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#com Dra. Valderês A. Robinson Achutti (*13/06/1931+15/06/2021)
No Peru, em 1995, em visita arqueológica
#Luiz Ruiz+ meu grande amigo Peruano Vivia em North Potomac, MD, US. Conheci-o na PAHO/WHO. Recebi uma carta de sua viúva Mirtha, com a triste notícia de seu falecimento no dia 9 p.p. Em memória segue uma foto dele com a esposa e netos. Com ele colaborei durante vários anos através da Organização Panamericana da Saúde. Na valorização das etapas do processo criativo e de realização de qualquer projeto, ouvi dele e guardei: "Do Mental, da ideação (relativamente simples), passando pela ilusão do Formal, quando se redige e se escreve (também não tão difícil), para chegar na Aplicação, muito, muito mais difícil (também porque depende da participação de outros e todo mundo). Geralmente os resultados a curto prazo não podemos esperar muito além dos 5% do que foi idealizado…
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WHF Roadmap for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: 2023 Update
Background:Secondary prevention lifestyle and pharmacological treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) reduce a high proportion of recurrent events and mortality. However, significant gaps exist between guideline recommendations and usual clinical practice.
Conclusions: Effective strategies for secondary prevention management exist, but there are barriers to their implementation. WHF roadmaps can facilitate the development of a strategic plan to identify and implement local and national level approaches for improving secondary prevention.
Research about intellectual humility has exploded in the past decade. Psychologist Elizabeth Krumrei-Mancuso offers an annotated bibliography of key texts.
The Quest to Decode the Mandelbrot Set, Math’s Famed Fractal
By JORDANA CEPELEWICZ
For decades, a small group of mathematicians has patiently unraveled the mystery of what was once math’s most popular picture. Their story shows how technology transforms even the most abstract mathematical landscapes.
Why Locusts Swarm, Humans Do Good and Time Marches On
By JANNA LEVIN
“The Joy of Why” podcast returns for a third season as a coproduction of Quanta and PRX, with two co-hosts, 24 brilliant guests and 24 all-new episodes beginning next week.
The Surprisingly Simple Math Behind Puzzling Matchups
By PATRICK HONNER
The transitive property of math is so foundational, you might use it regularly without even noticing it. When it’s removed from a problem, solving it can be tricky.
An Old Conjecture Falls, Making Spheres a Lot More Complicated
By KEVIN HARTNETT; Podcast hosted by SUSAN VALOT
The telescope conjecture gave mathematicians a handle on ways to map one sphere to another. Now that it has been disproved, the universe of shapes has exploded.
WHO releases guidance for use of AI in health care
The guidance outlines over 40 recommendations for consideration by governments, technology companies, and health care providers to ensure the appropriate use of artificial intelligence technologies to promote and protect the health of populations.
A recent study exploring the effect of education on mortality found that each year of schooling reduces the risk of all-cause mortality. The study, published in The Lancet Public Health, illustrates that one additional year of education attainment results in a 2% reduction in the risk of dying in any given year.
Eighteen years of education reduces the risk of death by 34% and is comparable to eating a healthy diet. Missed schooling is as risky for one's health as drinking five or more alcoholic drinks per day or smoking 10 cigarettes per day for 10 years.
6 years of school = 13% reduction in mortality risk
12 years of school = 24% reduction in mortality risk
18 years of school = 34% reduction in mortality risk
Governments and policymakers should understand that education is a powerful tool to improve population health and access to education deserves its own public health discussion.
A visual factsheet created by our partners at the Centre for Global Health Inequalities Research (who helped to contribute to the recent study on education and adult mortality) illustrates how education and mortality are intertwined.
Q & A with an expert: education and adult mortality
IHME researcher and co-author- Claire Henson- delves into the recent findings on how education attainment can lead to a longer life. “It’s time that policymakers look at investments in education as investments in health,” said Henson. Read the article→
IHME in the News
Every year spent in school or university improves life expectancy, study says (The Guardian) » Completing primary, secondary and tertiary education is the equivalent of a lifetime of eating a healthy diet, lowering the risk of death by 34% compared with those with no formal education, according to the peer-reviewed analysis in The Lancet Public Health journal.
Is this COVID surge really the second biggest? Here’s what data shows. (The Washington Post) »“When the hospital reports someone having COVID, then it’s likely COVID is the reason for the admission because there’s no longer this large-scale screening of every patient,” said Theo Vos, a professor emeritus at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington.
LinkedIn post of the week
In our quest to live longer, are we also living sicker?
New data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation show the U.S. estimated average gap between lifespan (how many years we live) and healthspan (how many years we are mostly healthy and feel good) is growing.
The estimated average proportion of life spent in good health declined to 83.6% in 2021, down from 85.8% in 1990, according to our analysis of data.
— Alex Janin Personal Health Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
What We’re Reading
Experiencing racism may physically change your brain » A growing body of research shows that racism in health care and in daily life contributes to these long-standing health disparities for Black communities. (NPR) Carriers sneak life-saving drugs over border as Mexico battles opioid deaths » People forced to bring overdose-reversal drug naloxone from US, as critics accuse Mexican government of creating shortage. (The Guardian)
