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Bortolo Achutti - Fotografia

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR EXTENSION - Há 15 minutos
Para o projeto de resgate histórico das realizações e contribuições de *Bôrtolo Achutti* (nosso pai|) com minhas irmãs *Maria Helena e Lia Maria Cechella Achutti*, estamos reunindo documentos e imagens que pretendemos colocar progressivamente a disposição dos interessados neste blog. Parte das fotos estão nos arquivos do Centro de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, conforme consta de relação abaixo. Esperamos expô-las oportunamente, depois de copiadas. Segue-se também fragmento de uma publicação de autoria de *Eloisa Klein*sobre a vida de um religioso, ...mais »

Meditation

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Mindfulness meditation can be effective tool in reducing stress Tribune Content AgencyMedical Edge from Mayo Clinic 8:30 a.m. CDT, September 30, 2013 DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Is it true that mindfulness exercises can help reduce stress? What does it involve? ANSWER: Meditation is a group of practices that train the mind to be more focused and relaxed, as well as more compassionate and less judgmental. Mindfulness is one form of meditation that involves focusing intently on the present: what you're feeling or sensing in each moment. It can be a very effective tool in reducing stress, increasi... mais »

Conto do Fernando Neubarth no YouTube

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 18 horas
*Dr. Fernando Robinson Neubarth (primo da Dra. Valderês)* Um conto meu em vídeo dirigido pela ótima atriz Mirna Spritzer e apresentado por Maíra Castilhos. Bom final de semana. Abçs. Fernando Porto Alegre, 5 de outubro de 2013. Segue o link: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=523jTLnv9-w* YouTube - Vídeos desse e-mail

Fecal Transplant

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Fecal Transplant Pills Effective for *C difficile* Laird Harrison Oct 03, 2013 EDITORS' RECOMMENDATIONS - C difficile: Synthetic Stool Substitute Clears Infection - Stool Transplants Stop 90% of C difficile Recurrences - Clostridium difficle Infection News & Perspectives SAN FRANCISCO — It is not the most appetizing prospect, but pills containing a concentrate of fecal bacteria can stop recurrent *Clostridium difficile *infections by rebalancing the bacteria in the gut, a new study shows. The treatment is a potential advance over conventional fecal transplants, which are done... mais »

‘massive open online research’

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Is ‘massive open online research’ (MOOR) the next frontier for education? "The goal of this class is to make you fall in love with bioinformatics" --- Prof. Pavel Pevzner October 3, 2013 UC San Diego is launching the first major online course that prominently features “massive open online research” (MOOR). In “Bioinformatics Algorithms — Part 1,” UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor Pavel Pevzner and his graduate students are offering a course on Coursera that combines research with a MOOC (massive open online course) for the first time. “All students who sign up for... mais »

Breaking Medical News

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 2 dias
*Putting Breaking Medical News Into Practice* Aloyzio:Cardiovascular | more specialties 0CME/CE CREDITSMY ALERTS 0SAVED close x ADVERTISEMENT 0 0 lprint Public Health & Policy Morning Break: ACA Gridlock, Big Pharma on Campus Published: Oct 4, 2013 | Updated: Oct 4, 2013 By MedPage Today Staff save | A A *Welcome to Morning Break,* MedPage Today*'s daily guide to what's new and interesting on the web for healthcare providers. Got a tip? Send it to us at *MPT_editorial@everydayhealthinc.com. In years past, medical students accepted pharmaceutical sales reps around colleges as the "norm."... mais »

World Congress of Cardiology

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Communication in science

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Scientific Discourse: Buckling at the Seams 1. Richard Stone, 2. Barbara Jasny [image: Science - Cover]Thomas Edison built an empire on his 1093 patents. But one innovation he considered a failure has had a lasting impact on how scientists communicate. He bankrolled the startup of *Science*, among the first general science journals, which debuted on 3 July 1880 with a bland description of the U.S. Naval Observatory and a cover plastered with classified ads. *Science* faltered at first, but in the end it thrived, and so did scientific discourse.

Drug to Lower LDL

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 3 dias
New Type of Drug to Lower LDL Looks Promising Published: Oct 2, 2013 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by Zalman S. Agus, MD; Emeritus Professor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania save | A A Action Points - Loss-of-function mutations in PCSK9 resulted in reduced plasma LDL cholesterol and a decreased risk of coronary heart disease, a study found. - This study suggests that inhibition of PCSK9 synthesis by RNA interference provides a novel, potentially safe mechanism to reduce LDL cholesterol concentration in healt... mais »

"Revolução do Twitter"

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 3 dias
*Artigo de meu amigo John Briscoe no Jornal Estado de Minas de hoje*

Fronteiras do Pensamento - Resumos

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Fronteiras do Pensamento O Fronteiras do Pensamento, que chega à sua sétima edição em 2013, é um projeto cultural múltiplo que aposta na liberdade de expressão intelectual e na educação de qualidade como ferramentas para o desenvolvimento. Este ano, participarão como conferencistas Karen Armstrong, Marina Silva, Fernando Gabeira, Manuel Castells, António Damásio, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Peter Singer, Leymah Gbowee, José Ramos-Horta, Perry Anderson e Paul Zak. Para a Unimed Porto Alegre, patrocinadora do Fronteiras do Pensamento desde 2010, o projeto está alinhado com o compromisso inst... mais »

Mental Health

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Mental Health and the Global Agenda N Engl J Med 2013; 369:1380-1381October 3, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1309899 Article To the Editor: Becker and Kleinman (July 4 issue)1 highlight the burden of mental diseases worldwide. Major concerns are for people living in less-developed countries (because of the low level of resources devoted to neuropsychiatric illnesses) and for young people (because of the difficulty accessing mental care). We would like to emphasize the enormous suffering associated with mental disorders in older people. The prevalence of mental diseases in older people has in... mais »

Virtual Mentor October issue

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[image: Virtual Mentor :: American Medical Association Journal of Ethics | virtualmentor.org] (For best results, view as HTML or request text version from virtualmentor@ama-assn.org) *Virtual Mentor.* October 2013, Volume 15, Number 10: 825-920. Full Issue PDF October 2013 ContentsMental Health and the Law From the EditorTo Treat, Advocate, and Protect Laura M. Blinkhorn Full Text | PDF *Virtual Mentor*. 2013; 15:827-828.

Noncommunicable Diseases

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Noncommunicable Diseases David J. Hunter, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Sc.D., and K. Srinath Reddy, M.D., D.M. N Engl J Med 2013; 369:1336-1343October 3, 2013DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1109345 Comments open through October 9, 2013 Share: ArticleReferencesComments Interactive Graphic [image: Noncommunicable Diseases.] Noncommunicable Diseases. The United Nations has held only two meetings of heads of state on a health-related issue. The first, in 2001, was on human immunodeficiency virus infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The second, in September 2011, was on noncommunicable diseases. ... mais »

Adaptation

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Humans May Be the Most Adaptive Species Constant climate change may have given *Homo sapiens* their flexibility By Nathanael Massey and ClimateWire [image: Climatewire] 0 inShare Share on Tumblr EVOLUTIONARY CHALLENGE: The origin of every hominid genus, including our own, appears to fall within one or another window of climatic variability. Now, with planetary warming occurring at a breakneck pace, human adaptability is likely to face its biggest test.Image: Sebastian Niedlich/Flickr In the 5 million years since early hominids first emerged from east Africa's Rift Valley... mais »

Megaeventos

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*Seminário Metropolização e Megaeventos: Impactos da Copa do Mundo de 2014 na metrópole de Porto Alegre* *Data: 9 e 10 de outubro de 2013** Hora: das 8:30 as 18:30 hs Local: Abertura e Mesa 1: Salão Nobre da Faculdade de Direito (UFRGS). Av. João Pessoa, 80 Demais atividades: Auditório da Faculdade de Arquitetura – Rua Sarmento Leite, 320 - Térreo* *Promoção: Observatório das Metrópoles, Núcleo Porto Alegre Apoio: FINEP, UFRGS, LABES, CDES, AGB, SAJU/UFRGS* Inscrições aqui. Contato: seminariomegaeventos@gmail.com ** *Apresentação* O Observatório das Metrópoles, Núcleo Porto Alegre, atrav... mais »

Conflict of Interest

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*Professional Medical Organizations and Commercial Confl icts of Interest: Ethical Issues* *ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE ✦ WWW.ANNFAMMED.ORG ✦ VOL. 8, NO. 4 ✦ JULY/AUGUST 2010* **.pdf available on request* ABSTRACT The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has recently been criticized for accepting a large corporate donation from Coca-Cola to fund patient education on obesity prevention. Confl icts of interest, whether individual or organizational, occur when one enters into arrangements that reasonably tempt one to put aside one’s primary obligations in favor of secondary interes... mais »

Risk factors present in childhood

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Early Life Holds Clues to Adult Heart Health Published: Sep 30, 2013 By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today Reviewed by F. Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE; Instructor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania save | A A Action Points - Note that this analysis of three cohort studies demonstrated that risk factors present in childhood are associated with cardiovascular disease in adulthood. - Be aware that there was a substantial number of participants who were lost to follow-up; these individuals may differ from those that could be ... mais »

Aging

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Why Older People Tend to Be Poor Decision-Makers By Maia Szalavitz @maiaszSept. 30, 2013Add a Comment [image: 179677074] Getty Images RELATED - Virtual Exercise Games Help Elderly Remain Mentally Sharp - Brain Changes May Explain Driving Problems in the Elderly - Many Elderly Men Are Still Having Sex, And Many Want More It’s not just dementia and cognitive decline that makes people more uncertain with age; changes in rationality and the way the elderly evaluate risk could explain why they are more likely to make the wrong decisions affecting everything from their ... mais »

Psychotherapy

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Psychotherapy’s Image ProblemBy BRANDON A. GAUDIANOPublished: September 29, 2013 - PROVIDENCE, R.I. — PSYCHOTHERAPY is in decline. In the United States, from 1998 to 2007, the number of patients in outpatient mental health facilities receiving psychotherapy alone fell by 34 percent, while the number receiving medication alone increased by 23 percent. Enlarge This Image Tim Lahan [image: Opinion Twitter Logo.] Connect With Us on Twitter For Op-Ed, follow@nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow@andyrNYT. This is not necessarily for a lack... mais »

Singularity

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2013 Technological Singularity Technological singularity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search This article uses bare URLs for citations, which may be threatened by link rot.Please consider adding full citations so that the article remains verifiable.Several templates and the Reflinks tool are available to assist in formatting. (Reflinks documentation) *(August 2013)*The *technological singularity*, or simply *the singularity*, is a theoretical moment in time when artificial intelligence will have progressed to the point of a greater-... mais »

DM appropriate treatment

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há uma semana
From Medscape EducationHow to Use Appropriate Glucose-Lowering Medication in Your Cardiology Practice Itamar Raz, MD; Lars Rydén, MD, PhD Faculty and Disclosures https://www.evernote.com/shard/s255/sh/4b8a32b4-5aad-4f0b-9c22-e9a117cbb76e/2a24f9a997262c8891beca7344a55428

Success

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Wisdom from a MacArthur Genius: Psychologist Angela Duckworth on Why Grit, Not IQ, Predicts Success*by Maria Popova* *“Character is at least as important as intellect.”* Creative history brims with embodied examples of why the secret of genius is doggedness rather than “god”-given talent, from the case of young Mozart’s upbringing to E. B. White’s wisdom on writing to Ch

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