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The book is a co-edition of the Joaquim Venâncio Polytechnical School of Health, from Fiocruz, and Expressão Popular Publisher. (Aicó Culturas design) - Illustrated panels were designed by Camila Scramin Rigo This new chapter, completed in October 2014, was dedicated to updating events, studies and policy…

"Health, Development, Justice and International Cooperation" is the discipline offered by the Center for Bioethics and Diplomacy Studies in Health (Nethis/Fiocruz) in the elective curriculum of the Professional Master's in Public Policies in Health of Fiocruz Brasilia. Master classes will begin on August 3rd at the Fiocruz School of Government…

SAN DIEGO - Teenagers increasingly become supporters of the electronic cigarette, showed a study presented yesterday by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) at the annual Congress of Academic  Societies of this specialty, in California. And it is adopted not only by non-smokers, but by young people who have smoked…

Five pesticides were classified as "probable" or "possible" carcinogens for man by the cancer's agency of the  World Health Organization (Iarc). The risks have been evaluated on the basis of studies of agricultural exposure carried out in the USA, Canada and Sweden, as well as in laboratoriesThe…

Image: Veja. The World Health Organization (WHO) published yesterday new recommendations, insisting that  sugar may not exceed the mark of 10% of the daily consumption of energy of one person, under the risk of creating serious health problems. The Estado found that the food industry pressured…

Jose Agenor Álvares Silva, Advisor at Fiocruz Brasília, formar Minister of Health and former Director of the National Agency of Sanitary Survaillance (Anvisa). Photo: Anvisa. Health authorities around the world, including Brazil and the United States, are aware that there is a real epidemic of chronic…

The basis of the reflection that I bring to this table is the relation between health policy and medicine, addressed under an internationalist approach, as the basis for a final comment, as conclusion. At the end of World War II flourished a widespread feeling of solidarity, whose expression in international…

Ultraprocessed food is empty in nutrients and rich in salt, sugar, fat and other chemicals. Picture: Danilo Takano / stock.xchng Cakes, packaged soups, breads, cookies, lasagna, pizza, hamburger, soda, refreshments. What do these foods have in common? In addition to being easy to consume, because they…

Shallow explanations for corruption are tempting, but have limited period of validity Ligia Bahia, professor at UFRJ. Picture: O Globo One has to admit that the spirit for New Year's Eve Parties is not of euphoria. On the exhibition from the depths of large business "models"…

It's amazing the power of intimidation of the tobacco industry. Not enough commercializing a product that causes chemical dependency and robs on average 12 years of a man's life and 11 years of a woman's life, the makers insist the continuing crime to press the authorities to prevent the application…