Quantum Field Theory
This Is Why Quantum Field Theory Is More Fundamental Than Quantum Mechanics And why Einstein’s quest for unification was doomed from the start. Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang!8 min read
Black Hole Picture Just Released: First Ever Picture of a Black Hole The above image is as monumental and weighted
as its subject: the black hole at the center of asupergiant… Ella Alderson in FutureSin[image: Member only content]read
*JAMA Internal Medicine* *Food Is Medicine—The Promise and Challenges of Integrating Food and Nutrition Into Health Care* Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH; Jerold Mande, MPH; Renata Micha, RD, PhD
Growing Worldwide Inequality
What South Africa Can Teach Us as Worldwide Inequality Grows It's been 25 years since Nelson Mandela became South Africa's President, but racial divisions still persist through economic inequality
Moral Health System
Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Ines Azambuja em ingles e embaixo em portugues (traduzi), Acho importante disseminarmos. *Offline: A moral health system demands a moral society* Richard Horton, Editor. Lancet Vol 393 May 4, 2019, p. 1790. There is nothing like the personal need for high-quality health care to make one appreciate the importance of universal health coverage as a core institution of a just society. Being away from The Lancet for 6 weeks experiencing the benefits of the UK’s National Health Service has certainly given me new energy to use the best available health science as ... mais »
The legal determinants of health
*PDF - www.thelancet.com* The legal determinants of health: harnessing the power of law for global health and sustainable development Lawrence O Gostin, John T Monahan, Jenny Kaldor, Mary DeBartolo, Eric A Friedman, Katie Gottschalk, Susan C Kim, Ala Alwan, Agnes Binagwaho, Gian Luca Burci, Luisa Cabal, Katherine DeLand, Timothy Grant Evans, Eric Goosby, Sara Hossain, Howard Koh, Gorik Ooms, Mirta Roses Periago, Rodrigo Uprimny, Alicia Ely Yamin Executive summary Health risks in the 21st century are beyond the control of any government in any country. In an era of globalisation, prom... mais »
Second hand smoking
Secondhand Smoke May Set Kids Up for HypertensionResearchers measure link between tobacco-specific nitrosamine and higher blood pressure - SAVESAVED - - - - - - by Elizabeth Hlavinka, Staff Writer, MedPage TodayApril 29, 2019 BALTIMORE -- Children were more likely to have increased blood pressure, and a higher risk for hypertension, if they were exposed to tobacco-specific metabolites found in secondhand smoke, researchers reported here. Among boys, the carcinogen 4-(methyl-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL) was associated with increased diastoli... mais »
*Viver Bem Sem Cigarro* [image: Viver20Bem20Sem20Cigarro] Esse programa auxilia os tabagistas no abandono do cigarro, por meio de sessões em grupo realizadas por profissionais de saúde especializados e equipe multidisciplinar. São oferecidas informações sobre o risco de fumar, os benefícios de quem abandona o hábito, orientações sobre como lidar com abstinência e a dependência, apoio no processo de cessação e como obter uma vida saudável. *Data:* 04/06/2019, das 18h30 até as 20h. *Local:* Espaço Viver Bem Unimed Porto Alegre – Rua Miguel Tostes, 823. As inscrições podem ser realiza... mais »
NCD - Political Economy
*Political Economy of Non‐Communicable Diseases: From Unconventional to Essential. *(excerpts) Michael R. Reich, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health *De:* Claudio Schuftan *Enviada em:* terça-feira, 30 de abril de 2019 04:10 *Political Economy of Non‐Communicable Diseases: From Unconventional to Essential. *(excerpts) Michael R. Reich, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health This commentary argues that political economy should become viewed as a conventional, indeed, an essential outlook for NCDs, and more broadly for global health. Political economy factors are integral to the... mais »
LATE (TDP-43)
[image: A Newly Recognized Brain Disorder Can Mimic Alzheimer's. Here's How It's Different.] *A Newly Recognized Brain Disorder Can Mimic Alzheimer's. Here's How It's Different.* See This
Julia Belardinelli Achutti
*Júlia, aniversário ontem. Nossa linda e única neta. Parabéns!*
ocean microbes
Study reveals vast diversity of ocean microbes [image: Protists]New research methods increase knowledge of microbial ecosystems More at https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298443&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1 This is an NSF Discoveries item.
April, 2019 (Britannica)
*2019, April Selection from Britannica* [image: Encyclopaedia Britannica] [image: This Month at Britannica - Stories and Highlights] This Month at Britannica: April Welcome to *This Month at Britannica*, a newsletter in which we explore topics that were trending on Britannica.com during the past month. Here’s what Britannicans were wondering about in April.
Virus AD
*Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reienert Azambuja* Dois vírus da infância estão relacionados com o Alzheimer Tecidos cerebrais dos pacientes têm o dobro de herpesvírus que os cérebros saudáveis Otros Conéctate Enviar por correo Imprimir Dois vírus habitualmente contraídos nos primeiros anos da infância estão relacionados com o mal de Alzheimer, que devasta os últimos anos da vida de milhões de pessoas. Em uma demonstração do poder da ciência baseada em um grande volume de dados (*big data*), pesquisadores de 20 instituições dos EUA concluíram que a presença de dois membros da fam... mais »
Digital Healthcare
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Children under 5: exercise...
More exercise, less screen time for children under 5 Share Tweet Forward Share WHO has released new guidelines on physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep for children under 5 years of age. The new guidelines set, for the first time, how long very young children should sit watching screens, called ‘sedentary screen time’. Quality sedentary time young children spend in interactive non-screen-based activities with a caregiver is very important for child development. Improving physical activity, reducing sedentary time, ensuring quality sleep in young children will improve the... mais »
Immunization week
More This World Immunization Week, we MUST remember that #VaccinesWork to save lives. 0:09 9,717 views 2:00 PM - 27 Apr 2019 -
Adolf & Eva...
[image: Adolf Hitler reviewing troops on the Eastern Front, 1939.] No dia de hoje em 1945: German dictator Adolf Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin.
Bangladesh Project: ISFC/WHO/UNICEF/EC
*Tenho que procurar se foi o ciclone ou se foi a prioridade em atender a lisiados por minas terrestres, o que ocasionou o retardo de um projeto que tínhamos com disponiblidade de um milhão de Euros, conseguido pelo então Presidente da ISFC - Antony Bayes de Luna (Catalunha) com o Diretor da Comunidade Européia (também Catalão).* Bangladesh cyclone of 1991 TROPICAL CYCLONE WRITTEN BY: - The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica LAST UPDATED: Apr 15, 2019 See Article History *Bangladesh cyclone of 1991*, (April 22–30, 1991), one of the deadliest tropical cyclones ever recorded. T... mais »
Penicillin Allergy
*Major Societies Agree – A New Approach to Penicillin Allergy Is Needed* If someone reports history of penicillin allergy, these very useful medications will not be given. Three major societies have come together to agree on an approach for assessing if penicillin allergy is really present when a patient reports an allergy to these medications. Erica S. Shenoy, MD, PhD, from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, author of a *JAMA* review on the topic, discusses this very important problem. 35 min 35 sec / 0.5 CME * Listen Now ►*
COPD
*COPD: All You Need to Know in 20 Minutes* COPD is common enough that it is responsible for 3% of all clinic visits in the United States. Clinicians will undoubtedly deal with this disease in their practice. How to diagnose and manage it is reviewed by Frank C. Sciurba, MD, a professor of medicine from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 21 min 52 sec / 0.5 CME * Listen Now ►*
Atrial Fibrillation
*Update on Atrial Fibrillation: Review of the New AHA/ACC/HRS Treatment Guidelines* Cardiologist and *JAMA* Deputy Editor Greg Curfman, MD, discusses the many changes in the new AHA/ACC/HRS atrial fibrillation guidelines with University of Chicago cardiologists Gaurav Upadhyay, MD, and Francis Alenghat, MD, PhD. Major changes include recommendations for the use of various agents for anticoagulation, catheter ablation, and left atrial appendage occlusion. 42 min 1 sec / 0.5 CME * Listen Now ►*
Science Journalism
Introducing the Transparency Project The Transparency Project aims to be more open and accountable to readers by explaining key coverage decisions and showing how science journalism happens. Read More
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