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Sometime in the next few weeks, Facebook will officially log its 500 millionth active citizen. If the website were granted terra firma, it would be the world's third largest country by population, two-thirds bigger than the U.S. More than 1 in 4 people who browse the Internet not only have a Facebook account but have returned to the site within the past 30 days.

Just six years after Harvard undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg helped found Facebook in his dorm room as a way for Ivy League students to keep tabs on one another, the company has joined the ranks of the Web's great superpowers. Microsoft made computers easy for everyone to use. Google helps us search out data. YouTube keeps us entertained. But Facebook has a huge advantage over those other sites: the emotional investment of its users. Facebook makes us smile, shudder, squeeze into photographs so we can see ourselves online later, fret when no one responds to our witty remarks, snicker over who got fat after high school, pause during weddings to update our relationship status to Married or codify a breakup by setting our status back to Single. (I'm glad we can still be friends, Elise.)

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1990582,00.html?xid=newsletter-europe-weekly#ixzz0oqn4YCFm

World No Tobacco Day 2010

Page 1 of 3 World No Tobacco Day, May 31 2010: "Gender and tobacco  with an emphasis on marketing to women" Protect women from tobacco marketing and smoke The tobacco industry constantly and aggressively seeks new users to replace the ones who quit and the current users – up to half – who will die prematurely from cancer, heart attack, stroke, emphysema or other tobacco-related disease. Among the industry's many targets of opportunity, women constitute one of the biggest. That's because fewer women than men smoke or chew tobacco. Only about 9% of women smoke, compared with 40% of men. Of the world's over 1 billion smokers, only about 200 million are women. With women, the industry simply has more room to expand.

Keeping Tabs on Vitamin B Advised with Metformin

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By John Gever, Senior Editor, MedPage Today Published: May 21, 2010 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner The association of metformin treatment with vitamin B12 deficiency was confirmed in a long-term trial, suggesting that diabetic patients receiving the popular drug would benefit from vitamin monitoring and perhaps B12 supplementation. With 4.3 years of treatment in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, the hazard ratio for developing vitamin B12 deficiency while on metformin was 5.5 relative to placebo (95% CI 1.6 to 19.1), reported Coen Stehouwer, MD, of Maastricht University in the Netherlands, and colleagues online in BMJ./.../

IOM Says Smoking Bans Reduce Heart Attacks

By Emily P. Walker, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: October 15, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Bans on smoking in public places could reduce heart attacks and heart disease caused by secondhand smoke, according to a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The new findings indicate that indoor smoking bans -- which are growing in popularity -- can improve the health of smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to the report, which was prepared for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "It's clear that smoking bans work," said Lynn Goldman, MD, of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who chaired the IOM committee that wrote the report. A pivotal 2006 Surgeon General's report found that secondhand smoke causes heart disease and endorsed smoking bans as an economical way to reduce risk. However, debate remains over what effect smoking bans have on reducing heart disease./.../

Synthetic Cell' Mimics Natural Bacteria

By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: May 20, 2010 In a development that seems likely to stir a firestorm of controversy, researchers said today they have used genes made in the lab to create a synthetic species of bacteria. "We're here to announce the first synthetic cell," said J. Craig Venter, PhD, head of the self-named J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., and famous as leader of one of the teams that decoded the human genome./.../

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Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living

Addressing the Intersection: 

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Across the country, healthy food and activity leaders have identified violence and the fear of violence as major roadblocks to the success of chronic disease prevention strategies. The impact of violence in communities is far-reaching: when people don't feel safe in their communities, they are less likely to use local parks and community centers and access services such as public transportation. When parents don't feel safe in their communities, they are hesitant to let their children play outside or walk to school. Also, communities perceived as being unsafe are less likely to benefit from investments such as grocery stores.

Until now, very little research on the impact of community violence on healthy eating and activity—and potential solutions—has been done. With funding from Kaiser Permanente, Prevention Institute has writtenAddressing the Intersection: Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living.

Addressing the Intersection provides an explanation of the inter-relationship between violence and healthy eating and activity. The findings and recommendations offered in this paper can support practitioners and advocates in their work to prevent chronic disease in communities heavily impacted by violence. We also hope that this paper will be a resource for a broader audience, including funders, policymakers, researchers, and anyone working to build safe, healthy communities.

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Addressing the Intersection: Preventing Violence and Promoting Healthy Eating and Active Living

Author(s):Prevention Institute 

Date Published:May 2010 

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Terms:PDF, Improving Environments for Health & Health Equity,Supporting Healthy Food & Activity Environments,Preventing Violence, Preventing Violence & Reducing Injury, Innovative Strategies & Analysis

Transparency at the Food and Drug Administration

Posted by NEJM • May 19th, 2010 • Printer-friendly

Afia K. Asamoah, J.D., and Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D.

On his first full day in office, President Barack Obama issued a memorandum calling for “creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government.” The Department of Health and Human Services embraced this goal, and in June 2009, the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Dr. Margaret Hamburg, announced a major transparency initiative. The goal of this initiative was to better explain the FDA’s actions by providing information that supports clinical medicine, biomedical innovation, and public health.

The FDA already makes substantial amounts of information about the regulatory process for medical products publicly available. For example, extensive summary data on drugs and devices are released for public advisory committee meetings before approval, and detailed reviews of drugs are released after approval. However, many aspects of the FDA’s work remain unknown to the public. Few people understand the basic processes followed within the FDA, such as how the agency monitors medical products for safety after they have been approved or how the device-approval process works for products in various risk categories.

Tobacco Control

Tobacco Control at The Union

United for a tobacco-free future because:

• 50% of all deaths from lung disease are linked to tobacco
• 80% of smokers live in low- and middle-income countries
• 520 million people will die from tobacco use in the next 50 years
• By 2030 the number of deaths from tobacco each year will increase from 5 million to more than 8 million

Menina de foto

Como uma imagem pode ser mais eloquente do que longos discursos ou

gestos de poderosos.

Atualizado em  18 de maio, 2010 - 12:21 (Brasília) 15:21 GMT

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HISTÓRIA

Menina de foto que se tornou símbolo da Guerra do Vietnã reencontra jornalista

Rebecca Lumb

Da BBC News

Para Wain, Phuc é hoje uma 'mulher impressionante'

Kim Phuc, a menina vietnamita que é vista em uma foto icônica fugindo nua de um ataque a bomba durante a Guerra no Vietnã, reencontrou-se pela primeira vez com Christopher Wain, o correspondente de guerra que ajudou a salvar sua vida há 38 anos.

O reencontro, promovido pela BBC, é tema de um documentário que será transmitido nesta terça-feira pela Rádio 4 da BBC.

population health planning

Commentary: Assessing population (baseline) risk is a cornerstone of population health planning—looking forward to address new challenges

Douglas G Manuel^1,2,3,4,5,* and Laura C Rosella^4,51The Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ²The Departments of Family Medicine and Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ³Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, ⁴The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and ⁵Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
*Corresponding author. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Room 1-008 Administrative Services Building, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9, Canada. E-mail:dmanuel@ohri.ca
Accepted 23 November 2009


McLaren et al.¹ review two developments in critical thinking about the continued relevance of Rose’s seminal population health strategy and concluded that Rose’s original ideas, now over 25 years old, hold firm. Our commentary will focus on their critique of the suggestion to more widely use multivariate risk algorithms in the population setting.² We also draw connections between the use of risk algorithms and the authors’ central concerns about the role of social inequalities in relation to intervention or policy coverage. We argue that understanding a population’s baseline risk is a cornerstone of population health planning as articulated by Rose, and therefore it is inexcusable not to use improved methods of baseline risk assessment. Rather than be complacent with Rose’s original method of assessing population risk, we should look forward and further develop multivariate risk algorithms in the population setting./.../

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Ueli Grüninger KHM

Dear Aloyzio

I admire .... perseverance and ... dedication to our AMICOR – I fondly remember the beginnings, around the Gramado teaching seminar – it was and is an unforgettable memory in my life. I send you me very best greetings and I wish you all the best, and especially good health and good humour – may the attached butterfly (snapshot near our home from last weekend) be the message bearer

Cordially yours - mil e um abraços
Ulrich

Atomic Energy x Bomb: Diplomacy x Arrogance

Monday, May. 17, 2010

Iran has shown its good will by accepting the Brazilian and Turkish proposal. From now on the ball is in the West's court. 

ALI AKBAR SALEHI,

• Iranian atomic chief, on the nuclear fuel swap deal between Iran and Turkey. Iran is sending 1,200kg of low-enriched uranium in exchange for nuclear fuel

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Violência assusta 92% dos gaúchos

17 de maio de 2010 | N° 16338

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MARCELO GONZATTO

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• Como o morador do Estado vê a vida em sociedade

Realizada pelo Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento, uma pesquisa inédita revela que a violência apavora os gaúchos e modifica os hábitos de boa parte da população. O estudo, que investigou os valores morais que o brasileiro mais preza, mostra ainda que a educação é considerada pela população o caminho para uma vida melhor

Uma pesquisa inédita do Programa das Nações Unidas para o Desenvolvimento (Pnud) sobre os valores morais dos brasileiros revela que a violência é uma das principais preocupações dos gaúchos.

O trabalho, que será discutido em um seminário hoje na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, aponta que para 92% dos rio-grandenses a violência vem aumentando, e quase metade da população já alterou a sua rotina pelo menos uma vez devido ao medo.

Na comparação com os resultados nacionais, cujos números deverão ser divulgados pelo Pnud somente nos próximos dias, a consternação dos gaúchos diante da violência ganha destaque. Além dos 92% que acreditam em uma piora progressiva das condições de vida, para outros 5,5% os casos de agressão se mantêm no mesmo patamar./.../

Saturated fat, heart disease 'not linked'

Saturated fat, heart disease 'not linked'

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:04:28 GMT

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Despite the general belief, there is no link between the intake of saturated fat and the development of heart disease, a new study finds.

Previous studies had reported that Western diet, rich in saturated fat, increases the blood levels of "bad LDL cholesterol", the main risk factor for heart disease and stroke.

The American Heart Association (AHA), therefore, recommended adults not to get more than 7 percent of their daily calories from the fat.

According to the study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the saturated fat mainly found in meat and dairy products does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease.

"No one is saying that some saturated fat is going to harm you ... people should enjoy their food," said Robert H. Eckel, a professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver.

He added that individuals should adopt a balanced diet to remain healthy, stressing that these findings are not going to change recommendations to keep saturated fat intake in check.

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ONU: prevenção e controle de doenças crônicas

Meiners, Dra. Micheline Marie Milward de Azevedo(BRA)  to Adail, aloyzio.achutti, bruceduncan, Carlos, clduarte, Sergio, Deborah, Luciana, Danielle, edson.aguilar, Fadlo, Gustavo, Henrique, Jorge, Leão, leane, pakilu, Lenildo, Maria, Maria, mariliabg, CEDEBA-mgvelan., Moacir, Neilton, Patricia, Patrícia

Prezados colegas,

 

Assembléia Geral da ONU discutiu na última quarta-feira e unanimemente adotou uma resolução para prevenção e controle de doenças crônicas (em anexo) a qual salienta o aumento de mortes prematuras devido as DCNT no mundo, em especial em países sub-desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento.

 

A Resolução conclama a seus Estados-Membros e a comunidade internacional para: 

- Realizar uma reunião de alto nível na Assembléia Geral em Setembro de 2011, com a participação dos Chefes de Estado e Governos sobre a prevenção e controle de DCNT;

- Incluir na reunião plenária que revisará os ODM em setembro de 2010, discussões sobre a incidência e o impacto sócio-econômico das DCNT nos países de baixa e média renda;

- Requerer ao Secretário Geral da ONU preparar um relatório global da situação das DCNT, com particular ênfase nos desafios para o desenvolvimento enfrentados pelos países de baixa e média renda.

 

Mais informações nos links abaixo,

Assembléia Geral da ONU discute resolução para prevenção e controle de doenças crônicas

http://new.paho.org/bra/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=0&Itemid=463 

United Nations General Assembly Resolution:

http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A%2F64%2FL.52&Submit=Search&Lang=E

NCD Global Strategy Action Plan:

http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241597418_eng.pdf  

Summary of 2009 discussions on NCDs at ECOSOC:

http://www.who.int/nmh/publications/ecosoc_summary_en.pdf

 Saudações cordiais,

Micheline Marie M. de A. Meiners
micheline@bra.ops-oms.org 
Profissional Nacional para
Doenças Crônicas Não-Transmissíveis/
Unidade Técnica de Doenças Transmissíveis e Não- Transmissíveis
Representação OPAS/OMS - Brasil 
Fone: (61) 3251-9581 - Fax: 3251-9591 
visite o novo portal da OPAS/Brasil - www.paho.org/bra

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