Observatório dos Agrotóxicos: Em contradição com o discurso da vitória, governo Lula dá continuidade à liberação desenfreada de venenos agrícolas!

Venho dizendo que a questão dos agrotóxicos e a política  de liberação de produtos banidos em outras partes do mundo por sua alta periculosidade é um…

Observatório dos Agrotóxicos: Em contradição com o discurso da vitória, governo Lula dá continuidade à liberação desenfreada de venenos agrícolas!

Georgia Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Ouster Of District Attorney Willis – National Memo

Georgia Republicans have passed a new law that allows for the removal of locally-elected prosecutors from office, which could include the Atlanta-area district attorney probing efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the state’s 2020 election results. The law, Senate Bill…
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Use It or Lose It: the Brain and Dementia

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Medical News Today (MNT) reports on a new study relating Internet use to resistance to dementia.(1) The report finds that from a study of more than 18,000 US adults age 50 and over, use of the internet for at least 30 minutes per day is associated with a 43% reduction in the risk of developing dementia.

The big caveat on this remarkable finding is that this is a statistical analysis, not a causal model. We don’t know how usage of the brain impedes the development of dementia, just that it seems to do it.

A second caveat is that perhaps half of dementia patients are never formally diagnosed with the disease.(2) Dementia can of course take a range of forms from very mild to severe, and a doctor may not even notice that a patient has a milder form.

On the other hand, the research is consistent with other findings…

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Use It or Lose It: the Brain and Dementia – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

Medical News Today (MNT) reports on a new study relating Internet use to resistance to dementia.(1) The report finds that from a study of more than 18,000 US adults age 50 and over, use of the internet for at least 30 minutes per day is associated with a 43% reduction in the risk of developing dementia.

Source: Use It or Lose It: the Brain and Dementia – CRAIN’S COMMENTS

“Dear Future Earth…” Jamaican students reflect at the Institute of Jamaica

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Just over a week ago – and the day before Earth Day 2023 – I had the great pleasure of attending the awards ceremony for this year’s competition, organised annually by the Natural History Museum of Jamaica’s (NHMJ) Education Department for students aged 12 to 19 years. It’s an arts competition, including poetry, poster art, video, and photography – now in its 23rd illustrious year! The NHMJ is a division of the Institute of Jamaica (IOJ).

There were two contrasting moods at the event, which took place in the lovely old-fashioned IOJ Lecture Hall. There was a great deal of joy: smiles on all the faces, laughter, and a complete absence of bitter competition and sour grapes. Everyone – students, teachers, IOJ officials, and a few parents – was happy to be there. On the other hand, there was an underlying seriousness, as the high school students reflected on the…

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