Social Determinants of Health
*Global Action on Social Determinants of Health* To cite: Donkin A, Goldblatt P, Allen J, et al. Global action on the social determinants of health. BMJ Glob Health 2017;3:e000603. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2017-000603 Handling editor Seye Abimbola ► Additional material is published online only. To view, please visit the journal online (http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ bmjgh-2017-000603). Received 11 October 2017 Revised 3 November 2017 Accepted 8 November 2017 *Abstract * Action on the social determinants of health (SDH) is required to reduce inequities in health. This article summarises global p... mais »
American Poverty
*HAUNTING PHOTOS SHOW THE REALITY OF AMERICAN POVERTY* [image: Photos by Matt Black] More than 40 million people live below the poverty line. These stark photos by Matt Black capture life in the poorest communities in the U.S. See the photos
AD & Sugar
[image: Cupcakes][image: Cupcakes]The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's - OLGA KHAZAN In recent years, Alzheimer’s disease has occasionally been referred to as “type 3” diabetes, though that moniker doesn’t make much sense. After all, though they share a problem with insulin, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease, and type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease caused by diet. Instead of another type of diabetes, it’s increasingly looking like Alzheimer’s is another potential side effect of a sugary, Western-style diet. In some cases, the path from sugar to Alzheimer’s ... mais »
Awareness of Ignorance
Cognitive Neuroscience and the Awareness of Ignoranceby Neuroscience News[image: the pfc is highlighted] Activity in the dorsal prefrontal cortex (area 9) is predictive of metacognitive performance for experienced events. NeuroscienceNews.com image is in the public domain. Researchers shed light on areas of the brain associated with metacognitive judgement. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | January 27, 2018 at 8:30 am | Tags: ignorance, Juntendo University, metacognitive judgements, perfrontal cortex | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-c4c Comment See all comments
Sex Differences
New post on *Mind Hacks* Debating Sex Differences: Talk transcriptby tomstafford A talk I gave titled "Debating Sex Differences in Cognition: We Can Do Better" now has a home on the web. The pages align a rough transcript of the talk with the slides, for your browsing pleasure. Mindhacks.com readers will recognise many of the slides, which started their lives as blog posts. The full series is linked from this first post: Gender brain blogging. The whole thing came about because I was teaching a graduate discussion class on Cordelia Fine's book, and then Andrew over at psychscienceno... mais »
Flu:Risk for Acute MI
*Em homenagem à AMICOR Maria Inês Reinart Azambuja*Flu Virus Linked to Imminent Risk for Acute MI Steve Stiles January 25, 2018 BOSTON — Patients with laboratory-confirmed influenza were about six times as likely to be admitted for acute MI in the following 7 days compared with the period comprising the prior and subsequent years, results of a cohort study show.[1] The risk was especially pronounced in older patients and was independent of flu vaccination status or history of MI hospitalization. There was also a signal that other forms of respiratory infection can similarly raise the ... mais »
oldest modern human
Oldest modern human fossils found outside Africa Ewen Callaway [image: Picture of the The Misliya-1 left maxilla jawbone.] The upper jaw and teeth, found in an Israeli cave, are thought to be the earliest evidence of Homo sapiens outside Africa.Credit: Israel Hershkovitz, Tel Aviv Univ. An upper jaw and teeth found in Israel pre-date other human fossils from the same region by at least 50,000 years. They suggest that *Homo sapiens*might have spread to the Arabian Peninsula around 180,000 years ago — much earlier than previously thought. But scientists say that it is unclear whethe... mais »
Informatics
Ultra-thin ‘atomistor’ synapse-like memory storage device paves way for faster, smaller, smarter computer chips January 24, 2018 [image: atomistors ft] A team of electrical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin and scientists at Peking University has developed a one-atom-thick 2D “atomristor” memory storage device that may lead to faster, smaller, smarter computer chips. The atomristor (atomic memristor) improves upon memristor (memory resistor) memory storage technology by using atomically thin nanomaterials (atomic sheets). (Combining … more… An artificial synapse for fu... mais »
Doomsday Clock
The Doomsday Clock is now two minutes before midnight January 25, 2018 [image: (credit: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)] Scientists move clock ahead 30 seconds, closest to midnight since 1953 Citing growing nuclear risks and unchecked climate dangers, the Doomsday Clock — the symbolic point of annihilation — is now two minutes to midnight, the closest the Clock has been since 1953 at the height of the Cold War, according to a statement today (Jan. 25) by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. “In 2017, world … more…
Luiz e Amantina Adamy Cechella
Família de minha mãe Luiza matéria de Jornal de Santa Maria (zoom permite ler)
Memory
Somewhere in the brain is a storage device for memories New technology and new ideas spur the hunt for the physical basis of memory, the engram BY LAURA SANDERS 7:00AM, JANUARY 24, 2018 [image: brain illustration] TRACES OF MEMORY New technologies and new ideas have revived the hunt for the physical basis of memory, challenging existing notions of where memories are stored. SVEN HUATH Magazine issue: Vol. 193, No. 2, February 3, 2018, p. 22 People tend to think of memories as deeply personal, ephemeral possessions — snippets of emotions, words, colors and smells stitched into our uni... mais »
Human brain rounded into shape
NEWS Human brains rounded into shape over 200,000 years or more JAN 24 2018 2:00 PM Ancient humans' brains slowly but surely became round, scientists say. Read More
Metabolic brain ‘switch’
Revealed: brain ‘switch’ tells body to burn fat after a meal Scientists at Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute have found a mechanism by which the brain coordinates feeding with energy expenditure, solving a puzzle that has previously eluded researchers and offering a potential novel target for the treatment of obesity. Scientists at Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute have found a mechanism by which the brain coordinates feeding with energy expenditure, solving a puzzle that has previously eluded researchers and offering a potential novel target for the treatment o... mais »
Corazón Aquino
[image: Corazon Aquino.] Corazon Aquino Two-and-a-half years after her husband's assassination, Corazon Aquino, born this day in 1933, was elected president of the Philippines in February 1986, restoring democracy after the long dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
Curcumin
neurosciencenews Curcumin Improves Memory and Mood Lovers of Indian food, give yourselves a second helping: Daily consumption of a certain form of curcumin — the substance that gives Indian curry its bright color — improved memory and mood in people with mild, age-related memory loss, according to the results of a study conducted by UCLA researchers. The research is in *American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry*. (full open access) #turmeric #curcuim #mood #memory #azheimers #neurology#neuroscience #science
Emotion and Memory
neurosciencenews *The Ins and Outs of Area 25* Neuroscientists have charted the incoming and outgoing connections of a brain region located deep within the primate prefrontal cortex that has important roles in emotion and memory processes. The research is in* Journal of Neuroscience.* (full access paywall)
Saúde do Idoso
*Saúde do Idoso 1984 Protocolo de intensões SSMA/MS/OPAS* Encontrei hoje esta proposta de época um próxima a que me aposentei na Secretaria da Saúde, onde nossos objetivos eram ações relacionadas com o controle de Doenças Crônicas, Promoção da Saúde e pretendíamos desenvolver ações mais específicas relacionadas com os idosos. Em seguida, quando retornei para a Faculdade de Medicina propuz a criação das Disciplinas de Promoção e Proteção da Saúde em substituição às de Acompanhamento de Família que estavam fadadas a serem extintas. A minha PPSIII dedicava-se ao Adulto, incluíndo o Idoso... mais »
Cannabis x Tabac
Les ados associent le tabac "à la mort" et l'herbe à un "produit bio" [image: Jugée "meilleure au goût" que le tabac, moins "dangereuse" et "plus saine", l'herbe de cannabis a une image positive et "dédramatisée" auprès des adolescents, selon une étude de l'Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies (OFDT) publiée mardi.] Jugée "meilleure au goût" que le tabac, moins "dangereuse" et "plus saine", l'herbe de cannabis a une image positive et "dédramatisée" auprès des adolescents, selon une étude de l'Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies (OFDT) publiée mardi. ... mais »
Chronic pain
Holding your partner’s hand can ease their pain jacoblund/Getty Images *By **Pavel Goldstein* Around 100 million adults in the United States are affected by chronic pain — pain that lasts for months or years on end. It is one of the country’s most underestimated health problems. The annual cost of managing pain is greater than that of heart disease, cancer and diabetes, and the cost to the economy through decreased productivity reaches hundreds of billions of dollars. Chronic pain’s unremitting presence can lead to a variety of mental-health issues, depression above all, which often ... mais »
Smartphone addiction
Smartphone addiction, Social Media and our Mental Health ‘Technology is a tool for helping humans and for destroying them. This is a paradox of our times which we are compelled to face.’-Frank Herbert. [image: Go to the profile of Aditi Johar Mirchandani] Aditi Johar MirchandaniFollow Life Coach.Passionate about Self Improvement, Fulfillment, Peace, Joy and Purpose. www.aditimirchandani.com.Email-aditi.j.mirchandani@gmail.com. Jan 22 The typical cell phone user touches his or her phone 2,617 times every day, according to a study by research firm *dscout.* And that’s just the average u... mais »
Brain cilia
NEWS Cilia in the brain may be busier than previously thought JAN 19 2018 1:16 PM A hairlike appendage sticking out of brain cells may be much more important in the brain than scientists realized. *Read More* How an unlikely cellular ‘antenna’ can impair brain development Disruption of a neuron structure called the primary cilium leads to defects in brain development resembling those seen in neuropsychiatric disorders. [image: How an unlikely cellular ‘antenna’ can impair brain development]click to enlargeExtensive network of processes of a single interneuron (yellow, top right). Disa... mais »
Elizabeth Blackwell
*From E. Britannica*[image: Blackwell, Elizabeth] c.1877 *1849:* Elizabeth Blackwell, who was born in England, received an M.D. degree from Geneva Medical College in New York, becoming* the first American-trained woman physician*. . -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. *Aproveitando a oportunidade para homenagear nossas médicas gaúchas, entre as quais a minha Dra. Valderês Robinson Achutti, cem anos depois*
Turbulence
ABSTRACTIONS BLOGWhat Makes the Hardest Equations in Physics So Difficult? The Navier-Stokes equations describe simple, everyday phenomena, like water flowing from a garden hose, yet they provide a million-dollar mathematical challenge. Physics contains equations that describe everything from the stretching of space-time to the flitter of photons. Yet only one set of equations is considered so mathematically challenging that it’s been chosen as one of seven “Millennium Prize Problems” endowed by the Clay Mathematics Institute with a $1 million reward: the Navier-Stokes equations, whi... mais »
Assumindo os 70% de chance...
*Há dez anos atrás, não lembro qual jornalista, enviou-me um questionário cujas respostas re-encontrei ontem. Ao quase se completar o período para o qual estimei minha chance de sobreviver, achei que seria hora de publicar o texto e desafiar minha capacidade de previsão...* *Não mudaria nada nas respostas, apenas duas descobertas a mais acrescentaria como interessantes: * 1. *a ideia de que tudo está interconectado (no espaço e no tempo) mesmo quando nossa percepção não alcança - dentro de nos (até o microbioma), no ambiente, mas muito mais além, até na dimensão cósmica.* ... mais »
PH Investments
Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR -
Há 5 dias Dear Aloyzio, It can be difficult to stay on top of the latest research and discussion in your field, so we've highlighted an interesting article recently published that we hope you enjoy! *Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review* Best wishes, The *Journal of Epidemiology; Community Health* team
Há 5 dias Dear Aloyzio, It can be difficult to stay on top of the latest research and discussion in your field, so we've highlighted an interesting article recently published that we hope you enjoy! *Return on investment of public health interventions: a systematic review* Best wishes, The *Journal of Epidemiology; Community Health* team
Communication...
[Let’s Make Communication Great Again] — How the Nature of Words Should Impact Your Communication A Primer on Language and its implications for the entangled web of our existence as fellow human beings sojourning through the earth. [image: Go to the profile of Tyler Kleeberger] Tyler KleebergerFollow I’m Exploring How to Become the Best Version of Humanity. Here’s what I’ve found so far @ tylerkleeberger.com [Becoming Human] | @TylerKleeberger — on Twitter. Jan 13 I want to take you through a journey of the Semantic Triangle (from the field of communication…which I have a degree in, s... mais »
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