drugs policy
Portugal’s radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn’t the world copied it? Since it decriminalised all drugs in 2001, Portugal has seen dramatic drops in overdoses, HIV infection and drug-related crime. By Susana Ferreira When the drugs came, they hit all at once. It was the 80s, and by the time one in 10 people had slipped into the depths of heroin use – bankers, university students, carpenters, socialites, miners – Portugal was in a state of panic. Álvaro Pereira was working as a family doctor in Olhão in southern Portugal. “People were injecting themselves in the street, in publi... mais »
Restless Leg Syndrome
Breakthrough in Treatment for Restless Leg Syndromeby Neuroscience News Researchers report, in restless leg syndrome, neurons targeting muscles may be responsible. Read more of this post
low-quality health systems
Mortality due to low-quality health systems in the universal health coverage era: a systematic analysis of amenable deaths in 137 countries Open Access Summary Background Universal health coverage has been proposed as a strategy to improve health in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, this is contingent on the provision of good-quality health care. We estimate the excess mortality for conditions targeted in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) that are amenable to health care and the portion of this excess mortality due to poor-quality care in 137 LMICs, in w... mais »
Global Health 2018
Global Health 50/50 Report (2018) The Global Health 50/50 Report, the first of its kind, provides a comprehensive review of the gender-related policies of more than 140 major organisations working in and/or influencing the field of global health. The initiative is focused at the intersection of several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including on health (3), gender equality (5), inequalities (10) and inclusive societies and institutions (16). Gender equality has seemingly been embraced as a priority in global health. The report is inspired, however, by a growing concern that too... mais »
Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos (1948)
ONU publica textos explicativos sobre cada artigo da Declaração Universal dos Direitos Humanos - Publicado em 12/11/2018 - Atualizado em 12/11/2018 - AUMENTAR LETRA DIMINUIR LETRA - 9K+Clique para compartilhar no Facebook(abre em nova janela)9K+ - Clique para compartilhar no WhatsApp(abre em nova janela) - Clique para compartilhar no Twitter(abre em nova janela) - Clique para enviar por e-mail a um amigo(abre em nova janela) - Clique para imprimir(abre em nova janela) - Clique para compartilhar no LinkedIn(abre em nova janela) - Compartilhe no Goo... mais »
compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD
November 9, 2018 Prevalence of Distress Associated With Difficulty Controlling Sexual Urges, Feelings, and Behaviors in the United States Janna A. Dickenson, PhD1; Neil Gleason, MA1; Eli Coleman, PhD1; et alMichael H. Miner, PhD1 Author Affiliations Article Information JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(7):e184468. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.4468 *Conclusions and Relevance* The high prevalence of this prominent feature associated with compulsive sexual behavior disorder has important implications for health care professionals and society. Health care professionals should be alert to the hi... mais »
Sperm chemotaxis
How Sperm Find Their Wayby Neuroscience News Researchers have identified a specific protein in the cell membranes of sperm that help them navigate their way to the egg for fertilization. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | November 15, 2018 at 11:51 am | Tags: Ca2+-ATPase, Caloxin 2A1, PMCA, SAAF, sperm chemotaxis, spermatoza | URL: https://wp.me/p4sXNK-dEj This figure depicts how University of Tokyo researchers believe sperm cells navigate thanks to PMCA (plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase) and SAAF (sperm activating and attracting factor). NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited ... mais »
Big-Bang
[image: Go to the profile of Ethan Siegel] Ethan SiegelFollow The Universe is: Expanding, cooling, and dark. It starts with a bang! #Cosmology Science writer, astrophysicist, science communicator & NASA columnist. Sep 28, 2017 A Universe that expands and cools today, like ours does, must have been hotter and denser in the past. Initially, the Big Bang was regarded as the singularity from which this ultimate, hot, dense state emerged. But we know better today. Image credit: NASA / GSFC.The Big Bang Wasn’t The Beginning, After All Why you can’t extrapolate back to a singularity. -------... mais »
Mental Wellness
Lawrence Choy, MDFollow Stanford Trained Psych MD in Silicon Valley. MentalWellness, Adult ADHD, & Clinical Neuroscience Expert. Co-Founder & Medical Director of Elite Focus Clinic. Nov 4 Neuroplasticity & Mental Wellness: Our Path Forward Illustration by Hendrasu (Shutterstock) Illustration by Hendrasu (Shutterstock) *I am a member of the **Mental Wellness Initiative* * of the **Global Wellness Institute* *. We recently published our **White Paper* * — Mental Wellness: Pathways, Evidence and Horizons. I contributed a section on neuroplasticity, which will be shared in the... mais »
La vida es sueño!!!
*Recebi de meu amigo e colega Marcelo Blaya |Peres* *La vida es sueño!!!* * De Pedro Calderón de la Barca* QUE ES LA VIDA? UN FRENESI ! QUE ES LA VIDA? UNA ILUSION, UNA SOMBRA, UNA FICCION. Y EL MAYOR BIEN ES PEQUEÑO, Y TODA LA VIDA ES SUEÑO Y LOS SUEÑOS, SUEÑOS SON !!!
Aging and Micorobioma
Immunity Connects Gut Bacteria and Agingby Neuroscience News Researchers have identified a mechanism by which immune system problems can cause commensal dysbiosis, which promotes age related pathologies. Read more of this post
Memory
The art of memory - Jack Williamson Published:November 06, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30430-7 ‘I think it is all a matter of love; the more you love a memory the stronger and stranger it becomes”*Vladimir Nabokov* In 1950, while writing his autobiographical memoir *Speak, Memory*, the Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov encountered a problem. A master of fictions, the great writer turned his pen to the events of his life and began to consider the validity of his, self-confessed, slippery memory. Nabokov's doubts, however, did not concern his capacity for r... mais »
Sítio Primavera
Família Valdair e Romilda Lopes de Almeida. Cuidaram de nosso Sítio Primavera em Viamão, desde 01 de maio de 1993. Ontem foram de muda para casa própria em Passo Fundo. Desejamos sucesso na nova fase da vida e agradecemos a dedicação que tiveram enquanto conosco. [image: A imagem pode conter: 21 pessoas, incluindo Luis Mauricio, Romilda Lopes de Almeida, Alberto Brombatti, Tatiane Almeida Brombatti, Valdair Almeida e GiovaniyHeloisa Carvalho, pessoas sorrindo, atividades ao ar livre e natureza]A Escreveram no Facebook: saudade vai ser grande do Sitio ! Essa é a minha Familia sem mai... mais »
Science x Machines
Mark HumphriesFollow Uses his brain to understand brains. Is that possible? Neuroscience: https://humphries-lab.org Nov 9 Handing Science Over to the MachinesAnd other consequences of rewarding quantity, not quality Credit: Pixabay/holdentrils Name me the exceptional things you do once every five days. Not the basics of your ablutions, your plumbing, and stuffing your cake-hole with, um, cake. Not the daily cycle of home-work-home-TV. But the extra-ordinary things, the things that take that little extra effort. Watching a film at the cinema; playing sport; entertaining friends? Bath... mais »
‘Pillars’ In Space
This Is Why ‘Pillars’ In Space Mean Destruction, Not CreationBy time you see a pillar at all, almost all of your ‘formation’ is already finished. ------------------------------ In the heart of the Eagle Nebula, the iconic Pillars of Creation loom as one of Hubble’s greatest all-time sights. +++++++++++++ Using Chandra, researchers detected over 1,700 X-ray sources in the field of the Eagle Nebula. Two thirds of these sources are likely young stars located in the Nebula, and some of them are seen in this small field of view around the Pillars of Creation. There is no evidence here, or i... mais »
Acronims
Top 10 Acronyms That Will Make Your Life Easier Previous Bonus acronym: FWB! This one may not make your life easier ... but maybe a little bit more fun? Most of us just have friends. But some daring (or delusional) folks have an *FWB*—a friend "with benefits." A* friend with benefits* is a friend someone occasionally has casual sex with. The term *friends with benefits *emerged in the 1990s, popularized by the 1995 Alanis Morrissette song “Head over Feet,” which, while ostensibly about a committed relationship, features the lyrics: “You're my best friend / Best friend with benefits.” ... mais »
Exercise Guidelines
National Exercise Guidelines Now Say 'Just Move'HHS recs say to sit less, move more to improve health outcomes - SAVESAVED - - - - - - by Ashley Lyles, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayNovember 12, 2018 - This article is a collaboration between MedPage Today® and: [image: Medpage Today] CHICAGO -- Any physical activity will help, more is better, and it helps for a wider range of health outcomes than previously noted, according to new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) guidelines. Adults remain advised to do 150 to 300 minutes of moderate exe... mais »
Being lonely ~ 15 cigarettes smoking...
*Usando mortalidade por cigarro como termo comparativo de outros problemas de saúde* BioMarin-sponsored hemophilia musical debuts with teen singers, writers and actors by Beth Snyder Bulik | Nov 12, 2018 10:52am [image: BioMarin building] BioMarin Pharmaceutical, with a hemophilia gene therapy in development, s using arts to engage and educate teen patients and their families. (BioMarin) It’s showtime for “Hemophilia the Musical,” a BioMarin-sponsored show created by teens. This past weekend, 25 teens with hemophilia came together in New York from around the country to write and dire...mais »
Air pollution
*Recomendado pelo AMICOR Enrique Barros* Air pollution is the ‘new tobacco’, warns WHO head *Exclusive*: Simple act of breathing is killing 7 million people a year and harming billions more, but ‘a smog of complacency pervades the planet’, says Dr Tedros Adhanom • Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: Air pollution is the new tobacco. Time to tackle this epidemic
Fim da Primeira Guerra
O fim da Primeira Guerra Mundial [image: O fim da Primeira Guerra Mundial] [image: share on twitter] [image: share on facebook] [image: share on Flipboard] dw.com / Kersten Knipp (av) Em 11 de novembro de 1918, armistício entre Alemanha e Aliados encerrava o grande conflito após quatro anos de matança. Mas o sofrimento da população… leia mais
Placebo Effect
What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? *New research is zeroing in on a biochemical basis for the placebo effect — possibly opening a Pandora’s box for Western medicine.* By Gary Greenberg - Nov. 7, 2018 The Chain of Office of the Dutch city of Leiden is a broad and colorful ceremonial necklace that, draped around the shoulders of Mayor Henri Lenferink, lends a magisterial air to official proceedings in this ancient university town. But whatever gravitas it provided Lenferink as he welcomed a group of researchers to his city, he was quick to undercut it. “I am just a humble h... mais »
Universal Basic Income
Work Ethics? The moral case for Universal Basic Income [image: Go to the profile of Katy Preen] Katy Preen Follow Apr 23 One of the barriers to adopting Universal Basic Income (UBI) is the feeling in neoliberal societies that nobody should get something for nothing. Even if the money is available, and there would be tangible improvements to society, the rule is that individuals must work in order to get recompense. And if you’re too sick, too stupid, too tired, too old, etc, it’s tough. Your worth is determined by how much capital you can generate, and if you can’t earn enough to sur... mais »
Titanic
Erik BrownFollow Work out fanatic, martial artist, student, MBA, and connoisseur of useless information. Feel free to follow me and shamelessly promote my articles. Oct 29 The Titanic Was On Fire For Days Before The Iceberg Hit Titanic Leaving Southampton — Photograph By F.G.O. Stuart “From the day we sailed the Titanic was on fire” —John Dilley, fireman aboard the Titanic I’m sure you know the story of the Titanic — the massive luxury liner deemed as the unsinkable ship. At the time of its completion, the Titanic is the largestman-made moving object on earth. The company b... mais »
WW1
‘The Greatest Catastrophe the World Has Seen’ R.J.W. Evans FEBRUARY 6, 2014 ISSUE The War That Ended Peace: The Road to 1914 by Margaret MacMillan Random House, 739 pp., $35.00 1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War by Charles Emmerson PublicAffairs, 526 pp., $30.00 The Russian Origins of the First World War by Sean McMeekin Belknap Press/Harvard University Press, 324 pp., $29.95; $18.95 (paper) July 1914: Countdown to War by Sean McMeekin Basic Books, 461 pp., $29.99 The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark Harper, 697 pp., $29.99 Catastrophe 1914: E... mais »
HealthCare Informatics
*Recomendado pelo AMICOR Reginaldo Hollanda Albuquerque (Brasília)* Annals of Medicine November 12, 2018 Issue Why Doctors Hate Their ComputersDigitization promises to make medical care easier and more efficient. But are screens coming between doctors and patients? By Atul Gawande n a sunny afternoon in May, 2015, I joined a dozen other surgeons at a downtown Boston office building to begin sixteen hours of mandatory computer training. We sat in three rows, each of us parked behind a desktop computer. In one month, our daily routines would come to depend upon mastery of Epic, the new... mais »
Oligopoly
*Recomendado pelas AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja e Christiane Famer Rocha*These 10 companies control everything you buy Oxfam created a mind-boggling infographic that shows how interconnected consumer brands really are Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world. These companies — Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Danone, General Mills, Kellogg's, Mars, Associated British Foods, and Mondelez — each employ thousands and make billions of dollars in revenue every year. In an effort to push these companies to make positive changes — and for ... mais »
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