The city of Rio de Janeiro is one the biggest cities in Brazil. Drug gangs and paramilitary groups called milícias control some regions where government not present, specially slums. Due to characteristics such two distinct groups, it was observed that evolution COVID-19 different those regions, comparison with controlled by government. In order understand qualitatively observations, we divided...

background: hairdressers are occupationally exposed to a number of agents in their workplace that result in respiratory symptoms and changes in pulmonary function. objective: to evaluate associations between occupational exposure and respiratory function and reported symptoms in a group of hairdressers compared to a control group. methods: a questionnaire on respiratory symptoms and workplace c...

Knowledge of drug-drug interactions is crucial to HIV therapeutics. Recent reports in this area include reduced atazanavir exposure with coadministration of omeprazole or rifampin; increased hepatic toxicity with coadministration of saquinavir and rifampin; reduced buprenorphine exposure with concurrent efavirenz administration; absence of clinically significant interactions of depomedroxyproge...