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Objective: To analyze the functional capacity of hypertensive elderly assisted in the Family Health Strategy. Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative research with 359 hypertensive elderly patients. Instruments were used to characterize the elderly as to demographic characteristics and life habits, basic activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living and advanced activities of daily living. The research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee.

Background: Cancer of the cervix remains a major public health problem among women worldwide especially in developing countries and in Kenya, there are about 2,454 new cases and 1,676 annual deaths. The potential areas of new cases include fish landing sites, where there are high prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases due to promiscuity. However, knowledge and barriers to cervical cancer screening in the fish landing sites have not been assessed despite the vulnerability of the population.

Dhara is one of the pleasant as well as popular therapies. ‘Dhara’ is the procedure in which medicated oil, milk or buttermilk is poured in a continuous stream on the head especially on the forehead and when ‘Takra’ is poured on the forehead & scalp, it is called Takradhara. This Takradhara cures premature grey hair, fatigue, infirmity and emaciation, headache, lack of vitality, pricking pains of palm and sole, diabetes, lack of proper functioning of the limb, joints, pains in the chest, heart diseases, indigestion, dyspepsia and diseases of the eyes, nose, throat & ears.

Introduction: A total of 18 patients, with complete motor deficits and paraplegia caused by thoracic and lumbar spine trauma without muscle atrophy or psychiatric problems, were included into this study. Materials and Methods: The bone marrow was aspirated from the anterior iliac crest under local anesthesia and the mononuclear fraction was isolated by density gradient method. At least 750 million mononuclear-enriched cells, suspended in 2 mL of saline, were infused intrathecally.

Cancer, also termed malignancy is a disease characterized by an uncontrolled growth of cells, i.e., an abnormal growth of immortal cells with no apoptosis. More than 100 types of cancer are known, including breast cancer, skin cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, and lymphoma. What makes a cell a cancered one is the autointracellular pathogenic genome, or “cancerous genome” located inside that cancered cell.

This study aimed to present a prototype system to assist the scientific police to identify criminals. This is a descriptive applied research, with a qualitative approach using the hypothetical-deductive method; developed during the specialization course in Criminal Forensics, in Brazil. The subjects of the study to form the database were extracted from documents published by the Department of Public Safety.

Fluoxetine is indicated specifically for the treatment of depression, but other applications have been established through clinical and controlled clinical studies and is also indicated for obsessive-compulsive disorders, nervous bulimia, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, panic disorder, bipolar disorder, and neuropathies. In recent years, antidepressants have been shown as one of the major classes of drugs marketed in the global pharmaceutical market.

The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of white pitaya (Hylocereus undatus) lyophilised in mice fed with high-fat diet to induce obesity. The animals were divided in groups (n=10), fed with control diet (C1), high-fat diet (C2), high-fat diet with lyophilised white pitaya at 2% (P2) and 4% (P4) during 12 weeks. It was calculated weight gain, food consumption and Feed Efficiency Ration (FER). The glucose tolerance test was performed. The histology of the liver and epididymal adipose tissue were analyzed.

Background: Selenium is an essential element for human health, possessing antioxidant role and present in several selenoproteins. Objective: This manuscript aims to make a commentary from the survey of the mortality rate of cardiac patients in the last years and to evaluate the decision making of studies on the intake of selenium in Brazilian cardiac patients. Methods: We searched Medline, Pubmed, and SciELO for studies evaluating selenium and cardiovascular outcomes in patients.