
” said Daniel MacMillan of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.

Strictly speaking, a day lasts 86,400 seconds. That is the case, according to the time standard
that people use in their daily lives – Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC. UTC is “atomic time”
 – the duration of one second is based on extremely predictable electromagnetic transitions in
 atoms of cesium. These transitions are so reliable that the cesium clock is accurate to one
second in 1,400,000 years.

However, the mean solar day – the average length of a day, based on how long it takes
Earth to rotate – is about 86,400.002 seconds long. That’s because Earth’s rotation is
gradually slowing down a bit, due to a kind of braking force caused by the gravitational
tug of war between Earth, the moon and the sun. Scientists estimate that the mean solar
day hasn’t been 86,400 seconds long since the year 1820 or so.

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Alzheimer

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*Multiple pathways progressing to Alzheimer's disease* Date:June 25, 2015Source:University of California, San Diego Health SciencesSummary:The amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) posits that sticky aggregations or plaques of amyloid-beta peptides accumulate over time in the brain, triggering a series of events that ultimately result in the full-blown neurodegenerative disorder. The hypothesis has been a major driver of AD research for more than 20 years. However, in a new study, researchers suggest the picture is not so clear-cut, reporting that early indicators o... mais »

NEUROMARKETING

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*Never mind the neuromarketing* I’ve got an article in The Observer about the state of neuromarketing – where companies pay millions of wasted dollars to apply brain science to marketing.The piece looks at the three forms of neuromarketing – advertising fluff, serious research, and applied neuroscience. The first is clearly bollocks, the second a solid but currently abstract science, and the third a triumph of selling style over substance.Finally, there is the murky but profitably grey area of applied neuromarketing, which is done by commercial companies for big-name clients. Here, ... mais »

Obesity

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*Enviado pela AMICOR Bernadete Nonemacher* http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/846403_slide?src=stgoogle Nick Finer, MBBS, FRCP; Felipe F. Casanueva, MD, PhD; Walimir F. Coutinho; Luc F. Van Gaal, MD, PhDCME Released: 06/26/2015 ; Valid for credit through 06/26/2016This educational activity is intended for an international audience of non-US healthcare professionals, specifically endocrinologists, diabetologists, primary care physicians, cardiologists, and other healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with overweight and obesity.The goal of this activity is to review ... mais »

The developing Heart

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[image: Cover image expansion] COVER Immunofluorescence microscopy identifies an intermediate cell in the cardiomyocyte lineage. An image of the heart of a 14.5-day mouse embryo shows this intermediate—progenitor derivatives expressing Hopx (red)—and the differentiated myocytes expressing troponin (green). Jain *et al.* demonstrate that Hopx-expressing cells promote cardiomyocyte commitment by coordinating signaling pathways in the progenitor niche. See page 1444 and dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa6071. Image: Epstein laboratory

SIMERS & Academia SRM

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Notícias Parceria entre SIMERS e Academia Sul-Rio-Grandense de Medicina traz eventos científicos ao Estado24/06/2015 [image: simers-Academia-Medicina-eventos] Argollo e Jobim firmaram parceria para desempenhar eventos de cunho científico O presidente da Academia Sul-Rio-Grandense de Medicina, Luiz Fernando Jobim, esteve na tarde desta terça-feira, 23, visitando o Sindicato Médico do Rio Grande do Sul (SIMERS). Ele foi recebido pelo presidente do Sindicato, Paulo de Argollo Mendes. Os dois dirigentes firmaram uma parceria com o objetivo de desempenhar eventos de cunho científico, volt... mais »

Diet 2015

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Viewpoint | June 23/30, 2015 The 2015 US Dietary GuidelinesLifting the Ban on Total Dietary Fat Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH1; David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD2 [+] Author Affiliations *JAMA. *2015;313(24):2421-2422. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.5941. Text Size: A A A Article References Based on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recent recommendations, this Viewpoint urges the US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human Services to remove limits on total fat consumption in their 2015 Dietary Guideline to promote consumption of healthful fat. Every 5 years, the US Depa...mais »

Sir William Osler (1849-1919)

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“The Osler Industry: Insightful History or Insipid Hagiography?” Osler, Osler, Osler. What about Osler, all these years after he departed the scene? “The Osler Industry: Insightful History or Insipid Hagiography?” C.S. Bryan and R.L. Golden,*Journal of Medical Biography*, 2007;15 Suppl 1:2-5. The authors explain: “The life and legacy of Sir William Osler (1849-1919) have been celebrated by nearly 1900 articles, 10 special issues of medical journals, several biographies, numerous lectures and orations, and regular meetings of ‘Osler Societies’ throughout the world. To what extent does... mais »

Poluição e Cérebro

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*Enviado pelo AMICOR Jorge Rocha Gomes*Poluição do ar pode levar à perda de substância branca no cérebro - 19/06/2015 [image: Estudo norte-americano entre mulheres idosas confirma a perda de substância branca.] É mais do que sabido que a poluição do ar pode ter muitos efeitos adversos na saúde das pessoas. Um novo estudo publicado na revista “Annals of Neurology” acaba de mostrar que a poluição também pode afetar o cérebro, reduzindo a substância branca. Para o estudo, os pesquisadores da Universidade do Sul da Califórnia, em Los Angeles, fizeram RMs do cérebro de 1.403 mulhe... mais »

Genes and Musical ability

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Genes Orchestrate Musical Ability [Transcript] Genes shared with songbirds are activated while performing music By Eliene Augenbraun, Karen Hopkin and Benjamin Meyers | June 2, 2015 Hey, do you know how to get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, man! This is *Scientific American*’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. You might also want to switch on your*alpha-synuclein* gene, and throw in a dual-specificity phosphatase or two. Because a new study finds that these and other genes are activated when professional musicians strut their stuff. The findings are in the... mais »

Moacyr Scliar

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Alzheimer

Multiple pathways progressing to Alzheimer's disease

Date:June 25, 2015Source:University of California, San Diego Health SciencesSummary:The amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) posits that sticky aggregations or plaques of amyloid-beta peptides accumulate over time in the brain, triggering a series of events that ultimately result in the full-blown neurodegenerative disorder. The hypothesis has been a major driver of AD research for more than 20 years. However, in a new study, researchers suggest the picture is not so clear-cut, reporting that early indicators or biomarkers of AD development are not fixed in a specific sequence.Share:  39   0   4   0 Total shares:  43FULL STORYMicrograph of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in human brain.Credit: Thomas Deerinck/National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research at UC San DiegoThe amyloid cascade hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) posits that sticky aggregations or plaques of amyloid-beta peptides accumulate over time in the brain, triggering a series of events that ultimately result in the full-blown neurodegenerative disorder. The hypothesis has been a major driver of AD research for more than 20 years.

NEUROMARKETING

Never mind the neuromarketing

I’ve got an article in The Observer about the state of neuromarketing – where companies pay millions of wasted dollars to apply brain science to marketing.The piece looks at the three forms of neuromarketing – advertising fluff, serious research, and applied neuroscience. The first is clearly bollocks, the second a solid but currently abstract science, and the third a triumph of selling style over substance.Finally, there is the murky but profitably grey area of applied neuromarketing, which is done by commercial companies for big-name clients. Here, the pop-culture hype that allows brain-based nonsense in consumer adverts meets the abstract and difficult-to-apply results from neuromarketing science. The result is an intoxicating but largely ineffective mix that makes sharp but non-specialist executives pay millions in the hope of maximising their return on branding and advertising.The piece also looks at what turns out to be the most powerful innovation in marketing taken from cognitive science, but which doesn’t make the headlines like neuromarketing.Full article at the link below. Link to article in The Observer.

Obesity

Enviado pela AMICOR Bernadete Nonemacher

http://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/846403_slide?src=stgoogle

Nick Finer, MBBS, FRCP; Felipe F. Casanueva, MD, PhD; Walimir F. Coutinho; Luc F. Van Gaal, MD, PhDCME Released: 06/26/2015 ; Valid for credit through 06/26/2016This educational activity is intended for an international audience of non-US healthcare professionals, specifically endocrinologists, diabetologists, primary care physicians, cardiologists, and other healthcare providers involved in the care of patients with overweight and obesity.The goal of this activity is to review the clinical profile of new drug therapies that target physiologic mechanisms to treat patients with obesity.Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:Discuss the link between the interrelated global epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes, and their links to cardiovascular disease and the benefits of moderate weight lossExplain the physiological interplay between the gut, brain, and fat cells and the multiple hormonal signals, in the context of the physiologic neuroendocrine mechanisms mediating appetite regulation, energy balance, and weight lossEvaluate the rationale for emerging weight loss therapies and the clinical evidence for weight loss, with the prospect of preventing obesity-related comorbidities

The developing Heart

COVER Immunofluorescence microscopy identifies an intermediate cell in the cardiomyocyte lineage. An image of the heart of a 14.5-day mouse embryo shows this intermediate—progenitor derivatives expressing Hopx (red)—and the differentiated myocytes expressing troponin (green). Jain et al. demonstrate that Hopx-expressing cells promote cardiomyocyte commitment by coordinating signaling pathways in the progenitor niche. See page 1444 and dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aaa6071.
Image: Epstein laboratory

SIMERS & Academia SRM

Notícias

Parceria entre SIMERS e Academia Sul-Rio-Grandense de Medicina traz eventos científicos ao Estado24/06/2015

Argollo e Jobim firmaram parceria para desempenhar eventos de cunho científico

O presidente da Academia Sul-Rio-Grandense de Medicina, Luiz Fernando Jobim, esteve na tarde desta terça-feira, 23, visitando o Sindicato Médico do Rio Grande do Sul (SIMERS). Ele foi recebido pelo presidente do Sindicato, Paulo de Argollo Mendes. Os dois dirigentes firmaram uma parceria com o objetivo de desempenhar eventos de cunho científico, voltados à categoria médica e a estudantes.

A iniciativa proporcionará a médicos e acadêmicos a oportunidade de assistir a palestras de grandes nomes sobre temas relevantes, inclusive com expoentes do exterior. No último sábado de cada mês, sempre pela manhã, importantes assuntos da área serão apresentados pelos palestrantes na sede do Conselho Regional de Medicina (Cremers).

Para inaugurar o projeto, o primeiro evento será uma mesa-redonda que abordará o tema “Obesidade, um fator de risco removível em saúde pública”, coordenada pelo oncologista Gilberto Schwartsmann. O encontro ocorre entre 10h e 12h, neste sábado, 27 de junho, na rua Bernardo Pires, 415.

Confira o programa completo da mesa-redonda:

Dra. Carisi Polanczyk (UFRGS) – “Obesidade e doenças cardiovasculares”;
Dra. Lenara Golbert (UFCSPA) – “Obesidade e doenças metabólicas”;
Dr. Sérgio Lago (PUCRS) – “Obesidade e câncer”.

Diet 2015

Viewpoint | June 23/30, 2015

The 2015 US Dietary GuidelinesLifting the Ban on Total Dietary Fat

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH1; David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD2

[+] Author Affiliations

JAMA. 2015;313(24):2421-2422. doi:10.1001/jama.2015.5941.

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Article

References

Based on the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recent recommendations, this Viewpoint urges the US Department of Agriculture and US Department of Health and Human Services to remove limits on total fat consumption in their 2015 Dietary Guideline to promote consumption of healthful fat.

Every 5 years, the US Department of Agriculture and Department of Health and Human Services jointly release the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. These guidelines have far-reaching influences across the food supply, including for schools, government cafeterias, the military, food assistance programs, agricultural production, restaurant recipes, and industry food formulations. An accurate revision of the Dietary Guidelines is crucial to the health of millions of people. Integral to this process is the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) report, just released,1 prepared by appointed scientists who systematically review the literature and provide evidence-based recommendations to the secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. In the coming months, the secretaries will review the DGAC recommendations; consider comments from the public, academics, advocacy groups, and industry; and finalize the Dietary Guidelines.

Sir William Osler (1849-1919)

“The Osler Industry: Insightful History or Insipid Hagiography?”

Osler, Osler, Osler. What about Osler, all these years after he departed the scene?

“The Osler Industry: Insightful History or Insipid Hagiography?” C.S. Bryan and R.L. Golden,Journal of Medical Biography, 2007;15 Suppl 1:2-5. The authors explain:

“The life and legacy of Sir William Osler (1849-1919) have been celebrated by nearly 1900 articles, 10 special issues of medical journals, several biographies, numerous lectures and orations, and regular meetings of ‘Osler Societies’ throughout the world. To what extent does this ‘industry’ reflect serious history as opposed to hagiography?”

 Posted by Marc Abrahams on Thursday, June 18th, 2015 at 10:02 amunder Arts and science.

Poluição e Cérebro

Enviado pelo AMICOR Jorge Rocha Gomes

Poluição do ar pode levar à perda de substância branca no cérebro

• 19/06/2015

É mais do que sabido que a poluição do ar pode ter muitos efeitos adversos na saúde das pessoas. Um novo estudo publicado na revista “Annals of Neurology” acaba de mostrar que a poluição também pode afetar o cérebro, reduzindo a substância branca.
Para o estudo, os pesquisadores da Universidade do Sul da Califórnia, em Los Angeles, fizeram RMs do cérebro de 1.403 mulheres com 71 a 89 anos de idade e usaram dados de histórico residencial e de monitoramento do ar para avaliar a exposição à poluição do ar nos 6 a 7 anos anteriores.
Os achados mostram que as mulheres que vivem em áreas com altos níveis de poluentes aéreos particulados no ambiente tinham reduzido de modo significativo a substância branca no cérebro. “Nosso estudo apresenta a convincente evidência de que várias partes do cérebro envelhecido, principalmente a substância branca, são um importante alvo dos efeitos neurotóxicos induzidos por exposição de longo prazo a partículas finas no ar ambiente”, disse o autor principal Jiu-Chiuan Chen

Genes and Musical ability

Genes Orchestrate Musical Ability [Transcript]

Genes shared with songbirds are activated while performing music

By Eliene Augenbraun, Karen Hopkin and Benjamin Meyers | June 2, 2015

Hey, do you know how to get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, man!

This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute.

You might also want to switch on youralpha-synuclein gene, and throw in a dual-specificity phosphatase or two. Because a new study finds that these and other genes are activated when professional musicians strut their stuff. The findings are in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. [Chakravarthi Kanduri et al, The effect of music performance on the transcriptome of professional musicians]

Mastering an instrument is no easy feat. It requires timing, coordination, emotional interpretation and an ability to integrate information that comes in through the ears, the eyes and the fingers. But what gives rise to musical ability, biologically speaking?

To find out, researchers took blood samples from 10 professional musicians before and after they played a selection of pieces by Stravinsky, Haydn, Mozart and Bach. And they identified all of the genes that were turned on during the performance—that is, those genes that actually got transcribed into RNAs that could be used to make proteins.

What they saw was a boost in the activity of genes involved in neural growth and flexibility, which could account for musicians’ brains being good at forging new connections. Genes involved in motor control were also revved up, as were those that light up the brain’s pleasure center.

Perhaps not surprisingly, versions of about a third of these musically important genes are known to also be active in songbirds—another creature whose livelihood depends on using musical talent to wow an audience.

Thanks for the minute! For Scientific American, I’m Karen Hopkin.

—Karen Hopkin, Eliene Augenbraun, and Benjamin Meyers

[The above text is a transcript of this video.]

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The sixth mass extinction

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The sixth mass extinction is here, say Stanford researchersJune 19, 2015 Cumulative vertebrate species recorded as extinct or extinct in the wild by the IUCN (2012) (conservative estimate) (credit: Gerardo Ceballos et al./Science Advances) There is no longer any doubt: we are entering a mass extinction that threatens humanity’s existence. That’s the conclusion of a new study by a group of scientists including Paul Ehrlich, the Bing Professor of Population Studies in biology and a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Ehrlich and his co-authors call for fa... mais »

Fact-Checking

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A computational algorithm for fact-checking Yet another "computers can't..." myth busted June 19, 2015 These charts map the “truth scores” of statements related to geography, history and entertainment. Correct statements appear along the diagonal, with color intensity indicating the strength of the score (credit: Giovanni Ciampaglia) Computers can now do fact-checking for any body of knowledge, according to Indiana University network scientists, writing in an open-access paper published June 17 in *PLoS ONE*.

carbon nanoparticles

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How to make instant carbon nanoparticles at home for cool biomedical uses June 19, 2015 [image: controlled drug-delivery ft] Molasses: check. Honey: check. Pig: um, check. How would you like to produce carbon nanoparticles small enough to evade the body’s immune system, that reflect light in the near-infrared range for easy detection in the body, and even carry payloads of pharmaceutical drugs to targeted tissues — all in the privacy of your own home? If so, well, University of Illinois bioengineering professors Dipanjan Pan and Rohit … more…

Alzheimer

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R47H Variant of *TREM2* Associated With Alzheimer DiseaseJAMA NeurologyThis study reports that *ApoE4*, *TREM2* R47H, and rare variants in other genes, such as *UNC5C* D353N, are likely responsible for the notable occurrence of Alzheimer disease in a large family with late-onset disease.

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1606/2015 - InstitucionalMédico Aloyzio Achutti recebe o título Cidadão de Porto Alegre O cardiologista Aloyzio Cechella Achutti, que já recebeu diversas premiações nacionais e internacionais, acaba de ser consagrado com mais um reconhecimento por seus serviços prestados em benefício da saúde dos porto-alegrenses. O especialista também já atuou junto ao Hospital Moinhos de Vento e contribuiu com o Instituto de Educação e Pesquisa, bem como com o grupo de Orientação Médica destinado a reforçar a comunicação entre o corpo clínico e a direção da instituição. O reconhecimento foi entre... mais »

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*We are celebrating our tenth anniversary! All month we will be sending Delanceyplace.com encores that our subscribers picked as their favorites, starting with the top ten Delanceyplace.com excerpts, followed by ten more favorites. Thanks for reading and enjoy!* *Ten More Favorites!* Today's *encore* selection -- from *Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life* by Anne Lamott. Advice from author and teacher Anne Lamott on how to write when the prospect of writing overwhelms you and causes you to procrastinate. Her advice seems applicable to all types of projects beyond ... mais »

8,000 year-old skeleton

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The Mystery of a 8,000-Year-Old Skeleton Has Been Solved - Alice Park @aliceparkny June 18, 2015 [image: KENNEWICK MAN SKULL]Elaine Thompson—APA plastic casting of a controversial 9,200-year-old skull sits in the basement of archaeologist James Chatter's home July 24, 1997 in Richland, Wash. He may have lived a simple life back then, but Kennewick Man’s remains have sparked controversy and legal battles that the latest scientific investigation may finally put to rest

Supercentenarians

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Meet the New World’s Oldest Person - Olivia B. Waxman @OBWax June 18, 2015 Joseph C. Lin for TIMESusannah Mushatt Jones in her home in Brooklyn on June 11, 2014, a few weeks before her 115th birthday.She eats four strips of bacon at every breakfast and has a soft spot for high-end lace lingerie A 115-year-old Brooklyn resident is now the world’s oldest person. Susannah Mushatt Jones’ new title was confirmed by the Gerontology Research Group after the previous record-holder, Jeralean Talley of Inkster, Mich., died at 116./.../

Cities and Development

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Cities Will Be Decisive in Fight for Sustainable Development Beatriz Ciordia With cities increasingly in the spotlight on the international stage, urban planning and development has become a critical issue in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While slums continue to grow in most developing countries, reinforcing other forms of inequality, urban planning requires ...*MORE > >*

Climate Encyclica

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Metformin

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*Enviado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* Anti-ageing pill pushed as bona fide drug Regulators asked to consider ageing a treatable condition. - Erika Check Hayden 17 June 2015 Article toolsRights & Permissions Ira T. Nicolai/Getty Researchers hope to find drugs that extend a person’s healthy years. Doctors and scientists want drug regulators and research funding agencies to consider medicines that delay ageing-related disease as legitimate drugs. Such treatments have a physiological basis, researchers say, and could extend a person’s healthy years by slowing down the proces... mais »

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Bacteria That "Breathe" Uranium

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Scientists Find Bacteria That "Breathe" Uranium June 15, 2015 | by Caroline Reid Earth has its fair share of environments that we consider extreme, but even in some of the harshest habitats, organisms have found a way to get by. In the deepest oceans, where the pressure is intense and there is no light, there are still fish swimming around. In underwater volcanoes, where there is an acidic carbon dioxide environment, football-sized mussels have found a way to grow. /.../ Share on twitter haring Servic

IDH por regiões do OP POA

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*Enviado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* Área de anexos Visualizar o anexo desenvolvimento_humano_nas_rops_de_porto_alegre_2015_final.pdf desenvolvimento_humano_nas_rops_de_porto_alegre_2015_final.pdf

hormesis

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*Bill Mayer* Toxic Chemicals in Fruits and Vegetables Is What Gives Them Their Health Benefits Chemicals that plants make to ward off pests stimulate nerve cells in ways that may protect the brain against diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's By Mark P. Mattson | Jun 16, 2015 Traditional healers learned through trial and sometimes fatal error that these same plants had important medicinal uses. Pharmacologists, toxicologists and biochemists are now confirming that plant chemicals that are toxic when consumed at high levels can be hormetic—that is, they provide health benef... mais »

Development, state and society

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 5 dias

[image: Cover Page] *Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* *Towards a new model of development,the state, and society * *Eduardo Espinoza, MD * I never had the good fortune of meeting Juan César García personally*, although I came to know him through his writings. These were introduced to me (along with many other things) by María Isabel Rodríguez. Subsequently, I had the honor (and good fortune) of meeting Edmundo Granda, Asa Cristina Laurell, Jaime Breilh, and Saul Franco, cherished colleagues whom I count among my friends. They have now handed me the responsibilit... mais »

Aging Couples

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 5 dias

*Memória: Além de nosso cérebro guardamos sentimentos, informações, experiências em fotografias, papéis, anotações em livros, caixas, gavetas, hoje em computadores ou na nuvem. Quando a gente tem uma companheira, ainda mais quando por muitos anos, a memória é compartilhada, os códigos ficam associados e as decisões repartidas. Assim como numa população a cultura é o resultado da vivência conjunta de muitos cérebros, num casal deve funcionar do mesmo jeito...* *Perder a interação com companheira é como se se perdesse parte da função cerebral.* neurosciencestuff *Aging Couples Connect... mais »

Elder Abuse

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- عربي - 中文 - English - Français - Русский - Español [image: United Nations] World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 15 June "The distressing crime of elder abuse often occurs in quiet, private settings, making a vocal, public response that much more important. Let us strengthen our resolve to end this problem as part of our broader efforts to create a life of dignity for all."UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon[image: An old woman in Khemisset Province, Morocco. UN Photo/John Isaac] An old woman in Khemisset Province, Morocco. UN Photo/John Isaac The global popula... mais »

Poor sleep: Alzheimer

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 5 dias

neurosciencestuff Poor sleep linked to toxic buildup of Alzheimer’s protein, memory loss Sleep may be a missing piece in the Alzheimer’s disease puzzle. UC Berkeley scientists have found compelling evidence that poor sleep — particularly a deficit of the deep, restorative slumber needed to hit the save button on memories — is a channel through which the beta-amyloid protein believed to trigger Alzheimer’s disease attacks the brain’s long-term memory. “Our findings reveal a new pathway through which Alzheimer’s disease may cause memory decline later in life,” said UC Berkeley neuroscien... mais »

cidades e doenças

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As mazelas das cidades e as doenças urbanasEntrevista de Eventos - Para a médica Maria Inês Azambuja, o verdadeiro desenvolvimento sustentável dos grandes centros oferece espaços dignos, qualidade de vida e promoção da saúde de seus habitantesPor: João Vitor Santos Quem mora mal, vive mal e adoece. A constatação é elementar e traz pouca novidade. Porém, a médica *Maria Inês Azambuja* apresenta a ideia de saúde urbana como algo mais amplo. Na sua percepção, não é só a falta de coleta de esgoto e lixo e de moradias em estado precário que fazem as pessoas adoecerem. Falta de escola, con... mais »

The Microbiome

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 5 dias

[image: Microbes in the Gut Are Essential to Our Well-Being] Scientific American MagazineMicrobes in the Gut Are Essential to Our Well-Being Revelations about the role of the human microbiome in our lives have begun to shake the foundations of medicine and nutrition - Scientific American Magazine

CFM: Atestados

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XXIII Congresso BR ABEAD

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