Corruption?
Can corruption ever be eliminated in the world? Apr 3, 2019 / Clayton Christensen + Efosa Ojomo + Karen Dillon Corruption doesn’t result from a lack of ethics or knowledge; it’s a workaround chosen by people when they have few better options. So what can decrease its lure? New ways to make progress and make money. *Ask citizens why their countries aren’t developing, ask investors why they choose not to invest in some regions, and corruption is almost always at the top of their list of reasons.* Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent annually trying to eradicate fraud and graft ... mais »
Family income:Brain development
EW ON TED.COM How does income affect childhood brain development? 11:47 minutes · TED Salon: Education Everywhere Neuroscientist and pediatrician Kimberly Noble is leading the Baby's First Years study: the first-ever randomized study of how family income changes children's cognitive, emotional and brain development. She and a team of economists and policy experts are working together to find out: Can we help kids in poverty simply by giving families more money? "The brain is not destiny," Noble says. "And if a child's brain can be changed, then anything is possible." Watch now »
SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2): TherOx
*FDA Approves First New Therapy to Treat Heart Attacks in Years* Heart attacks are typically treated by placing stents at the sites of narrowing coronary arteries. This has become a standard of care and advances in cath lab technologies allows interventional cardiologists to accurately place stents in a matter of minutes. Now another option, called SuperSaturated Oxygen (SSO2), is being made available thanks to a brand new approval from the FDA. SSO2 … Read more...
Cancer/Smoking Economics
Cancer Patients Who Smoke Cost Nation Billions
Mickey Rooney
*Quando criança eu tinha adimiração especial por ele, e o chamava de "Meu artistO", o que era motivava comentários hilários da família* [image: Rooney, Mickey]Today*2014: American diminutive actor Mickey Rooney*—who was noted for his high energy, charisma, and versatility, which were on display in such notable roles as the wisecracking teenager in the Andy Hardy films—died at the age of 93.
Hugh John Forster Cairns (21 November 1922 – 12 November 2018)
*Hugh John Forster Cairns* FRS (21 November 1922 – 12 November 2018) was a British physician and molecular biologist who made significant contributions to molecular genetics, cancer research, and public health.
Calculus...
A romp through the history of calculus [image: Portraits of Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz] Isaac Newton (left) and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz independently invented calculus and liked big wigs. (Left, DeAgostini/Getty; Right, Lombard/ullstein bild via Getty) Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”. It was a cruelly ironic end for the scientists who independently invented calculus: the word comes from the Latin for ‘small stone’, in reference to pebbles ... mais »
diabetes em idosos
Tratamento da diabetes em idosos: novas diretrizes de procedimento - Univadis Medical News - 01/04/2019 - 345 Visualizações - - 4 estrelas [image: As diretrizes da Sociedade Endócrina são copatrocinadas pela Sociedade Europeia de Endocrinologia, pela Sociedade Gerontológica da América e pela Sociedade de Obesidade.] A Sociedade Endócrina publicou novas diretrizes de procedimento para o tratamento da diabetes em idosos. As novas diretrizes visam fornecer orientações aos profissionais de saúde em exercício que irão beneficiar os doentes com 65 anos, ou idad... mais »
UFPEL/ASRM/AMICOR
Dois ilusres AMICOR e colegas da ASRM na ZH de hoje
E-cigarettes and Vaping
FDA Warns of Seizure Risk With E-Cigarettes In Britain, No Gateway Effect Seen for Vaping to Smoking
Stress and Social Self
FROM THE ARCHIVE | Stress and the Social Self: How Relationships Affect Our Immune System [image: thebalancewithin_sternberg.jpg?w=195]Relationships, Adrienne Rich argued in her magnificent meditation on love, refine our truths. But they also, it turns out, refine our immune systems. That’s what pioneering immunologist *Esther Sternberg* examines in *The Balance Within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions*(*public library*) — a revelatory inquiry into how emotional stress affects our susceptibility to burnout and disease. As just about every socialized human being can attest,...mais »
life at the 'center of the Earth
Scientists take cues from Jules Verne to study life at the 'center of the Earth' Research in abandoned underground mine leads to subsurface biosphere discoveries More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298177&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1
Healthy Lives and Well-being
Upcoming Non-state Actor Consultation on the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being Twelve global health and development organizations (Gavi, GFF, Global Fund, UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, Unitaid, UN Women, WFP, WHO and the World Bank) are exploring new ways of working together to accelerate progress towards the health-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. To guide their collaboration, organizations are developing a Global Action Plan (GAP) to be presented at the UN General Assembly in September 2019. Affected communities, civil society organizations and ot... mais »
Alzheimer: Astroglia
[image: Astrocyte nerve cell CR: RICCARDO CASSIANI-INGONI / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY] *Alzheimer’s disease:* the role of astroglia Read this Review
Autism awarness day
[image: Autism Awareness] [image: Wiley] [image: Autism Awareness] World Autism Awareness Day, 2nd April 2019 Today is World Autism Awareness Day, an event highlighting the need to help improve the quality of life of those with autism, so they can lead full and meaningful lives as an integral part of society. Explore a special collection of freely available research focusing on this year’s theme: *Assistive Technologies, Active Participation*. The collection features research on areas including: - Access to assistive technologies for people with autism - Enabling people with ... mais »
Online Privacy Guide
From: https://www.bestvpn.com/ *The Ultimate Online Privacy Guide* https://www.bestvpn.com/guides/the-ultimate-privacy-guide/ I thought it would make a great addition to your page, and be of use to your audience. It includes tips on how to improve one’s privacy online and how to anonymize information online. Also, we crafted useful guides which you can check out here: https://www.bestvpn.com/guides/ - if you want to include them in your articles, please feel free to do so. You’re also welcome to republish them in your site, long as there’s a credit link to the original source.
GBD: Alzheimer's DIsease
Global, regional, and national burden of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016 Publication date: November 26, 2018 ABSTRACT The number of individuals living with dementia is increasing, negatively affecting families, communities, and health care systems around the world. A successful response to these challenges requires an accurate understanding of the dementia disease burden. We aimed to present the first detailed analysis of the global prevalence, mortality, and overall burden of dementia as captured ... mais »
William Harvey
[image: Harvey, William: theory of the circulation of blood] 1578: English physician William Harvey , who discovered the true nature of the circulation of the blood, was born in Folkestone, Kent.
Amiloidose cardíaca
Latest Updates For March 31, 2019 *A doença que vitimou o Prf. Mário Rigatto.* Amyloidosis in Cardiology Practice: A Race Against Time Developed through the partnership between Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Medscape Education. A series of expert interviews highlight the recognition, diagnosis, and management of cardiac amyloidosis.
Cidades do futuro...
MAGAZINETHE CITIES ISSUE To build the cities of the future, we must get out of our cars Remaking healthy urban areas means repairing damage done to communities once blown apart to serve the automobile. This story appears in the April 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. *The purpose of cities* is to bring people together. In the 20th century, we blew them apart. One day last year, Peter Calthorpe took me on a drive through some of the wreckage. He wanted to show me how he proposes to make cities whole again. Calthorpe is an architect who in the late 1970s helped design one of t... mais »
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