Eradicate Poverty?
*Selected by AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja *Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty?By ANNIE LOWREYPublished: April 30, 2013 44 Comments - At a news conference during the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in late April, Jim Yong Kim held up a piece of paper with the year “2030” scribbled on it in pen. “This is it,” said Kim, the genial American physician who took over as president of the World Bank last summer. “This is the global target to end poverty.” Enlarge This Image Illustration by Jasper Rietman It sounds like the sort of... mais »
Advice on Writing
Timeless Advice on Writing from Famous AuthorsCreated by brainpicker on Jun 18 2012 Words of wisdom from history's greatest
Memory Implants
Memory implants http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/513681/memory-implants/ A maverick neuroscientist believes he has deciphered the code by which the brain forms long-term memories May 1, 2013 [image: electrode_array] Electrode array for monitoring and duplicating hippocampus neuron activity (credit: T. Berger et al./*Journal of Neural Engineering*) Teodore Berger, a biomedical engineer and neuroscientist at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, envisions a day in the not too distant future when a patient with severe memory loss can get help from an electro... mais »
On Global Networks
Global networks must be redesignedMay 2, 2013 Risks Interconnection Map 2011 illustrating systemic interdependencies in the hyper-connected world we are living in (credit: World Economic Forum) Our global networks have generated many benefits and new opportunities. However, they have also established highways for failure propagation, which can ultimately result in man-made disasters. For example, today’s quick spreading of emerging epidemics is largely a result of global air traffic, with serious impacts on global health, social welfare, and economic systems. In a *Nature* paper on gl... mais »
Tropical infections detection
*Lab-on-chip detects multiple tropical infectious diseases* May 2, 2013 [image: Inserting natural samples directly into the VereTropTM chip, allowing fast and accurate identification of various tropical diseases that share the same fever symptoms (credit: A*STAR)]VereTrop, the first biochip that can identify 13 different major tropical diseases from a single blood sample, has been launched by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Veredus Laboratories. “Tropical diseases often reflect common symptoms like fever, and may not be accurately diagnosed early by docto... mais »
Aging slow down in mice
Scientists discover how to slow down aging in mice and increase longevity Blocking a specific protein complex in the hypothalamus and injecting a hormone slow aging and cognitive decline May 3, 2013 “Aging is a life event that is programmed by the hypothalamus,” say scientists (credit: iStockphoto) Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that the hypothalamus of mice controls aging throughout the body. Their discovery of a specific age-related signaling pathway opens up new strategies for combating diseases of old age and extending lifespan. *B... mais »
Glicemia
Carbon nanotube sensor detects glucose in saliva May 3, 2013 [image: glucose_binding_nanotube] Painful finger-prick blood tests for diabetics could become a thing of the past, say physicists who have built a sensor that measures glucose in saliva. Mitchell Lerner at the University of Pennsylvania and associates have developed just such a device, MIT Technology Review reports. Their glucose sensor is essentially a carbon nanotube-based transistor in which the … more…
DSM-S
National Institute of Mental Health abandoning the DSM In a potentially seismic move, the National Institute of Mental Health – the world’s biggest mental health research funder, has announced only two weeks before the launch of the DSM-5diagnostic manual that it will be “re-orienting its research away from DSM categories”. In the announcement, NIMH Director Thomas Insel says the DSM lacks validity and that “patients with mental disorders deserve better”. This is something that will make very uncomfortable reading for the American Psychiatric Association as they trumpet what they clai... mais »
Lipsticks...
*Lipstick lowdown* ** Here's some news you may want to consider before applying your favorite lipstick next time. That product that makes you feel more beautiful may contain some elements that aren't so pretty. Researchers at the University of California Berkley tested 8 lipsticks and 24 lip glosses commonly sold in drug stores and department stores. Prices varied, and specific brands were not identified. Their analysis detected lead, cadmium, chromium, aluminum and five other metals. The team then estimated health risks based on the concentration of the metals in each product, a con... mais »
DNA at 60
DNA at 60: Still Much to Learn On the diamond jubilee of the double helix, we should admit that we don't fully understand how evolution works at the molecular level By Philip Ball and Nature magazine 17 inShare Share on Tumblr [image: DNA] **Image: Wikimedia Commons/Yikrazuul This week's diamond jubilee of the discovery of DNA's molecular structure rightly celebrates how Francis Crick, James Watson and their collaborators launched the 'genomic age' by revealing how hereditary information is encoded in the double helix. Yet the conventional narrative — in which their 195...mais »
Dia do Trabalhador
[image: Dia do Trabalho] *Dia do trabalho ou do trabalhador?*
Azithromycin and CVD
Cardiovascular Risks with Azithromycin and Other Antibacterial Drugs Andrew D. Mosholder, M.D., M.P.H., Justin Mathew, Pharm.D., John J. Alexander, M.D., M.P.H., Harry Smith, Ph.D., and Sumathi Nambiar, M.D., M.P.H. N Engl J Med 2013; 368:1665-1668May 2, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1302726 ArticleReferences In 2011, approximately 40.3 million people in the United States (roughly one eighth of the population) received an outpatient prescription for the macrolide azithromycin, according to IMS Health. During that year, we at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewed the labels of azith... mais »
longevity studies
L4 annotations Hide 1 2 3 4 FUTURISM GEORGE DVORSKYYesterday 1:15pmg 15,913L 50 Do these startling longevity studies mean your lifespan could double? Biologists have successfully extended the life spans of some mice by as much as 70%, leading many to believe that ongoing experimentation on our mammalian cousins will eventually lead to life-extending therapies in humans. But how reliable are these studies? And do they really apply to humans? We asked the experts. Before we get into the scientific evidence, it’s important that we do a bit of reality check. Animal models, and mouse model... mais »
WCC Melbourne, 2014
Having trouble reading this email? Access the online version on: http://www.worldheart.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Congress/WCC2014/newsletter.htm [image: Congress Banner]WCC SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS 2014 NEWS / May 2013Join us in Melbourne for the World Congress of Cardiology 2014 The World Heart Federation looks forward to welcoming you to Melbourne, Australia for the next World Congress of Cardiology 2014, co-hosted by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand and the National Heart Foundation of Australia. Join us in Melbourne for WCC 2014: - *Global platform* for cardiovascular ... mais »
WWW
L0 annotations Hide Twenty Years Ago Today the World Wide Web Went Public Twenty years ago today, something happened that changed the digital world forever: CERN published a statement that made the technology behind the World Wide Web available to use, by anybody, on a royalty free basis. That decision, pushed forward by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, transformed the internet, making it a place where we can all freely share anything and everything—from social media updates, through streamed music, to YouTube videos of cats. It has fundamentally shaped the way we communicate. To celebrate th... mais »
Donepezil Alzheimer
Cessation of donepezil is associated with clinical decline in patients with moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease compared to continuation of donepezil or addition or substitution of memantine 1. Pierre N Tariot 1. Banner Alzheimer's Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 1. Correspondence to: *Pierre N Tariot* Banner Alzheimer's Institute, 901 E Willetta ST, Phoenix, Arizona 85006, USA;Pierre.tariot{at}bannerhealth.com Commentary on:Donepezil and memantine for moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease[CrossRef][Medline][Web of Science] Context More than half of persons wi... mais »
A Ultima maravilha da Ciência!
*Recomendado por minha amiga CONCEIÇÃO ANDRADE, esposa do JOHN BRISCOE que vivem nos EEUU.* eu fui ao Atacama desert com meu grupo de astronomia de Brasilia, (but not to this telescope site, we went to another telescope site). foi magico! * A Ultima maravilha da Ciência!***** Inaugurada no dia 13 deste mês, a última maravilha da ciência, na incessante procura das nossas origens. - Fabuloso! http://dotsub.com/view/08a2457e-7d67-4fa0-9715-5e5d86d037cb#.UUUEvtF3l7Y **
Grid cells
*Sellected by the AMICOR Maria Inês Reinet Azambuja* SCIENCE PROFILES IN SCIENCE A Sense of Where You Are [image: May-Britt Moser with Thelma, one of the lab rats used in the research she and her husband, Edvard I. Moser, are conducting.] Brian Cliff Olguin for The New York Times May-Britt Moser with Thelma, one of the lab rats used in the research she and her husband, Edvard I. Moser, are conducting. 3 more images By JAMES GORMAN Published: April 30, 2013 TRONDHEIM, Norway - In 1988, two determined psychology students sat in the office of an internationally renowned neuroscientist in Os... mais »
Risco e Morbidade da Atividade Sexual
*Materia selecionada pelo AMICOR Dr. Jorge Gomes, especialista em Saúde Ocupcional e colega de turma (1960) da Dra. Valderês Robinson, minha esposa. * El Observatorio de Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional. Río Cuarto Pcia. de Córdoba observatoriodesaludyseguridad@arnet.com *MEDICINA DEL TRABAJO CARDIOLÓGICA* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX *Las personas que fallecen durante el acto sexual suelen estar acompañadas por una pareja distinta de la habitual* JANO · 25 Abril 2013 Expertos subrayan que la prueba de esfuerzo que se realiza al enfermo cardiaco tras sufrir un infarto es un buen método para... mais »
Physician Impairment
Identification of Physician Impairment FREEONLINE FIRST Julius Cuong Pham, MD, PhD; Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD; Gregory E. Skipper, MD [+] Author Affiliations *JAMA. *2013;():1-2. doi:10.1001/jama.2013.4635. Text Size: A A A Published online April 29, 2013 Article References When a critical event occurs in most high-risk industries (such as airlines, nuclear power, or railways), a detailed investigation examines a variety of system and individual factors (such as fatigue and substance abuse), that caused or contributed to the event. Directly involved individuals are commonly tested f... mais »
