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Sunday, April 30, 2017

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HÁ VINTE ANOS…

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 7 segundos
*30 de abril de 1997* Desejo compartilhar a alegria e o significado marcante deste dia em nossas vidas: jantar de boas vindas aos participantes do *Seminário Nacional de dez dias sobre Epidemiologia e Prevenção de doenças cardiovasculares*, atividade que se iniciou no dia seguinte em Gramado, em cuja oportunidade - ao fazer a saudação aos rescém chegados - consegui dizer que havíamos nos tornado avós, pois nascera-nos a primeira neta, *Júlia Bellardinelli Achutti*. Sobre o Seminário fizemos divérsas postagens, inclusive rescentemente a propósito de um editorial dos *Arquivos Brasile... mais »

Day For Safety And Health At Work

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há um dia
*SCIEX*‏ @SCIEXnews Following More Today is #WorldDayForSafetyAndHealthAtWork! Make sure you can recognize those Chemical Hazard Symbols @compoundchem

NEJM quick take collection

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há um dia
[image: The New England Journal of Medicine] Explore the Expanding Quick Take Collection [image: button-left] BROWSE VIDEOS [image: button-right] Save time and gain clinical insights with Quick Take videos by viewing highlights of important articles published by the *New England Journal of Medicine*. This collection of brief video summaries, updated weekly, offers a succinct, innovative way to understand important new research findings that have an impact on medical practice and patient care.

Left-Handedness and more

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 2 dias
Facial Bone Structure A Novel Marker for Left-Handednessby Neuroscience News People with slender faces are 25% more likely to be left-handed, a new study reveals. Read more of this post *Neuroscience News* | April 27, 2017 at 5:03 pm | Tags: bone structure, evoutionary neuroscience, heandedness, left handedness, overbite, slender face, tuberculosis, UW Medicine | URL: http://wp.me/p4sXNK-av0 Comment See all comments

Death

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 2 dias
[image: The Economist] On our cover this week we look at the end of life. People say that they want to die free of pain, with dignity, at home surrounded by family and friends. Instead the system puts them through pointless, distressing, last-ditch treatments. It does not have to be that way *Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief*

World Map

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 4 dias
*Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja* More Accurate World Map Wins Prestigious Design Award By Michael Gardiner on November 3, 2016The most accurate map you'll ever see. You probably won't like it. [image: World Map Top]

Verubecestat

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 4 dias
New Alzheimer’s Drug Wildly Successful In Trials By Michael Gardiner on November 3, 2016This may soon become the first Alzheimer's drug to receive FDA approval in more than a decade.[image: Plaques]Wikimedia Commons The brain plaques that are at the root of Alzheimer’s, as seen under a microscope. Imagine a pill that can treat Alzheimer’s. Researchers have found that pharmaceutical giant Merck’s new drug, verubecestat, can successfully switch off production of the toxic amyloid proteins believed to be behind the disease in preliminary trials. Verubecestat stops amyloid proteins from fo... mais »

Cinnamon

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 4 dias
This Is Why This Spice Is Insanely Good for YouA new study suggests that cinnamon may reduce blood sugar and provide anti-aging benefits by activating a specific protein in the body

Poetry, Power, and the Artist’s Role in Society

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
JFK on Poetry, Power, and the Artist’s Role in Society: His Eulogy for Robert Frost, One of the Greatest Speeches of All Time“If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth.”BY MARIA POPOVA In January of 1961, as John F. Kennedy’s inauguration approached, his would-be Secretary of the Interior suggested that the poet Robert Frost participate in the ceremony as the first inaugural poet. Eighty-six-year-old Frost telegrammed Kenne... mais »

The Universe in Verse

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
[image: Welcome]Hello, Aloyzio Achutti! Maria here, with an update on *The Universe in Verse* – my labor-of-love celebration of science and protest against the defunding of the arts. (Original announcement below.) To my astonishment, all 800 tickets are gone, so my pals at Kickstarter Live have kindly donated a livestream – you can now tune in remotely.*“When power corrupts, poetry cleanses,”* John F. Kennedy famously wrote*. *Half a century later, with art, science, and the humanities under assault from the government, this intersection of science and poetry, truth and beauty, is a... mais »

The Great Unknown

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy on the Unknown, the Horizons of the Knowable, and Why the Cross-Pollination of Disciplines is the Seedbed of Truth In a recent MoMA talk about the lacuna between truth and meaning, I proposed that, just like there is a limit to the speed of light arising from the fundamental laws of physics that govern the universe, there might be a fundamental cognitive limit that keeps human consciousness from ever fully comprehending itself. After all, the moment a system becomes self-referential, it becomes susceptible to limitation and paradox — the logical equiva... mais »

March for Science

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
March for Science brings out demonstrators on six continents: ‘There is no Planet B’ Thousands gathered on the grounds of the Washington Monument: “The very idea of evidence and logic and reason is being threatened by individuals and interests with the power to do real harm,” one of the rally emcees said. Some in the crowd directed their commentary to the occupant of the nearby White House, bringing a political tone to an event that organizers said was not meant to be partisan. By Joel Achenbach, Ben Guarino and Sarah Kaplan • Read more »

Internet & Democracy

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
The Take | Analysis A scholar asks, ‘Can democracy survive the Internet?’ Fake news, hate speech and foreign interference highlight darker aspects of a medium that was once thought to open up the democratic process. By Dan Balz • Read more »

Max Plack

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
*1858:* [image: Max Planck.]German physicist Max Planck, who originated quantum theory, was born in Kiel.

Words...

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
Eight words that changed the way we think [image: Eight words that changed the way we think] 5 min read bbc.com / Kelly Grovier The exact origins of words are often difficult to place. But sometimes they are the inventions of ground-breaking pioneers – from Chaucer to JK Rowling.... read more

Energy

Aloyzio AchuttiemAMICOR - Há 6 dias
Recommended by Medium Staff The future of energy isn’t fossil fuels or renewables, it’s nuclear fusion When we think about a long-term solution to our energy needs, none of today’s options are this good. [image: Ethan Siegel] Ethan Siegel in Starts With A Bang! 5 min read

HÁ VINTE ANOS…

30 de abril de 1997

Desejo compartilhar a alegria e o significado marcante deste dia em nossas vidas: jantar de boas vindas aos participantes do Seminário Nacional de dez dias sobre Epidemiologia e Prevenção de doenças cardiovasculares, atividade que se iniciou no dia seguinte em Gramado, em cuja oportunidade - ao fazer a saudação aos rescém chegados - consegui dizer que havíamos nos tornado avós, pois nascera-nos a primeira neta, Júlia Bellardinelli Achutti.
Sobre o Seminário fizemos divérsas postagens, inclusive rescentemente a propósito de um editorial dos Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia Aloyzio Achutti, Ricardo Stein, Lúcia Pellanda (hoje Reitora da FUCSPA), Bruce B. Duncan Soc. Brasileira de Cardiologia • ISSN-0066-782X • Volume 108, Nº 3, March 2017.pages 193-194.
Éramos cerca de 53 participantes, dos quais pouco mais de 20 usavam a Internet. O documento final foi finalizado através do correio eletrônico e a partir daí nasceu também o grupo AMICOR - batisado pelo Eduardo de Azeredo Costa porque começávamos as mensagens com a saudação "Prezados Amigos do Coração".
Para o dia 17 de maio pretendo contar um pouco mais da história deste Seminário.
Por hoje vou aproveitar para festejar o nascimento de nossa primeira, única e linda neta (os outros três netos são homens). Vai inicialmente uma foto com poucos minutos depois do parto, tirada por seu pai Luiz Eduardo Robinson Achutti e publicada em um álbum pela Tomo Editorial, no mesmo ano.
No decorrer de hoje devemos receber a visita da aniversariante quando pretendo tirar nova foto com ela e colar logo abaixo, para todos verem que não se trata de corugisse de avô.


Friday, April 28, 2017

Day For Safety And Health At Work

Today is ! Make sure you can recognize those Chemical Hazard Symbols

NEJM quick take collection

Explore the Expanding
Quick Take Collection
button-leftBROWSE VIDEOSbutton-right
Save time and gain clinical insights with Quick Take videos by viewing highlights of important articles published by the New England Journal of Medicine. This collection of brief video summaries, updated weekly, offers a succinct, innovative way to understand important new research findings that have an impact on medical practice and patient care.

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Left-Handedness and more


Facial Bone Structure A Novel Marker for Left-Handedness

by Neuroscience News
People with slender faces are 25% more likely to be left-handed, a new study reveals.
Comment   See all comments

Death

The Economist
 
On our cover this week we look at the end of life. People say that they want to die free of pain, with dignity, at home surrounded by family and friends. Instead the system puts them through pointless, distressing, last-ditch treatments. It does not have to be that way 
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

World Map

Recomendado pela AMICOR Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja

More Accurate World Map Wins Prestigious Design Award


Verubecestat

New Alzheimer’s Drug Wildly Successful In Trials

The brain plaques that are at the root of Alzheimer’s, as seen under a microscope.
Imagine a pill that can treat Alzheimer’s.
Researchers have found that pharmaceutical giant Merck’s new drug, verubecestat, can successfully switch off production of the toxic amyloid proteins believed to be behind the disease in preliminary trials.
Verubecestat stops amyloid proteins from forming the sticky plaques that disrupt signals inside the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. These brain plaques are the disease’s most visible sign that doctors can find./.../