Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by vascular and nerve involvement, including diabetic foot complications. Protective sensory loss in the feet of diabetic patients is a critical ...

Introduction: In a reality of low coverage of Primary Care Health and large areas of no assistence, the Provision Programs (Primary Care Professional Appreciation Program and More Doctors Program) arise with the objective ...

Introduction: One of the main barriers to women's access to legal abortion in Brazil today is the lack of health professionals who are willing to perform the procedure. Conscientious objection is a normative device of ...

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATED WHIT AUDIOLOGICAL CHANGES. Introduction: Systemic sclerosis (ES) is an aetiologically unknown pathology that affects several systems. Clinically it is characterized ...

PREVENABLE FRACTION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND CANCER: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LITERATURE. Introduction: The incidence of cancer, as well as other chronic diseases, has increased in recent years as a consequence of the ...

Introduction: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) protein. The absence or inadequate ...

NKX2-5 GENE MUTATION IN PATIENTS WITH CONGENITAL CARDIOPATHY ASSOCIATED WITH MORPHOGENESIS DEFECTS OR TIREOIDAL FUNCTION. Genetic and molecular studies suggest the essential involvement of the NKX2-5 transcription ...

Background: The BRAFV600E mutation is the most prevalent mutation in patients diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). The clinical meaning of Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) associated with PTC has been studied, ...

Introduction: HIV-1 infection is a public health problem, but with a pre-therapy institution for antiretroviral therapy (ART), there is adequate control of infection with less burden of opportunistic diseases and ...