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Recomendações para a Redução do Impacto Ambiental dos Inaladores em Portugal: D...

This consensus document addresses the reduction of the environmental impact of inhalers in Portugal. It was prepared by the Portuguese Council for Health and the Environment and the societies representing the specialties that account for these drugs' largest volume of prescriptions, namely the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, the Portuguese Societ...

Climate Change, the Environment, and Health: A Call to Action

Recomendações para a Redução do Impacto Ambiental dos Inaladores em Portugal: D...

This consensus document addresses the reduction of the environmental impact of inhalers in Portugal. It was prepared by the Portuguese Council for Health and the Environment and the societies representing the specialties that account for these drugs’ largest volume of prescriptions, namely the Portuguese Society of Pulmonology, the Portuguese Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, the Portuguese Societ...

Implementation of digital health in rural populations with chronic musculoskele...

Musculoskeletal conditions are a major source of disability worldwide, and its burden have been rising in the last decades. Rural areas, in particular, are associated with higher prevalence of these conditions as well as higher levels of disability, which is likely related to other determinants that affect these communities. Although digital health has been identified as a potential solution to mitigate the imp...

Increasing maternal mortality associated with COVID-19 and shortage of intensiv...

We read with interest the article by Collin et al that described an increased risk of requiring intensive care in pregnant or postpartum women with SARS-CoV-2 infection, even when considering only cases needing invasive mechanical ventilation (relative risk [RR] 3.49; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.89-6.52).1 The results of this study have implications for countries with limited resources, such as Brazil, the c...

Mesa 5 –Disfunções sexuais: Disfunção eréctil; Hipogonadismo tardio no idoso; I...

Incontinência urinária

The Effect of Exercise Training on Diastolic and Systolic Function After Acute ...

After acute myocardial infarction (AMI), diastolic dysfunction is frequent and an important determinant of adverse outcome. However, few interventions have proven to be effective in improving diastolic function. We aimed to determine the effect of exercise training on diastolic and systolic function after AMI.One month after AMI, 188 patients were prospectively randomized (1:1) to an 8-week supervised program o...

Grey platelet disease.

Grey Platelet disease is a rare disease characterized by morphologic changes in platelets alpha-granules. These proteins are essential for the homeostasis, so the patients with this blood defect present hemorrhagic disturbs. The blood discrasia is usually mild, however some patients could present more serious manifestations, usually after a severe trauma. The authors present the following clinical report about ...

Evolution of the concept of heath center in the context of the new National Hea...

The authors consider the recently passed about the Portuguese health system reform, namely bills Laws 48/90 and 10/93 (the Bases for Health Law and the National Health Service Act) and they existing some contradictions between the two Laws. In this paper the authors try to adopt point out legislation, mainly the Bases for Health Law from August 24, 1990, as a standard for the conceptualization of a model. One o...