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Oct 2015
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311XCO041015
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Nov 2015
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320152011.07252015
Mais Medicos Program: an effective action to reduce health inequities in Brazil
The Program More Doctors (Programa Mais Médicos) aims to decrease the shortage of physicians and reduce the regional health disparities and involves three main strategies: i) more places and new Medical Courses based on the...
Geral
Nov 2015
DOI: 10.1590/1413-812320152011.11302014
Violence against women: systematic review of the Brazilian scientific literature within the period from 2009 to 2013
Violence against women is a worldwide issue, and the number of publications addressing it tends to increase, due to its magnitude. This article analyzes the scientific literature on the issue, within the period from 2009...
Geral
2015
DOI: 10.7812/TPP/14-201
Suicide is a Baobab Tree: A Narrative Medicine Case Study
This case study is an example of applying narrative medicine as a useful tool for health professionals to manage an existential and complex scenario such as the suicide of a sibling. Some suicides are like...
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Dec 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.10.104
Elevated CETP activity during acute phase of myocardial infarction is independently associated with endothelial dysfunction and adverse clinical outcome
Recent data suggests that cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity may interact with acute stress conditions via inflammatory-oxidative response and thrombogenesis. We investigated this assumption in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Consecutive patients with...
Geral
Mar 2014
DOI: 10.7727/wimj.2011.216
Determination of Chemical Antioxidants and Phenolic Compounds in the Brazilian Mushroom Agaricus sylvaticus
Agaricus sylvaticus mushroom has been widely studied because of its high nutritional value and medicinal properties. The objective of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant potential of both alcoholic and aqueous extracts of Agaricus...
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2014
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167.2014670401
Geral
Jun 2014
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.847081
Waist circumference in predicting gestational diabetes mellitus
To evaluate waist circumference (WC) measured at 20-24 weeks of gestation as a predictor of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). This cross-sectional study included 240 women at 20-24 weeks of gestation. At enrollment, WC was measured,...
Geral
Dec 2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.10.103
HDL levels and oxidizability during myocardial infarction are associated with reduced endothelial-mediated vasodilation and nitric oxide bioavailability
Acute phase response modifies high-density lipoprotein (HDL) into a dysfunctional particle that may favor oxidative/inflammatory stress and eNOS dysfunction. The present study investigated the impact of this phenomenon on patients presenting ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)....
Geral
Feb 2013
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-72032013000200006
Changes of blood flow in the umbilical artery in hypertensive pregnancy and the implications in the neonatal outcomes
To evaluate the anthropometric characteristics of morbidity and mortality of premature newborns (NB) of hypertensive mothers according to the presence or absence of flow (DZ) or reverse (DR) diastolic flow in the dopplervelocimetry of the...