ABSTRACT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: Alcohol consumption during pregnancy is a significant social problem that may be associated with adverse perinatal outcomes. The aim of this study was to describe alcohol consumption during pregnancy and to study its association with low birth weight, newborns small for ...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are 30-60% more likely to develop cardiovascular disease (CV) than the general population. Metabolic syndrome (MS), defined by a number of cardiovascular risk factors, confers a greater risk of CVdisease and diabetes. The association of MS w...
Abstract The management of lung cancer is challenging. However, nowadays the main goal is to achieve a significant overall survival accompanied by a good quality of life. Because smoking is associated with up to 71% of cancer deaths, the first policy that should be established is one that promotes strate...
Detección Precoz del Cáncer,
Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad,
Genotipo,
Política de Salud,
Promoción de la Salud,
Neoplasias Pulmonares/epidemiología,
Neoplasias Pulmonares/prevención & control,
México/epidemiología,
Programas Nacionales de Salud/organización & administración,
Medicina de Precisión,
Servicios Preventivos de Salud/organización & administración,
Prevención Primaria/organización & administración,
Prevención Secundaria/organización & administración,
Fumar/efectos adversos,
Prevención del Hábito de Fumar
Abstract Tobacco smoking is causal risk factor of at least 16 different types of cancer. In Mexico, smoking causes 6 035 premature deaths annually of lung cancer and 5 154 from other types. Additionally, 16 408 new smoking- attributable cases are diagnosed, causing high costs in the Mexican health sector...
Publicidad/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Análisis Costo-Beneficio,
Política de Salud,
Promoción de la Salud/métodos,
México/epidemiología,
Neoplasias/epidemiología,
Neoplasias/prevención & control,
Vigilancia de la Población,
Factores de Riesgo,
Fumar/efectos adversos,
Cese del Hábito de Fumar,
Prevención del Hábito de Fumar,
Impuestos,
Uso de Tabaco/efectos adversos,
Uso de Tabaco/prevención & control,
Organización Mundial de la Salud
Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o monóxido de carbono exalado, a carboxihemoglobina e as variáveis cardiopulmonares em idosos praticantes de exercícios em ambientes externos e correlacionar com clima e poluição. Estudo ecológico temporal com 118 idosos ativos em Cuiabá. Foram obtidas in...
Background: Smoking and alcohol use are risky behaviors that can start early in life. Aim: To determine the lifetime prevalence of tobacco and alcohol use in adolescents aged 10 to 14 years and related factors. Subjects and Methods: A survey about smoking and alcohol use was answered by 1,392 teenagers a...
Alcoholismo/epidemiología,
Fumar/epidemiología,
Factores de Edad,
Alcoholismo/etiología,
Chile/epidemiología,
Métodos Epidemiológicos,
Prevalencia,
Factores de Riesgo,
Asunción de Riesgos,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Estudiantes/estadística & datos numéricos
Fundamento: la prevención del tabaquismo debe involucrar a maestros, padres, organizaciones sociales, profesionales de la salud, e incluso, estudiantes de las ciencias médicas. En el accionar de estos últimos las actividades extensionistas juegan un papel protagónico. Objetivo: describir una estrateg...
ABSTRACT Objective To determine the incidence of potentially malignant oral lesions, and evaluate and correlate their clinical and pathological aspects. Methods The sample consisted of cases clinically diagnosed as oral leukoplakia, oral erythroplakia, erythroleukoplakia, actinic cheilitis, and oral ...
Queilitis/patología,
Eritroplasia/patología,
Leucoplasia Bucal/patología,
Neoplasias de la Boca/patología,
Lesiones Precancerosas/patología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Queilitis/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Eritroplasia/epidemiología,
Incidencia,
Leucoplasia Bucal/epidemiología,
Liquen Plano Oral/epidemiología,
Liquen Plano Oral/patología,
Neoplasias de la Boca/epidemiología,
Lesiones Precancerosas/epidemiología,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Factores de Riesgo,
Fumar
Objective. To analyze the passage of Costa Rica's 2012 tobacco control law. Materials and methods. Review of legislation, newspaper articles, and key informant interviews. Results. Tobacco control advocates, in close collaboration with international health groups, recruited national, regional and interna...
Costa Rica,
Política de Salud/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Maniobras Políticas,
Salud Pública/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Fumar/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Cese del Hábito de Fumar/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Nicotiana,
Industria del Tabaco/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Contaminación por Humo de Tabaco/legislación & jurisprudencia,
Contaminación por Humo de Tabaco/prevención & control,
Tabaquismo/prevención & control
Background: Chest computed tomography (CT) scan may improve lung cancer detection at early stages in high risk populations. Aim: To assess the diagnostic performance of chest CT in early lung cancer detection in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients and Methods: One hundred...
