Snoring
Ask Ray | Health technologies to support sleep apnea and snoringJune 22, 2015 [image: credit | Airing] Dear readers, Obstructive sleep apnea is a very common sleep disorder caused by periodic obstruction of the upper airway. A sleep apnea is literally a pause in breathing. It can happen many times each hour while the individual is asleep. It leads to reduced oxygen saturation and is a risk factor for heart disease. Most sufferers are unaware that they have this syndrome. It is often first noticed… read more
Astronomy
Mass extinctions linked to comet and asteroid showers October 22, 2015 [image: Mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers, a new study concludes. An artist's illustration of a major asteroid impact on Earth. (credit: NASA/Don Davis)]Mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers, scientists conclude in a new study published in an open-access paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. For more than 30 years, scientists have argued about a cont... mais »
Caveolin-1
Improving learning and memory in aged mice with cholesterol-binding membrane protein October 22, 2015 [image: SynCav1 gene delivery enhances granule cell neuron dendritic arborization (neuron branching in adult mice. Scale bar: 20 micrometers (credit: Chitra D. Mandyam et al./Biological Psychiatry)] Using gene therapy to increase a crucial cholesterol-binding membrane protein called caveolin-1 (Cav-1) in neurons in the hippocampus* of the brain improved learning and memory in aged mice, according to findings from a new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI),... mais »
Camillo Golgi (1843-1926)
The First Neuron Drawings, 1870s Camillo Golgi’s black reaction revealed, for the first time, the fine structures of intact neurons, which he captured with ink and paper. By Amanda B. Keener | October 1, 2015 A FIRST LOOK: Camillo Golgi’s original black-and-white drawing of a dog’s olfactory bulb appeared in a paper in the *Rivista Sperimentale di Freniatria e Medicina Legale*in 1875. Colored plates appeared in reprinted versions distributed by Golgi and in the German translation of his paper. Golgi indicated three layers in his drawing. The superficial layer (A) is composed of nerve... mais »
AD and Thyroid
High Thyroid Function Linked to Dementia Nancy A Melville October 23, 2015t EDITORS' RECOMMENDATIONS - One Target, One Treatment? Not for Alzheimer's Disease - A Saliva Test for Alzheimer's Disease? RELATED DRUGS & DISEASES - Thyroid Dysfunction Induced by Amiodarone Therapy - Autoimmune Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy - Alzheimer Disease "This finding provides more insight into the possible importance of other pathways connecting thyroid function to dementia and could provide new targets for therapeutic agents," she said. In terms of the gender differences, the research... mais »
Diet and Brain
Mediterranean Diet Linked to Larger Brain Volume Megan Brooks October 22, 2015 EDITORS' RECOMMENDATIONS - Mediterranean Diet May Preserve Brain Structural Connectivity - Med Diet With Nuts, Olive Oil Linked to Better Cognition - 'Common Sense' Lifestyle Factors May Delay Dementia Onset A new study provides more evidence that following a Mediterranean-type diet (MeDi) is good for the brain. In a multiethnic cohort of elderly dementia-free adults, those more adherent to the MeDi had larger brain volume than their less adherent peers. And the difference between the groups is equ... mais »
PROPÓSITO II
*PROPÓSITO II* [image: Imagem para o resultado de notícias]Este é um retorno ao propósito inicial que como pode ser visto na primeira postagem AMICOREXTENSION (outubro 2012) do que pretendia ser uma extensão do Blog AMICOR. Como escrevi naquela ocasião - o que pode ser visitado na página *PROPÓSITO - *a intensão era de elaborar uma coletânea de artigos e, em releitura, comentar, acrescentar ou corrigir, e eventualmente publicar em livro ou em forma de e-book. [image: Resultado de imagem para adib jatene]Passados três anos estou tentando retomar o projeto, justamente hoje que um d...mais »
NEJM 200 years athand
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp1114819?query=featured_home FEATURED MULTIMEDIA - [image: 200 Years of NEJM] 200 Years of NEJM D.C. Müller, E.M.C. Duff, and K.L. Stern - Interactive Timeline -
Internet Delusion
- [image: (Credit: Getty Images)] - Neurohacks Is Google making us know-it-alls? - The internet can give us the illusion of knowledge, making us think we are smarter than we really are. Fortunately, there may be a cure for our arrogance, writes psychologist Tom Stafford. -
nilotinib
People with Parkinson’s walk again after promising drug trial A cancer drug may be the first treatment to reverse Parkinson's disease, and has allowed bedridden people in a small trial to walk again [image: People with Parkinson's walk again after promising drug trial] IT IS the first drug that seems to directly target the causes of Parkinson’s disease. People taking part in a safety trial have had their symptoms reversed, allowing them to talk, get out of bed and feed themselves once again. Although there are already several treatments for the symptoms of Parkinson’s, this could be th... mais »
James Lind Library
*Indicado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja*Using the Library This page tells you briefly what’s in the James Lind Library, how it’s organised and how to search it. For more detailed information about how we built the Library, please see Building the Library. If you prefer to be shown than told, watch the short videos. Introduction to the James Lind Library The Library contains material illustrating the development of fair tests of treatments throughout history. How is the James Lind Library organised? The material in the Library is organised under methodological Topics, each of w... mais »
James Lind (1716-1794)
James Lind[image: A portrait of Scottish doctor James Lind (1716–1794)]Born4 October 1716 EdinburghDied13 July 1794 (aged 77) Gosport, HampshireEducationHigh School, Edinburgh Edinburgh University (MD 1748) Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (LRCPE)Known forprevention of maritime diseases and cure for scurvy*Medical career*Professionmilitary surgeonInstitutionsSurgeon, Royal Navy (1739–48) Physician, Edinburgh (1748–58) Senior Physician, Haslar Naval Hospital (1758–83)Specialismnaval hygiene
Micro-RNA
Função dos microRNAs na aterosclerose - EAS Snapshots - 19/10/2015 - 1 Visualizações - - Sem avaliação [image: Os miRNAs têm potencial como biomarcadores e alvos terapêuticos na aterosclerose e doença cardiovascular] MicroRNAs (miRNAs) são pequenas moléculas de RNA (22 nucleotídeos) não codificadoras que surgiram como reguladores essenciais da expressão gênica em nível pós-transcricional. Os miRNAs normalmente controlam a expressão de seus genes-alvo pelo pareamento imperfeito de bases com as regiões 3’ não traduzidas de RNAs mensageiros (mRNAs), induzi... mais »
Esquizofrenia
Origem da esquizofrenia pode estar em oligodendrócitos - DOC Content - 19/10/2015 - 1 Visualizações - - Sem avaliação [image: Estudo busca entender o que ocorre nos oligodendrócitos de pacientes com esquizofrenia] Pesquisadores publicam estudos apresentando novo olhar sobre a origem da esquizofrenia Células cerebrais importantes na atividade dos neurônios, os oligodendrócitos, quando com disfunções, podem ter papel fundamental no desenvolvimento da esquizofrenia. Essa é a abordagem de estudos feitos no Instituto de Biologia da Universidade Estadual de Cam... mais »
RAS and relationship with Alzheimer Disease
Modulation of Renin-angiotensin System May Slow Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer's Disease Whitney Wharton, PhD; Felicia C. Goldstein, PhD; Liping Zhao, MSPH; Kyle Steenland, PhD; Allan I. Levey, MD, PhD; Ihab Hajjar, MD, MS Disclosures J Am Geriatr Soc. 2015;63(9):1749-1756. - Abstract and Introduction - Abstract *Objectives:* To assess the effect of modulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) on conversion to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitive decline in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and the effect of the permeability of ...mais »
"Nonlocality"
How Einstein Revealed the Universe's Strange "Nonlocality" Our sense of the universe as an orderly expanse where events happen in absolute locations is an illusion By George Musser | Oct 20, 2015 *Edward Kinsella III* In Brief - In everyday life, distance and location are mundane absolutes. Yet physics now suggests that at the most fundamental level, the universe is nonlocal—there is no such thing as place or distance. - Initially Isaac Newton's conception of gravity seemed to imply the phenomenon of nonlocality because the attractive force between masses appear... mais »
Nossas Metrópoles
*Referência da AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja*Novo post em *blog da Raquel Rolnik*Como andam nossas metrópoles?by raquelrolnik O Ipea acaba de divulgar o Atlas da Vulnerabilidade Social nas Regiões Metropolitanas, uma cartografia da vulnerabilidade social e de sua evolução entre 2000 e 2010, para as regiões metropolitanas do Rio de Janeiro, Vitória, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Cuiabá, Distrito Federal, Belém, Fortaleza, Goiânia, Manaus, São Luiz, Natal, Salvador e Recife. A pesquisa utiliza o Índice da Vulnerabilidade Social (IVS), calculado a partir da méd... mais »
Queimando-nos a nos mesmos...
*Referência enviada pelo próprio Dr. Aristóteles - AMICOR entrevistado* Fumaça das queimadas são um verdadeiro risco à saúde O cardiologista Aristóteles Alencar explica que a poluição causada pelas queimadas é um perigo para o manauense Manaus (AM), 18 de Outubro de 2015 ISABELLE VALOIS [image: Conforme Alencar, fumaça de queimadas tem poluentes químicos que podem chegar ao sangue e causar graves problemas] Conforme Alencar, fumaça de queimadas tem poluentes químicos que podem chegar ao sangue e causar graves problemas (Márcio Silva)
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