OBJECTIVE The article assessed the overall mortality in Brazil in 2000 and 2010. METHODS Data source was the Mortality Information System from Ministry of Health of Brazil. RESULTS The data show the high rate of mortality among men compared to women between ages of 20 to 59 years and an expressive lower life expectancy by this population. The main groups of death were: external causes; dise...

BACKGROUND Changes in socioeconomic status, lifestyle and behavioral factors among the urban population in Ethiopia is resulting in a shift in the causes of mortality.We used verbal autopsy data from 2006 to 2009 to measure the association of socioeconomic and behavioral factors with causes of mortality in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. METHODS A total of 49,309 deaths from burial surveillance were e...

Sleep problems are frequently addressed as a primary or secondary concern during the visit to the pediatric neurology clinic. Sleep disorders can mimic other neurologic diseases (e.g., epilepsy and movement disorders), and this adds challenges to the diagnostic process. Sleep disorders can significantly affect the quality of life and functionality of children in general and those with comorbid ...

Treatment: Host, Behavioral, and Pathogen Level Factors Loren Miller, MD, MPH; Samantha J. Eells, MPH; Michael Z David, MD PhD; Nancy Ortiz; Susan Boyle-Vavra, PhD; Robert S Daum, MD; Division of Infectious Diseases, Harbor-University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Torrance, CA; Division of Adult Infectious Diseases, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute At Harbor-UCLA Medical C...

OBJECTIVES Patient adherence and persistence is important to improve outcomes in chronic conditions, including inflammatory and immunologic (I&I) diseases. Patient programs that aim at improving medication adherence or persistence play an essential role in optimizing care. This meta-analysis assessed the effectiveness of patient programs in the therapeutic area of I&I diseases. METHODS A glob...

The article is devoted to topical issues of reducing mortality from cardiovascular diseases and the role behavioral risk factors on example Ryazan region. There a high contribution acute chronic forms coronary heart disease (IHD) circulatory system and, in general, all causes. main contributing development stroke, myocardial infarction, percutaneous interventions all-cause are dyslipidemias, SC...

Introduction: Preparedness for the prevention of travel-related infectious diseases among Malaysian international travelers has yet to be explored. With no such data, health programs to empower travelers on behavioral responses towards travel-related illnesses will be ineffective. The current study aimed to develop and validate a new scoring-based instrument measuring Malaysian...

Background and aim: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic disorder that is most common in early childhood. Both immunological and psychological factors are important in AD pathogenesis and should therefore be taken into account. The aim of this study was to compare behavioral characteristics of 30 infants (3-12 month-old) with AD with 40 controls.Materials and Methods: Th...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a series of neurodevelopmental disorders presented as behavioral abnormality such problems with social, communication, and repetitive behaviors. There are four ASD-related monogenetic diseases worthy analysis: fragile X syndrome, PTEN hamartoma tumor tuberous sclerosis complex, Rett syndrome. These respectively caused by one gene have something in common phenot...