Saturday, October 25, 2008

Wealth gap creating a social time bomb

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Wealth gap creating a social time bomb • Race behind division in US cities, says UN report  • Beijing is most egalitarian place in the world...

Growing inequality in U.S. cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality.

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From: San Francisco Sentinel.com Growing inequality in U.S. cities could lead to widespread social unrest and increased mortality, says a ne...

A Study of Risk Factors for First Myocardial Infarction in 52 Countries and Over 27,000 Subjects (INTERHEART)

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Title:  Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction in 52 Countries: Results of the INTERHEART Study Topic:  General Cardio...
Friday, October 24, 2008

Post–Cardiac Arrest Syndrome

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Post–Cardiac Arrest Syndrome Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Treatment, and Prognostication A Consensus Statement From the International Liai...

UN established in 1945

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United Nations According to its  Charter , the UN aims: to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war,…to reaffirm faith in fundame...
Thursday, October 23, 2008

Smoking Cessation Drug Linked to 1,001 New Serious Adverse Events

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Smoking Cessation Drug Linked to 1,001 New Serious Adverse Events By Peggy Peck, Executive Editor, MedPage Today Published: October 22, 2008...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

NEJM image challenge

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Não são imagens específicas de cardiologia, mas vale a pena ampliar nosso conhecimento para melhor atender nossos pacientes.

Is prophylaxis for endocarditis essential, or just a habit that's hard to break?

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Is prophylaxis for endocarditis essential, or just a habit that's hard to break? OCTOBER 17, 2008  |  Lisa Nainggolan Oxford, UK  - The ...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The Relationship between Proteinuria and Coronary Risk:

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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Vlado Perkovic 1 , 2 * , Christine Verdon 2 , Toshiharu Ninomiya 1 , Federica Barzi 1 , 2 , Alan Cass ...
Monday, October 20, 2008

HUMAN OPPORTUNITY INDEX

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From:  Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) “….Between one fourth and one half of income inequality observed among Latin America and the Caribbean...

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Medicaid Spending Expected to Outpace Economic Growth http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Medicaid/11372 By Charles Bankhead, Sta...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Os Custos da Doença Cardiovascular no Brasil: um Breve Comentário Econômico

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    Os Custos da Doença Cardiovascular no Brasil: um Breve Comentário Econômico :. Giácomo Balbinotto Neto e Everton Nunes da Silva Editoria...

Terrorismo

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ZERO HORA: 19 de outubro de 2008 | N° 15763 ARTIGOS Terrorismo, por Aloyzio Achutti * Nova estratégia de mercado? Pelo visto, o terrorismo é...
Saturday, October 18, 2008

International Coalition Against Prohibition

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We are regional, national, and international organisations, now bound in solidarity against the damaging prohibitions which in most cases se...
Friday, October 17, 2008

Metabolic Syndrome

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This collection of Nature Publishing Group articles highlights the various medical conditions that make up what is commonly referred to as M...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

World Health Report 2008

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(From: Ana Lucia Ruggiero - PAHO) Available online as PDF [148p.] at:  http://www.who.int/whr/2008/ whr08_en.pdf   14 October 2008  -- There...

Da Radiologia à Cardiologia

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Trajetória de Realizações de um AMICOR: Dr. Luis Maria Yordi, no Jornal da SBHCI (Ano IX - No.3 - Jul-Set. 2008, pag. 28 e 29)

Interventional Cardiologists Celebrate 20th Anniversary of TCT

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 -- Interventional cardiologists celebrated the opening today of the 20th annual meeting of the world's largest scien...
Wednesday, October 08, 2008

Health is Global

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There are ten principles that underpin Health is Global They are that we will:   1.         set out to do no harm and, as far as feasible, e...
Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Why Current Publication Practices May Distort Science

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Neal S. Young * , John P. A. Ioannidis, Omar Al-Ubaydli This essay makes the underlying assumption that scientific information is an economi...