There is now a widespread recognition that the Web is the privileged place to search for and gather information in a wide variety of fields, as well as for consumers to share information about their experiences and interactions with brands, products and services. Moreover, it is increasingly important to realize that today digital communication is not completely controlled by the organization, there is a lot of...
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Introduction: Studies have shown the worsening of migraine associated with the COVID-19 infection and the pandemic more broadly. COVID-19 vaccination has also been associated with symptomatic headache, with high frequency among migraineurs. We aimed to assess the impact of COVID-19 diagnosis and vaccine administration on migraine, during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Methods: An online questionnaire was sent to migr...
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Healthcare environments are generating a deluge of sensitive data. Nonetheless, dealing with large amounts of data is an expensive task, and current solutions resort to the cloud environment. Additionally, the intersection of the cloud environment and healthcare data opens new challenges regarding data privacy.With this in mind, we propose MEDCLOUDCARE (MCC), a healthcare application offering medical image view...
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus prevalence in palliative patients tends to rise. The therapeutic goal guided strategies commonly used in diabetic patients are inadequate in the context of palliative care. Actually, these strategies may compromise the principles of well-being and quality of life by focusing on the prevention of long-term complications. The issues in this context are numerous. What is the target ...
Introdução: A Literacia em saúde é importante para a qualidade de vida dos elementos da comunidade [1]. Em Portugal é estimado que 5 em 10 pessoas tenham níveis reduzidos de literacia em saúde [2]. Atendendo à assistência proporcionada por instituições socio caritativas, nomeadamente as de cariz religioso, estas têm papel importante no apoio em situação de vulnerabilidade [3]. Objetivos: Descrever a intervenção...
Introdução e objetivos: O excesso de peso e a obesidade em jovens tem sido assumido por várias entidades como um pro- blema atual de saúde pública Mundial, com tendência a agravar. A Associação Portuguesa Contra a Obesidade Infantil estima uma prevalência de obesidade e excesso de peso em Portugal de 33% e 16,8%, respetivamente, e alerta para o facto de estes jovens estarem mais sujeitos a sofrer de bullying e ...
This article is the result of reflections from everyday professional work experiences at 1st Health Management of Santa Catarina State (GERSA), located in the municipality of São Miguel do Oeste (SC), which demands constant improvement and understanding of the socio-historical concepts regarding health and disease processes. This is a retrospective study of HD as a disease itself and its insertion in Brazilian ...