NHANES
Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 horasA 60-Year Study of Health and Nutrition in the U.S., ExplainedSince the 1950s, NHANES has captured snapshots of health, wellness, deficiencies, and disease for all different kinds of Americans. We looked behind the scenes at the high and low points — and ahead at what’s next. [image: Go to the profile of Elysium Health] Elysium Health Feb 27 Illustrations by Israel Vargas
Aging researchAloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 horasIs Research on Aging Finally Growing Up?Scientists the world over are testing new therapies aimed at elucidating how we age and whether or not we can slow the process. Here are 20 of the most exciting areas of research
WHAT IS MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING?
WHAT IS MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING? [image: girl in computer lab] Every healthcare professional plays an important role in the lives of patients and practitioners alike, and medical billing and coding professionals are no exception. Medical billers and coders can directly impact the success of their employer, too—patients who are highly satisfied with their medical provider’s billing process are more than five times as likely to recommend the hospital to a friend than those who are less than satisfied1. Here, we’ll discuss what medical billing and coding is by exploring a couple defin... mais »
International Women’s Day
Women in health Share Tweet Forward Share On International Women’s Day, we celebrate all the women who have had a pioneering role in advancing science and health: Florence Nightingale, Fe del Mundo, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and many others. In 2019, however women still struggle to rise up the ranks of both health and science. Gender discrimination, implicit bias, sexual harassment, and assault have been found to be systemic barriers to women’s advancement in global health careers. Female health workers comprise 70% of the health workforce worldwide yet women occupy only 25% of leade... mais »
DNA Editing
*A New Class of Medicines through DNAEditing* Matthew H. Porteus, M.D., Ph.D. Genome editing is a set of methods used to change the DNA of a cell with single base-pair precision. It is a specific form of gene therapy, and the engineering of cells through genome editing has the potential to create a new class of medicines for the treatment of both genetic and nongenetic diseases. Genome editing has entered clinical trials: applications include the correction of variants that cause monogenic diseases, the enhancement of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, and cell-based re... mais »
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
[image: Delphic Sibyl, detail of a fresco by Michelangelo, 1508–12; in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.] 1475: Italian Renaissance artist *Michelangelo*—who exerted an unparalleled influence on Western sculpture, painting, and architecture and whose works rank among the most famous in existence—was born in the Republic of Florence.
Rosetta Stone
DEMYSTIFIED Video: What Does the Rosetta Stone Say? Today the Rosetta Stone is one of the world’s best-known archaeological artifacts, seen by millions of visitors a year. So what profound wisdom is inscribed in the stone? READ
The Raft of Medusa
The Painting That Shocked the World [image: Go to the profile of Steven Gambardella] Steven GambardellaFollow Aug 11, 2018 The Raft of Medusa (1818–1819) by Théodore Géricault (Credit: Wikicommons) Can art change the world? People often talk about the ‘power of art’ and by that they often mean power as a subjective experience, the power of art *to move*. Art historians also understand art in terms of the power it *imbues* — the art adorned on the walls of palaces and even banks is like the purple robe of an emperor: it speaks of money, prestige and even domination. But in those two res... mais »
Neutrinos
[image: newsletter image] NEWS Hidden ancient neutrinos may shape the patterns of galaxies Mar 04 2019 11:00 AM The gravitational pull of subatomic particles born in the universe's first second seem to influence how galaxies cluster into rings. READ MORE
Trnasmissible Alzheimer?
The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows What separates a lethal prion from a dementia-associated amyloid plaque? Maybe not much - By Jennifer Frazer on February 7, 2019 [image: The Case for Transmissible Alzheimer's Grows] Orange amyloid beta plaques accumulate on a neuron in this computer-generated image illustrating the pathology of Alzheimer's Disease. Credit: Juan Gaertner *Getty Images* The unsettling evidence that Alzheimer’s Disease may be transmissible under limited -- but definitely nonzero -- circumstances keeps growing. Last December I wrote about research that rev... mais »
Two Trillion Galaxies
This Is How We Know There Are Two Trillion Galaxies In The UniverseHubble, even at its best, only reveals perhaps 10% of what’s out there. Here’s how we get the rest. [image: Go to the profile of Ethan Siegel] Ethan SiegelFollow Oct 25, 2018 When you gaze up at the night sky, through the veil of stars and the plane of the Milky Way close by, you can’t help but feel small before the grand abyss of the Universe that lies beyond. Even though nearly all of them are invisible to our eyes, our observable Universe, extending tens of billions of light years in all directions, contains a fant... mais »
Resilence
*Enviado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* [image: Health as if Everybody Counted (second edition)] ‘Let them eat resilience’: The genealogy of a vocabulary, and why it matters for public health Posted on 3rd March 2019 Nothing about the title of this post is original. The main title imitates that of an essay by historical sociologist Margaret Somers called ‘Let them eat social capital’, which appeared in 2005. The subtitle and the idea of a genealogy of concepts that situates them in a larger political context draws on an essay by Nancy Fraser and Linda Gordoncalled ‘A Gene... mais »
Britannica:100 Women
To view this email as a web page, click here. [image: Encyclopaedia Britannica] [image: BRITANNICA CELEBRATES 100 WOMEN TRAILBLAZERS | You’re invited to explore gender equality and gain a richer un. CLICK HERE TO EXPLORE MORE] These 100 extraordinary trailblazing womenchampioned gender equality and other issues to the forefront of discussion. See who they are! Explore Our Special Content Feature From overcoming oppression, to breaking rules, to reimagining the world, or waging a rebellion; the women of history have a story to tell. [image: #] Meet the Women [image: #] Learn the Iss... mais »
Reality?
2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation? by AMNH on Apr 8, 2016 5:15 pm [image: 2016 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Is the Universe a Simulation? Thumbnail] What may have started as science fiction – that perhaps the universe as we know it is a computer simulation – has become a serious line of inquiry among physicists, astrophysicists, and philosophers. In this podcast, listen in as a panel of experts discuss this theory, including David Chalmers, professor of philosophy at NYU, Zohreh Davoudi, theoretical physicist at MIT, James Gates, theoretical physicist at ... mais »
Inflammation and Depression
connection between the immune system and the brain Ed Bullmore[image: Member only content]21 min read Inflamed Bodies, Depressed Minds The mysterious connection between the immune system and the brain The Link Between Inflammation and Depression The mysterious
How to Die Well
Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 diasHow to Die Well, According to a Palliative Care Doctor Preparing for death by making peace with it Mark Starmach[image: Member only content]12 min read
Fritz Kahn
Video / History of science The body as machine: first imagined in 1927, now brought to new, animated life 3 minutes
Interconnections
Global Value Chains: Trading for Development FEATURED [image: Image] Concept Note January 22, 2019 — The WDR 2020 will address three issues: Do global value chains (GVCs) represent an opportunity or an obstacle to development for low income countries? How do GVCs affect income growth and the distribution of gains? Does the interplay between GVCs and changing technology represent a boon or a curse for development? Read More » - OVERVIEW - CORE TEAM - CONSULTATION The world is, and always has been, interconnected. But the degree of country interdependence we ar... mais »
critique of medicine
Richard Smith: The most devastating critique of medicine since Medical Nemesis by Ivan Illich in 1975 February 13, 2019 - - 2.77k - [image: richard_smith_2014]Seamus O’Mahony, a gastroenterologist from Cork, has written the most devastating critique of modern medicine since Ivan Illich in *Medical Nemesis* in 1975. O’Mahony cites Illich and argues that many of his warnings of the medicalisation of life and death; runaway costs; ever declining value; patients reduced to consumers; growing empires of doctors, other health workers, and researchers; and the industrialis... mais »
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