Medicine

PUBLICATIONS

A patient’s perspective

Medical journals invite patients to help review scientific articles about their conditions

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Cover

The reasons for the decline in vaccinations

At least nine factors contribute to a reduction in childhood immunization and increase the risk of the reappearance of serious illnesses

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Innovation

A high-tech dressing for chronic wounds

A prototype smart dressing that monitors the wound and releases precise doses of antibiotics when needed, facilitating the regeneration of damaged tissue.

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Epidemiology

West Nile virus isolated in Brazil

The West Nile fever virus was isolated in Brazil for the first time by researchers at the Evandro Chagas Institute

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FUNDING

Tax Law for Cancer

Program receives more tax-exemption funds for treatment than for research into the disease

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History

The atheism of Fritz Müller

In 1848, naturalist Fritz Müller asked the University of Greifswald to excuse him from making the traditional oath to God during his graduation ceremony

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PEDIATRICS

Replacing the body’s defenses

Bone marrow transplant is the best long-term alternative for treating IPEX syndrome, a rare childhood immune disease

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PUBLIC HEALTH

A parasite reaches the big city

Difficult diagnosis and a warmer climate facilitate the advance of visceral leishmaniasis toward large urban centers

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Hans Asperger

Pediatrician and Nazi collaborator

historian Herwig Czech showed that the pediatrician aided and supported the Nazi regime and was rewarded with professional opportunities

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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 

Zika against cancer

The Zika virus is being tested as a tool for treating aggressive tumors of the central nervous system

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PUBLIC HEALTH 

A barrier against HIV

New medication to prevent transmission of the AIDS virus is adopted and evaluated in Brazil

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Medicine

Caution with antibiotics and antacids

Antibiotics and antacids can lead to the development of allergies later in life

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MEDICINE

Reversing Wasting Syndrome

Physical exercise can halt cachexia, the inflammation that induces unwanted weight loss and worsens cancer and other diseases

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CARDIOLOGY

Replaced hearts

Fifty years after the first heart transplant, survival is up but donors remain scarce

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physics

Half a century with ALS

Stephen Hawking may have been the longest-living patient with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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Public health

Visceral leismaniasis gets to the metropolises

Diagnosis difficulties and warmer climate favor disease movement towards large urban centers

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Careers

From the newsroom to the medical clinic

After working as a journalist in Brazil and Europe, Christian Kieling switched to medicine and today researches depression in adolescents

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Retrospect

A controversial vaccine

Early attempts to prevent yellow fever in Brazil, in 1883, were beset by controversy

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NEUROLOGY

Signs of Epilepsy

International study of brain scans suggests a link between the disease and cerebral atrophy

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Five years later

Study spanning 71 countries shows that survival rates for prostate cancer rose and pediatric cancer fell in Brazil

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Cover

The mechanisms of aging

Studies of living cells and organisms identify genetic and molecular phenomena associated with physical and mental decline

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RETROSPECT

For a sanitized city

Created a century ago, the Laboratory of Hygiene was the precursor of the School of Public Health at USP

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ONCOLOGY

Cancer diagnosis innovation

Startups adopt new screening methods and biotechnology techniques

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NEUROLOGY

Adolescent depression

Heightened reward-related brain activity may predict an increased risk for developing the disorder

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PUBLIC HEALTH

Examining the yellow fever vaccine

Scientific evidence indicates that the fractionated dose produces a protective effect, but there is no consensus about its duration

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INTERVIEW

Peter Lees Pearson: From micro to macro, a finder of solutions

Chromosome expert proposes ways to improve Brazilian universities

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Medicine

A capsule that assesses the health of your gut

At about 2.5 centimeters long and 1 cm thick, the capsule is a less invasive way to investigate gastrointestinal health

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careers

A new generation of Petri dishes

Biochemist Margaret Magdesian developed an alternative device for growing cells and started her own company in Canada to manufacture it

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Retrospect

For the mad, the madhouse

The first insane asylums in Brazil were built in the mid-nineteenth century in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo

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PHARMACY

An eclectic plant

Jambu is used not only in the kitchen but also in cosmetics, and could be used in dentistry and to kill ticks

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