OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to contextualize adolescent pregnancy from milestones associated with the process of transition from youth to adulthood. METHODS This is a cross-sectional study conducted with 200 adolescents, users of the Brazilian Unified Health System. The sample size for the estimation of proportions has been calculated assuming a population ratio of 0.50 and 95% c...

TOPIC: Chest Infections TYPE: Medical Student/Resident Case Reports INTRODUCTION: A lung nodule in an elderly patient almost always raises concern for cancer, irrespective of risk factors. While cancer remains foremost the clinicians mind, a thorough occupational history may provide clues implicating different diagnosis more uncommon etiologies nodule, such as our case. CASE PRESENTATION: 74 ye...

A new virus called COVID-19, began to spread in Wuhan (China) since the end of 2019, and is now found all over world. This virus, addition increasing risk death from infection, also increases psychological pressure on humanity. Samples were taken college students different UANL faculties, using cluster sampling, which responded a battery questionnaires that included 7-ítem Generalized Anxiety D...

OBJECTIVES to describe the sociodemographic characteristics and the number of morbidities in the elderly, according to the dynamics of living arrangements and evaluate the sociodemographic and health determinants of the living arrangements. METHODS this is a household longitudinal survey (2005-2012), carried out with 623 elderly people. Descriptive statistical analysis and multinomial logisti...