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AMICORE-Book: atualizado 22/05/2016 AMICORE-BOOK [image: ISFC logo139.jpg] AMICOR PROJETO DE E-BOOK Aproveito a mensagem de Alerta semanal para convidar para uma visita a um novo Blog onde pretendo reunir artigos meus, muitos já publicados - inclusive esparsos pelo Blog AMICOR - como um projeto de E-Book ou mesmo de um futuro livro. Índice para o AMICORE-BOOK.BLOGSPOT.COM: 1. *Estendendo a opinião* 2. *AMICOR* 3. *Carnaval* 4. *Bôrtolo Achutti* 5. *Histórias que meu pai contava - 1* 6. *Histórias que meu pai contava - 2* 7. *Histórias que meu pai contava - 3* ... mais »
World Health Statistics 2016
*World Health Statistics 2016: Monitoring health for the SDGs* The World Health Statistics series is WHO’s annual compilation of health statistics for its 194 Member States. World Health Statistics 2016 focuses on the proposed health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated targets. It represents an initial effort to bring together available data on SDG health and health-related indicators. In the current absence of official goal-level indicators, summary measures of health such as (healthy) life expectancy are used to provide a general assessment of the ... mais »
Urban Health
* Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* [image: ISUH-logo.jpg] [image: ISUH-header.jpg] ------------------------------ DATE & TIME *MondayMay 23, 2016* *12:15 PM - 2:00 PMLunch will be served* ------------------------------ VENUE *Geneva International Convention Center (CICG)17 rue de Varembé* ------------------------------ CO-SPONSORS *The International Society for Urban Health (ISUH)* *The InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAP-Health)* *Eminence* *Bangladesh Urban Health Network* *Bangladesh NCD Alliance* [image: eminence.jpg] The New Urban Agen... mais »
Opinion
more Speaking Truth to Power and the Value of Counterpoints: Madeleine Albright’s Extraordinary Commencement Address [image: Speaking Truth to Power and the Value of Counterpoints: Madeleine Albright’s Extraordinary Commencement Address] 7 min read brainpickings.org / Maria Popova “We should use our opinions to start discussions, not to end them.” As I was preparing to deliver my Annenberg commencement address, restlessness of a v... read moreSpeaking Truth to Power and the Value of Counterpoints: Madeleine Albright’s Surprising Commencement Address“We should use our opinions t...mais »
Ageing: World Report
*The World report on ageing and health: a policy frameworkfor healthy ageing * *John R Beard, Alana Offi cer, Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Ritu Sadana, Anne Margriet Pot, Jean-Pierre Michel, Peter Lloyd-Sherlock, JoAnne E Epping-Jordan, G M E E (Geeske) Peeters, Wahyu Retno Mahanani, Jotheeswaran Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan, Somnath Chatterji * Although populations around the world are rapidly ageing, evidence that increasing longevity is being accompanied by an extended period of good health is scarce. A coherent and focused public health response that spans multiple sectors and stakehol...mais »
Anxiety
10 Ways to Beat Anxiety Naturally [image: Image: 10 Ways to Beat Anxiety Naturally](Copyright iStock) By Gary Greenberg | Thursday, 19 May 2016 04:00 PM - - - - 0 inShare Trouble concentrating, digestive problems, headaches, heart palpitations, tossing and turning all night. For the millions of Americans suffering from anxiety, the only thing worse than the condition itself are the side effects caused by the most popular drugs prescribed to treat it. Benzodiazepines such as Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin, and Valium work by depressing the central nervous system, whi... mais »
Prognosis
Prevalence of and Factors Related to Discordance About Prognosis Between Physicians and Surrogate Decision Makers of Critically Ill PatientsFREE Douglas B. White, MD, MAS1; Natalie Ernecoff, MPH1; Praewpannarai Buddadhumaruk, RN, MS1; Seoyeon Hong, PhD1; Lisa Weissfeld, PhD2; J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH3; John M. Luce, MD4; Bernard Lo, MD5 [+] Author Affiliations *JAMA. *2016;315(19):2086-2094. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.5351. Text Size: A A A Article Figures Tables Supplemental Content References CME ABSTRACT ABSTRACT | INTRODUCTION | METHODS | RESULTS | DISCUSSION | CONCLUSIONS |ARTICLE IN... mais »
Inequality and the new deal
[image: Image] There is a large body of literature analyzing the onset of the Great Depression or the factors influencing economic recovery in the 1930s, especially the New Deal. The role of income inequality before and during the Great Depression, however, has almost never been discussed thoroughly. This paper attempts to answer two questions. Firstly, was inequality perceived as a problem by the Roosevelt administration? Secondly, did the New Deal incorporate these concerns such that economic policy design did take seriously the problem of inequality? CLICK HERE OR THE PICTURE A... mais »
5 more years added to life
View this email in your browser 5 more years added to life expectancy 5.9M 5.9 million children die before their fifth birthday 1.7B 1.7 billion people need treatment for neglected tropical diseases 3M 3 million people die due to outdoor pollution Life expectancy increased by 5 years between 2000 and 2015, the fastest increase since the 1960s. Those gains reverse declines during the 1990s, when life expectancy fell in Africa because of the AIDS epidemic, and in Eastern Europe following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The increase was greatest in WHO's African Region. Global... mais »
Depression
How Depression and Antidepressant Drugs Work NEUROSCIENCE NEWSMAY 18, 2016 *Summary: A new study shows the effectiveness of ketamine in treating depression in a mouse model of the disease and also helps bring together two hypotheses for the cause of depression.* *Source: Penn State University.* *New insight from depressed mice helps researchers unite two hypotheses.* New research demonstrates the effectiveness of ketamine to treat depression in a mouse model of the disease and brings together two hypotheses for the cause of depression. The research, led by Bernhard Lüscher, professor o... mais »
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