Introduction. Malnutrition in hospitalized patients correlates with increased frequency of clinical complications and mortality, as well as being associated with prolonged hospitalization, increased risk of infections ...

Body image is understood the way the individual perceives and feels in relation to his own body. His background has been heavily influenced by the cultural industry, responsible for imposing beauty standards through their ...

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM2) represents a chronic disease of high prevalence, being the lifestyle of most new cases. Also, the perception that the diabetic patient has about his illness acts as a protection ...

this trial aims to compare the efficacy of two treatments for chronic low back pain. Lumbar pain is a common symptom and related to reduced quality of life and significant economic loss. Despite its high prevalence, pain ...

Chitosan is a polymer derived from chitin, of low cost, renewable and biodegradable, being of great importance economic and environmental. Although in recent years, this compound has been described as a potent antimicrobial, ...

Rheumatic fever (RF) is an inflammatory disease that occurs after infection by group A beta-hemolytic streptococcus in genetically predisposed, mainly between 5 and 15 years, without gender predominance. O The diagnosis ...

From early civilizations the therapeutic potential of the species of the plant kingdom are known and exploited, either in the form of teas, ointments, or even as modern medicine today. The species Erythroxylum are known ...

Cervical cancer (CC) is the third leading cause of death among neoplasms in women, which translates into an important public health problem, especially in less developed areas, which concentrate more than 80% of world ...

Glaucoma is a disease of unknown etiology characterized by degeneration of axons of the papilla of the optic nerve that can lead to an irreversible blindness. Most often, it is associated to an increased intraocular ...

Introduction: Among Diabetic neuropathic Foot Complications the Charcot neuroarthropathy (CN) is noteworthy, threatening condition to the lower limbs and lives of people with diabetes mellitus. It is a noninfectious ...