Monday, November 30, 2009
Global health experts agonize over the terrible toll disease takes on the world's children, but a lot less attention is paid to how many kids' lives are claimed by accidents and injuries. Part of that is a numbers game: close to 10 million children under 5 die annually of disease. Comparatively few — 829,000 per year — die because of accidents. Still, that's 2,270 children every day. In late 2008 the World Health Organization issued its first annual report on the problem, listing the top five killers and what can be done to combat them:
Traffic injuries: 260,000 deaths per year. In the developed world, most victims are passengers in vehicles; in the developing world, most are pedestrians or bicyclists. The solutions include seat-belt laws, speed limits and stiffer drunk-driving penalties. The key is imposing and enforcing the rules.
Drownings: 175,000 deaths per year. Parental supervision, CPR education and fenced swimming pools are crucial.
Burns: 96,000 deaths per year. Infants are at greatest risk. The danger is lowest for kids ages 10 to 14 and rises for 15-to-19-year-olds — perhaps because of access to fireworks and gasoline. Smoke alarms, parental policing, childproof lighters and burn centers all reduce risk.
Falls: 47,000 deaths per year. Caregiver stress or inattention, nonchildproof environments and low levels of maternal education are risk factors. Solutions include redesigned playgrounds and furniture, parental-education programs and window guards.
Poisonings: 45,000 deaths per year. Kids under 1 are in the most danger. Child-resistant packaging and measures like removing poisons from the house or keeping them locked up can help.View the full list for "The Year in Health 2009"
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1942543_1942451,00.html?xid=newsletter-daily#ixzz0YLm5j91W
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Participamos no dia 27 p.p. na VIII Jornada de Cardiologia de Pelotas organizada pelo AMICOR Dr. André Steffens, simultanemanete com o II Encontro Regional da SCRS.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Doenças cardiovasculares matam 20,5% menos brasileiros.
November 23, 2009
Cutting the average salt intake in half could prevent a substantial proportion of strokes and heart disease in most Western countries, a meta-analysis showed.
A decrease of 5 grams of salt a day (about one teaspoon) was associated with a 23% lower stroke rate and up to 17% less total cardiovascular disease, reported Pasquale Strazzullo, MD, of the "Federico II" University of Naples, Italy, and colleagues online in BMJ.
This kind of change at the population level "could avert some 1.25 million deaths from stroke and almost three million deaths from cardiovascular disease worldwide," the researchers wrote.
Americans, like those in many Western countries, average about 10 g of daily salt intake; whereas the World Health Organization recommends only 5 g per day, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture recommends daily intake be limited to 5.8 g.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
World Development Report 2010
|World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change|
September 15, 2009—Developing countries can shift to lower-carbon paths while promoting development and reducing poverty, but this depends on financial and technical assistance from high-income countries, says World Development Report 2010: Development and Climate Change.
High-income countries also need to act quickly to reduce their carbon footprints and boost development of alternative energy sources to help tackle climate change. If they act now, a 'climate-smart' world is feasible, and the costs for getting there will be high but still manageable. More from the press release.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges: Tough-Love Health Incentives
Psychology Professor Anita Blanchard has a pretty sweet deal with her employer. Even if the 40-something mother of three leaves her job at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the state of North Carolina guarantees her premium-free health insurance that will cover 80% of her health care costs for life. But's there's a hitch: she can't gain too much weight or start smoking. If she does, she could be on the hook for an additional 10% of her health care tab./.../
Saturday, November 21, 2009
O menino Jonathan Safran Foer tinha 9 anos quando se deu conta de que o frango servido com cenouras em seu prato, receita favorita preparada por sua avó judia que sobrevivera ao nazismo, era feito de uma ave que dias antes estava viva. A revelação, feita por uma babá vegetariana, transformou sua maneira de encarar a comida. De lá para cá, Foer virou vegetariano e voltou a comer carne várias vezes, por vários motivos – do princípio ético ao desejo por belas garotas engajadas na proteção dos animais. A gangorra alimentar parou quando, perto dos 30 anos e já autor de um best-seller premiado, ele se tornou pai. Ele não queria que as memórias alimentares que seus filhos carregariam por toda a vida tivessem o mesmo sabor animal das suas. Foer resolveu então abandonar a carne em definitivo e começou a escrever sobre o assunto. Seu exercício filosófico resultou no livro Eating animals, recém-lançado nos Estados Unidos e ainda sem tradução para o português./.../
UNICEF full report: The 20 year anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Centro Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Información en Ciencias de la Salud
Organización Panamericana de la Salud | Organización Mundial de la Salud
Red de Noticias BVS
Newsletter BVS 094 16/noviembre/2009
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Orlando, FL - The FDA has today issued a new public-health warning on the possible interaction between clopidogrel (Plavix, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Sanofi-Aventis) and the proton-pump inhibitor (PPI)omeprazole (Prilosec, Procter & Gamble) [1,2]. The alert states: "New data show that when clopidogrel and omeprazole are taken together, the effectiveness of clopidogrel is reduced. Patients at risk for heart attacks or strokes who use clopidogrel to prevent blood clots will not get the full effect of this medicine if they are also taking omeprazole."
But the timing of the this alert appears peculiar, given that just a few weeks ago, what was said to be the definitive answer to this issue—the only randomized clinical trial on the interaction—was reported, showing absolutely no hint of any reduction in effect of clopidogrel in patients taking omeprazole./.../
Cardiologists contacted by heartwire were surprised at the new FDA announcement.