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Cientistas descobrem que o impacto das mídias sociais sobre o bem-estar pode variar ao longo da adolescência.

29 Mar, 2022 | 15:03h

Comunicado de imprensa: Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence – University of Cambridge

Estudo original: Windows of developmental sensitivity to social media – Nature Communications

Comentários:

Negative impact of social media affects girls and boys at different ages – study – University of Oxford

Teenage social media use linked to less life-satisfaction for some – BBC

Social media may affect girls’ mental health earlier than boys’, study finds – The Guardian

Expert reaction to study on social media use and wellbeing over adolescence – Science Media Centre

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Estudo desafia a teoria de que consumo leve de álcool traz benefícios à saúde do coração.

29 Mar, 2022 | 14:24h

Comunicado de imprensa: Large study challenges the theory that light alcohol consumption benefits heart health – Massachusetts General Hospital

Estudo original: Association of Habitual Alcohol Intake With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease – JAMA Network Open

Conteúdo relacionado: No amount of alcohol is good for the heart, says World Heart Federation.

 

Comentário no Twitter

Cohort study found confounding factors mediate the J-shaped association between alcohol intake & CVD. Genetic epidemiology suggests any amount of alcohol is associated with increased CVD risk, with exponential risk increases at heavier consumption levels. https://t.co/PrPDmyt87q

— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) March 25, 2022

 

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Surfando a onda do Twitter: entusiasmo pela plataforma de mídia digital mudou a comunicação científica durante a pandemia – mas vai durar?

29 Mar, 2022 | 14:16h

Riding the Twitter wave: Enthusiasm for the social media platform changed science communication during the pandemic—but will it last? – Science

Conteúdos relacionados:

Optimizing the use of Twitter for research dissemination: The “Three Facts and a Story” randomized-controlled trial.

Perspective: How Twitter is Changing Medical Research

Keeping Up With Cardiology: Old-School Learning Versus the Twittersphere – TCTMD

Scientists on Twitter: Preaching to the choir or singing from the rooftops? – Facets

Rise of the Tweetorial – Precious Bodily Fluids

Social Medicine: Twitter in Healthcare – Journal of Clinical Medicine

University of Twitter? Scientists give impromptu lecture critiquing nutrition research – CBC

Twitter-Based Medicine: How Social Media is Changing the Public’s View of Medicine – The Health Care Blog

What’s your doctor reading? How social media is disrupting medical education – National Post

 

Comentário no Twitter

"[Twitter] has carried posts about a majority of the total COVID-19 literature—about 51% of journal articles on pandemic research had been mentioned in at least one tweet through May 2021" https://t.co/i4QEBE7F0m

— onisillos (@onisillos) March 25, 2022

 

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Como erramos em nossas opiniões sobre imunidade de rebanho.

29 Mar, 2022 | 14:13h

How we got herd immunity wrong – STAT

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Os lockdowns contra COVID funcionam? Isto é o que se sabe depois de 2 anos.

25 Mar, 2022 | 15:58h

Did the COVID lockdowns work? Here’s what we know two years on – The Conversation

Conteúdos relacionados:

M-A: Effectiveness of public health measures in reducing the incidence of covid-19, SARS-CoV-2 transmission, and covid-19 mortality.

Is the cure really worse than the disease? The health impacts of lockdowns during COVID-19 – “While there are certainly costs to be expected from intervening against COVID-19—every decision has a cost, after all—the counterfactual of an unmitigated epidemic makes these restrictions far less damaging than some have suggested”.

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Estudo randomizado | Multivitamínicos não são benéficos para a prevenção do câncer.

25 Mar, 2022 | 14:50h

Multivitamins in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease: The COSMOS randomized clinical trial – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Comentário: Daily Multivitamin Does Not Cut Cancer Incidence in Older Adults – HealthDay

Conteúdo relacionado: USPSTF Draft Statement: Insufficient evidence to recommend multivitamin supplements for the prevention of CVD or cancer. The statement also recommends against the use of beta-carotene (increases risk of CVD mortality and lung cancer) or vitamin E (clear evidence of no benefit)

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Vacina de Oxford contra Covid se prepara para o ato final: salvar o resto do mundo.

24 Mar, 2022 | 12:32h

Oxford Covid jab gears up for final act: saving the rest of the world – The Guardian

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Revisão | Estresse psicológico e doença cardíaca: fato ou folclore?

24 Mar, 2022 | 12:26h

Psychological Stress and Heart Disease: Fact or Folklore? – The American Journal of Medicine

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Revisão | Ampliação das definições dos fatores de risco ou de doenças como um direcionador ao diagnóstico excessivo (overdiagnosis).

24 Mar, 2022 | 12:24h

Broadening risk factor or disease definition as a driver for overdiagnosis: A narrative review – Journal of Internal Medicine

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Prevalência de monitoramento por terceiros dos websites de revistas médicas.

24 Mar, 2022 | 12:04h

Prevalence of Third-party Tracking on Medical Journal Websites – JAMA Health Forum

 

Comentário no Twitter

Interesting work in @JAMAHealthForum where the authors report that 99% of medical journals with an impact factor of 2.0 or higher expose visitors to third-party tracking by entities that work with pharmaceutical advertisers.https://t.co/ubvLQsuHeQ

— Chris Bennett, MD (@cleebennett) March 18, 2022

 

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