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Michelle Obama: Former US first lady says she has 'low-grade depression' (Lido em: BBCNews 2020-08-06)

There’s nothing risky about microwave radiation – but there is about heating up plastic.

Despite being a kitchen workhorse for decades, few household items have been more divisive than the microwave. It’s hailed as a lifesaver for those who can’t, or won’t, cook, and portrayed by some chefs as singlehandedly dragging the art of cooking into the gutter.

But another debate lies beyond the culinary disputes – when is microwave cooking bad for you?

When used correctly, there’s nothing to worry about in terms of a microwave’s radiation, according to the World Health Organization. But other concerns are less clear – including whether microwaving food causes nutrient loss, or whether heating food in plastic can trigger hormone disruption.

Losing nutrients"    

Some research has shown that vegetables lose some of their nutritional value in the microwave.

For example, microwaving has been found to remove 97% of the flavonoids – plant compounds with anti-inflammatory benefits – in broccoli"

  (Lido em: BBCNews 2020-07-15)

Olá, Lena:

 

Esta estadia prolonga-se e se prolonga sem visto claro do seu fim.

Hoje de manhã (não sou absolutamente nada matinal...) recebi telefonema da especialista da nova lente para marcar uma consuta, já prevista, para chegar à concluão se a mesma se adapatava ou não à minha vista. Imagina acordarem-me antes das 12 horas e pergutarem-me se eu lá poderia ir fazer o taste à tarde, a 25 km daqui!.....Disse-lhe que meu dia só começava da parte da tarde. Obviamente que recusei. Então marcou-me para a tarde do meio da próxima semana. Então terá sido feito, desejo-o, o último teste antes da decisão definitiva da cirurgia às cataratas. Se sim, entrarei para a lista de meses(!!!!!!) para ser operado.Acho que terei que farei choradinho!!!!!!!! para ser o mais raidamente possível. No entanto não vejo possibilidade real de ir para Portugal antes do fim deste ano (a seguir à cirurgia querem que eu fique dois meses acessível a qualquer momento à clínica).

Entretando os meus documentos vão caducando... Hoje o ACB foi excelente e disse-me que logo que souber quando regresso inscrever-me numa aggência dele para marcação de renovação da carta. Por experiência próxima prefiro a do Forum de Almada, já levando um atestado médico do meu médico habitual de Cotovia.

Os bancos é que me repetem e repetem a necessidade de me reunir com eles, pois dizem que assim estou a perder dinheiro.

O que é certo é que morrer será pior e só irei quando tiver uma maior probabilidade de no avião do virus. Ontem, por exemplo, os holandeses delararam 2 regiões de Espanha e 2 de Lisboa (atinge o aeroporto e Sesimbra.. como desrecomendável de comprar bilhete de avião para lá... O que é importanto é para não fazer nada que ponha em perigo a minha vida, nem de todos os que conhço.

Fora isso, estou muito bem se saúde e como gosto muito de viver aqui vai-se vivendo...

Que mail tão comprido. Servirá de equilíbrio para os mais curtinhos....

 

Abraço

 

António

“Obesity is a major risk factor for dying of Covid-19. We need to take it more seriously”

[Por:]”Kermit Jones”

“Health officials need to emphasize the relation between obesity and Covid-19, and we need to treat it like other chronic diseases

‘In the wake of Covid-19, we need to treat obesity not just as a disease, but also as a public health emergency.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Published on Mon 15 Jun 2020 09.45 BST

By now, most people understand that the elderly are especially vulnerable to Covid-19. But studies of Covid-19 patients in France, Italy, China and the United States have also identified chronic conditions that place even younger patients at risk. Near the top of the list: obesity.(...)”               (Lido em: The Guardian 2020-06-15)

"La mémoire est profondément liée à notre identité. Elle est aussi un des principaux enjeux du vieillissement. Et directement en lien avec nos capacités cognitives.

En lisant ce dossier spécial, vous découvrirez comment le cerveau d’Albert Einstein a permis de faire la lumière sur le fonctionnement de notre cerveau et de notre mémoire. Vous découvrirez notamment:

• Les différents types de mémoires
• Ce qui fait que nos souvenirs ne s’envolent pas
• Quels sont les pires ennemis de la mémoire
• Comment entretenir et optimiser vos capacités cognitives"
• (Lido em Le Monde 2020-05-27)

“Les secrets du cerveau d’Einstein”

“La mémoire est profondément liée à notre identité. Elle est aussi un des principaux enjeux du vieillissement. Et directement en lien avec nos capacités cognitives.

En lisant ce dossier spécial, vous découvrirez comment le cerveau d’Albert Einstein a permis de faire la lumière sur le fonctionnement de notre cerveau et de notre mémoire. Vous découvrirez notamment:

• Les différents types de mémoires

• Ce qui fait que nos souvenirs ne s’envolent pas

• Quels sont les pires ennemis de la mémoire

• Comment entretenir et optimiser vos capacités cognitives(...)”

• (Lido em: Le Monde 2020-03-01)

“Les secrets du cerveau d’Einstein”

La mémoire est profondément liée à notre identité. Elle est aussi un des principaux enjeux du vieillissement. Et directement en lien avec nos capacités cognitives.

En lisant ce dossier spécial, vous découvrirez comment le cerveau d’Einstein a permis de faire la lumière sur le fonctionnement de notre cerveau et de notre mémoire. Vous découvrirez notamment :

• Les différents types de mémoires

• Ce qui fait que nos souvenirs ne s’envolent pas

• Quels sont les pires ennemis de la mémoire

• Comment retrouver la mémoire de vos jeunes années

Et SURTOUT : Ce que les chercheurs ont découvert en disséquant le cerveau d’Albert Einstein…(...)” (Lido em: Le Monde 2020-02-19)

brevivências 2019-10-05

- “O Barco Hospital Papa Francisco zarpou no mês de junho para ajudar cerca de 700 mil ribeirinhos da região amazônica. A embarcação possui toda a infraestrutura necessária para o atendimento na área de saúde.(...)” (Vi, durante uma hora, cheio de interesse,na DW de 2019-10-05, uma reportagem muito bem feita e cheia de interesse sobre a actividade médica fundamental que este hospital faz com as 700 mil pessoas do Amazonas, que sem ele não teria nenhum tratamento. Fabuloso! Dá vontade de contribuir directamente para este específico hospital flutuante. Como, sem desvios para outras coisas diferentes?

“In the Pancreas, Common Fungi May Drive Cancer”

“By Knvul Sheikh”

“A new study found that certain fungi can settle in the pancreas, where they spur the growth of tumors.

The abundance in the pancreas of the yeast Malassezia, more commonly found on the skin of humans and animals, surprised the scientists.CreditCreditScience Source

• By now, you’ve probably heard that your body is teeming with bacteria. Some 100 trillion of them live on your skin, in your mouth and in the coils of your intestines. Some protect against infections and help you digest food, while others can make you seriously ill.

Fungi, viruses and protozoa call your body their home, too. Your fungal residents are less numerous than your bacteria by orders of magnitude, but as researchers are learning, these overlooked organisms play an important physiological role — and when their numbers get out of whack, they can modify your immune system and even influence the development of cancer.(...)”

(Lido em: The New York Times 2019-10-04)

“The 'unwarranted hype' of stem cell therapies”

“By Jules Montague”

“Clinics claim that expensive stem cell therapies can help patients with dementia, autism, multiple sclerosis and even cerebral palsy - and crowdfunding campaigns to pay for the treatments are increasingly common. But are the patients and the donors being misled about the benefits and the risks?

“Jay Shetty is 8 years old. He is smart and bright, says his mother Shilpa, even if he can’t do all the things his younger brother can. “Jay doesn’t sit up or use his hands much. He’s non-verbal and we don’t know how well he can see,” she says. “But he plays with us and tries to copy everything his younger brother Kairav does.”

Jay has cerebral palsy. In his early years, Shilpa was desperate to find anything that might help him. Scouring the internet late each night, she read about a stem cell trial at Duke University in North Carolina but Jay wasn’t eligible. When Kairav was born in 2015, Shilpa and her husband stored their younger son’s umbilical cord

blood, which was rich in blood stem cells, hoping another trial would emerge. It did, and this time, children with sibling cord blood could participate. Was she worried about the risks for Jay? “It wasn’t invasive and it couldn’t do any harm really.” To raise the £15,000 ($18,200) treatment bill, they supplemented money they had already fundraised for private physiotherapy and hydrotherapy with a personal loan and a further fundraising push supported by the cord bank where Kairav’s cord blood had been stored.

Cerebral palsy is a group of lifelong conditions that affect movement and coordination. In Jay’s case, Shilpa explains, there were complications around the time of his birth that led to the condition. There is no cure for cerebral palsy but physiotherapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy can help some symptoms. Shilpa hoped, though, that Jay’s stem cell therapy – a two-hour infusion into his veins – would bring benefits far beyond everything they had tried before. (...)”               (Lido em: BBCnews 2019-08-21)