*Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* *O Império dos Monopólios* “Setor após setor, assistimos a um crescimento da concentração de mercado; setor após setor, assistimos a um crescimento da margem de lucro bruta (a diferença entre preços e custos de produção). Não só aumentou o poder de mercado das empresas, mas também diminuiu o poder de mercado dos trabalhadores.” A opinião é do economista estadunidense Joseph Stiglitz, prêmio *Nobel de Economia* de 2001 e professor da *Columbia University*. O artigo foi publicado por *La Repubblica*, 22-11-2017. A tradução é de *Moi... mais »
Neuropathic Pain
New Avenue For Drug Treatment in Neuropathic Painby Neuroscience News Blocking dorsal root ganglion pain neurons from releasing microRNA-21 has an anti-inflammatory effect at the cellular level, preventing neuropathic pain, researchers report. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | November 24, 2017 at 10:58 am | Tags: exome, microRNA-21, planning | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-bKf Comment See all comments
Elder death
Idea / Death Is the death of an elder worse than the death of a young person? Amy Olberding
semi-permeable architecture
Idea / Architecture & Landscape Let’s open our sealed-off lives to semi-permeable architecture Rachel Armstrong
The art of Flying
*Lembrei-me dos planadores, embora estes milhares tenham motor próprio. Mas deve haver uma explicação mais complexa para manterem a ordem, a direção, mudarem tão rapidamente o curso, e não se chocarem. É possível que haja algo mais a aprender para vivermos não tão agregados com mais sucesso...* Video / Biology *One of the most wondrous markers of the end of the day is a murmuration of starlings* 2 minutes
Earth’s interior
A scanning electron microscope image shows a nematode in biofilm (blue), in its natural deep-subsurface habitat. The scale bar is 20 micrometres (μm) long. *All images courtesy Gaetan Borgonie* Life goes deeper The Earth is not a solid mass of rock: its hot, dark, fractured subsurface is home to weird and wonderful life forms The living landscape all around us is just a thin veneer atop the vast, little-understood bulk of the Earth’s interior. A widespread misconception about the deep subsurface is that this realm consists of a continuous mass of uniform compressed solid rock. Fe... mais »
Diet for Parkinson’s Patients
Dietary Changes May Improve Life Expectancy for Parkinson’s Patientsby Neuroscience News A high calorie diet may increase life expectancy and reduce dependency for some Parkinson's patients, a new study reports. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | November 24, 2017 at 9:23 am | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-bK9 Comment See all comments
Crushed insect Bread...
*This Bakery Wants You to Try its Latest Delicacy: Crushed Insect Bread* By Eli Meixler 11:08 PM EST One Finnish company is at the forefront of what it calls is a food revolution: bread made from insects. Finnish bakery and food service company Fazer started rolling out loaves of bread this week with flour made from dried and crushed crickets, which the company says is the first insect-based bread of its kind available to consumers. The bread contains more protein than normal wheat bread, according to Fazer, with each loaf containing about 70 crickets. “It offers consumers with a g... mais »
Michael Marmot on the Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
*Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* Table of Contents Alert Scandinavian Journal of Public Health- Volume: 45, Number: 7 (November 2017) *Editorial* ------------------------------ *Can social epidemiology contribute to a better world?* Steinar Westin *Sir Michael Marmot Special Issue* ------------------------------ *The health gap: Doctors and the social determinants of health* Michael Marmot *Meeting Sir Michael Marmot – another ‘Marmot Review’* Steinar Westin *Introducing Sir Michael Marmot as Dr Honoris Causas at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology... mais »
Charles Darwin
*1859:* [image: Title page of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, …]Charles Darwin's *On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection* was published on this day. [image: Charles Darwin]
O Perú e o Planador
*No dia 21 p.p. tivemos duas belas apresentações no Encontro Literário da Academia Sul-Riograndense de Medicina: A rica apresentação do primeiro palestrante está prometida para ser acessada no site da Academia:* academiademedicinars.com.br *Aprendi também o princípio físico do vôo por planador lembrando-me artigo que publiquei na ZH há mais de 20 anos (11 de março de 1997) a propósito de princípio semelhante, que pode ser sintetizado como aproveitamento da Força da Gravidade, administrando a queda (texto reproduzido no final)...* *Presidente do encontro: Acadêmico Darcy Ribeiro Pint... mais »
Mobile Health
The Promise, Growth, and Reality of Mobile Health — Another Data-free Zone Amira Roess, Ph.D., M.P.H. N Engl J Med 2017; 377:2010-2011November 23, 2017DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1713180 Share: Mobile health (mHealth) tools and apps are proliferating and are increasingly being used by patients and clinicians, many of them in low- and middle-income countries. But the evidence supporting most mHealth interventions is still limited.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon Has a Surprising Health Benefit By Amanda MacMillan November 22, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. If you love cinnamon, add an extra shake to your next meal: new research shows that the popular spice boosts metabolism in mouse and human fat cells. In the new study, published in the journal *Metabolism*, researchers from the University of Michigan tested the effect of cinnamaldehyde—the essential oil that gives cinnamon its flavor—on fat cells taken from mice, as well as fat cells from four humans. They found that exposure to cinnamon oil triggered both the mouse an... mais »
Aging Health
Aging Health and R&D for Healthy Longevity Must Be Included into the WHO Work Program Stambler Ilia1,3, Jin Kunlin2,3, Lederman Stephanie4, Barzilai Nir4,5, Jay Olshansky S.4,6, Omokaro Emem7, Barratt Jane8, N. Anisimov Vladimir9, Rattan Suresh10,11, Yang Shaohua2,3, Forster Michael2,3, Byles Julie12 Show Figures It can be confidently stated that global population aging is both the greatest success of global public health efforts of the past, as well as the greatest challenge for the further global public health efforts of the future. Over the past decades, life expectancy at birth h... mais »
Noemy Valle Rocha (1889-1978)
Nosso amigo *Blau Fabrício de Souza* apresentou-me esta grande mulher, médica e escritora, dando-me um livro com várias contribuições suas.
BR: Mortalidade hospitalar
[image: Giovanni Bello/Folhapress] Saúde *A cada 5 minutos, 3 brasileiros morrem em hospitais por falhas * Cerca de 829 brasileiros morrem diariamente em hospitais públicos e privados por falhas que poderiam ser evitadas, segundo o Anuário da Segurança Assistencial Hospitalar no Brasil, realizado pelo IESS (Instituto de Estudos de Saúd... - Veja mais em https://noticias.uol.com.br/saude/ultimas-noticias/redacao/2017/11/22/a-cada-5-minutos-3-brasileiros-morrem-em-hospitais-por-falhas.htm?cmpid=copiaecola
US: Anti-smoking Ads
Big Tobacco Will Finally Run Court-Ordered Anti-Smoking AdsCorrective statements will run 11 years after ruling - SAVESAVED - - - - - - by Salynn Boyles, Contributing WriterNovember 21, 2017 Starting Sunday -- more than a decade after a federal court ordered them to do so -- major tobacco companies in the U.S. will launch advertising designed to highlight the deadly nature of their products. The ads, which will run in major newspapers and on television networks, will include specific, agreed-upon, statements, including:/.../
Aged Brain
New Details on Aged Brain, Alzheimer’s and Dementiaby Neuroscience News A new study that analyzed the brains of 107 older people sheds light on the neurobiology of both healthy and diseases aging. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | November 21, 2017 at 6:23 am | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-bIT Comment See all comments ............................. In addition, the research revealed a surprising relationship between dementia and decreased quality of RNA–a key player in gene expression–in the more aged brain. “One factor that is not always taken into account when studying gene... mais »
MRI Anxiety and Depression
MRI Uncovers Brain Abnormalities in People With Anxiety and Depressionby Neuroscience News Researchers discover common and specific changes to the brain's gray matter in patients with major depressive disorder and social anxiety disorder. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | November 20, 2017 at 10:46 am | Tags: MDD | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-bIv Comment See all comments
Depression or Bipolar D
Simple EKG Can Determine Whether Patient Has Depression or Bipolar Disorder [image: Neuroscience News]NEUROSCIENCE NEWSNOVEMBER 20, 2017*Summary: Heart rate variability can indicate whether a person has bipolar disorder or major depression, a new study reports.* *Source: Loyola University Health System.* *A groundbreaking Loyola Medicine study suggests that a simple 15-minute electrocardiogram could help a physician determine whether a patient has major depression or bipolar disorder.* Bipolar disorder often is misdiagnosed as major depression. But while the symptoms of the depressive ... mais »
lyrics and the music
Have Scientists Found a Secret Chord for Happy Songs? We can explain the meaning of lyrics by looking at their component words and grammatical structure. But how do we explain the meaning of music? - By Alan Marsden, The Conversation US on November 17, 2017 [image: Have Scientists Found a Secret Chord for Happy Songs?] *Credit: Olja Merker Getty Images* *The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.*[image: The Conversation] In the BBC radio comedy show I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, panellists are sometimes... mais »
Configurar smartphone
Sete configurações para você alterar assim que pegar um smartphone novo Por: David Nield 19 de novembro de 2017 às 15:30 Parabéns, você tem um smartphone novinho em folha! O processo de instalação e login inicial já passou, e você está pronto para começar a usá-lo a sério. Antes de começar com o Snapchat e WhatsApp, entretanto, confira algumas das configurações padrão que Android e iOS aplicam para você – porque elas podem não ser exatamente o que você quer./.../
Benzodiazepines and AD
Benzodiazepines Increase Mortality in Persons with Alzheimer’s Diseaseby Neuroscience News [image: Image shows how alzheimer's affects the brain.]Although several treatment guidelines state that non-pharmacological options are the first-line treatment of anxiety, agitation and insomnia in persons with dementia, benzodiazepines and related drugs are frequently used in the treatment of these symptoms. NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain. Researchers report an elevated risk of death in Alzheimer's patients who use benzodiazapines. Read more of this post *Neuroscience New... mais »
Interdire la cigarette à l'écran
Interdire la cigarette à l'écran: idée qui fait tousser en France [image: L'idée d'interdire la cigarette dans le cinéma français suscite des critiques virulentes] L'idée d'interdire la cigarette dans 20 NOV 2017 Mise à jour 20.11.2017 à 14:00 AFP © 2017 AFP cinéma français suscite des critiques virulentes afp.com - VALERY HACHE nterdire la cigarette dans le cinéma français: l'idée avancée par le gouvernement pour "dénormaliser l'image du tabac dans la société" suscite des critiques virulentes, certains passionnés du 7e art la jugeant absurde et inapplicable. Une actrice ou un acteu... mais »
Profit?
Redefining Profit In A World Of Turmoil*Exploding populations, scarce food sources, polluted air and water, low literacy rates, sexual violence, human trafficking, climate change, unrighteous politics…Where’s the social change?* [image: Go to the profile of Supriya Verma] Supriya VermaFollow Global Citizen. Changemaker. Social Entrepreneur. Sustainability & CSR Advocate. Women Empowerment & SDG Warrior. Love Media. #IGotStamina. Founder @Sustain_X™. Nov 7 Where is the world going? Well, with world leaders nit-picking at eachother, women continuing to be abused everyday, and hurricane... mais »
US Tobacco agreement signed (today 1998)
*1998:* [image: Anti-smoking billboard]American tobacco companies signed an agreement with the governments of 46 U.S. states to settle the states' claims for reimbursement of Medicaid funds they had expended to treat smoking-related illnesses; the settlement cost the tobacco manufacturers $206 billion beyond the $40 billion they had agreed to pay four other states in 1997.
Body with a Mind or a Mind with a Body?
Between Sinew and Spirit: Are You a Body with a Mind or a Mind with a Body?An animated journey to the center of the self.BY MARIA POPOVA............................... In this lovely animated inquiry from TED-Ed, inspired by Isaac Asimov’s *I Robot*(*public library*), Maryam Alimardani traces the mind-body problem from Descartes’s foundational ideas to the disorienting findings of neuroscience to explore the ever-elusive locus of self. Complement with Walt Whitman on the paradox of the self, pioneering immunologist Esther Sternberg on how our minds affect our bodies, and PTSD resear... mais »
No comments:
Post a Comment