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Application of adiposity indices to a sample of physically active individuals living in the city of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: To compare adiposity indexes in physical activity individuals to evaluate behavior, diagnostic ability and to determine which parameter best reflects and diagnoses body fatness. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed on 100 physically active individuals (59% female). The participants ...

Validade do autorrelato de anemia e do uso terapêutico de sais de ferro durante a gestação: coorte de nascimentos de 2015 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

O objetivo deste estudo é investigar a validade do autorrelato de anemia e de uso terapêutico de sais de ferro, frente à informação de hemoglobina da carteira da gestante. O estudo utiliza dados da coorte de nascimentos de 2015 de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Para a validação do autorrelato...

Efecto gastroprotector de un nutraceutico compuesto por Ocimum micranthum Willd (albahaca silvestre) frente a ulceras gástricas inducidas por etanol en ratas
Gastroprotective effect of an Ocimum micranthum Willd nutraceutical product in ethanol-induced gastric ulcer in rats

Objetivo: Investigar el efecto de los extractos acuosos en infusión y cocimiento de un nutraceutico compuesto de Ocimum micranthum Willd (ISHCATUL®), en un modelo de ulcera gástrica inducida con etanol en ratas. Materiales y Métodos: Estudio experimental. Se distribuyeron 25 ratas machos en cuatro gr...

Herbal Supplement Sales in US Increase 8.5% in 2017, Topping $8 Billion. Strongest sales growth in more than 15 years bolstered by continued popularity of Ayurvedic herbs and new formulations of botanicals with general health and nutrition benefits

HerbalGram; 119 (), 2018
In 2017, retail sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States surpassed $8 billion for the first time, reaching an estimated total of $8.085 billion. Consumer spending increased by approximately $633 million, or 8.5%, from 2016 — the strongest US sales growth for herbal supplements in more t...

Use of vitamin D and infection in patients with chronic kidney disease

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.6), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of vitamin D supplementation as protection factor against infection of patients with chronic kidney disease on conservative treatment. Method: Retrospective cohort study carried out between 2013 and 2016 in the Conservative Treatment Outpatient Clinics ...

Vitamin B12, bone mineral density and fracture risk in adults: A systematic review

Summary Objective: To consolidate information available on the effect of vitamin B12 on bone mineral density and fracture risk, with emphasis on clinical trials, observational and longitudinal data conducted in humans. Method: A systematic review of the literature of the past decade on the role of vita...

El hígado y la toxicidad por drogas, hierbas y suplementos dietéticos

Arch. argent. pediatr; 115 (6), 2017
El daño hepático por drogas y sustancias representa, aproximadamente, el 20% de los casos de falla hepática aguda en niños. Está causada por dos mecanismos: hepatotoxicidad directa y por idiosincrasia. La primera surge de la administración de una droga con toxicidad intrínseca y es dependiente de ...

Iniquidade na suplementação de sulfato ferroso entre gestantes no sul do Brasil

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 20 (4), 2017
RESUMO: Introdução: O uso de sulfato ferroso é recomendado a todas as gestantes a partir da vigésima semana de gestação até o terceiro mês após o parto. Objetivo: Avaliar a cobertura de sulfato ferroso entre as gestantes e diferenciais de acordo com variáveis demográficas e socioeconômica...

What do Cochrane systematic reviews say about interventions for vitamin D supplementation?

Säo Paulo med. j; 135 (5), 2017
ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Despite the high prevalence of vitamin D supplementation, its use remains controversial. The objective of this review was to identify and summarize the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews regarding vitamin D supplementation for preventing ortreating any clinical con...