Dengue sem asas
Cientistas do Reino Unido e dos Estados Unidos desenvolvem fêmeas de Aedes aegypti incapazes de voar, como alternativa para conter a transmissão da doença que provoca, anualmente, de 50 milhões a ...
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Public Health, Pest Control, Biological, Insect Vectors, Dengue, Culicidae, Aedes, Animals, Genetically Modified
Mais soro contra aranhas
Pesquisadores do Butantan desenvolvem processo para facilitar produção de soro contra picadas de aranha-marrom, responsáveis por mais de 5 mil acidentes no país em 2009. Conseguiram isolar o gene ...
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Public Health, Insect Bites and Stings, Spiders, Toxins, Biological, Genetics, Immunization, Passive
Incontinência urinária em homens
Pesquisa feita na Unicamp avalia a qualidade de vida de homens que sofrem com esse problema após a retirada da próstata.
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Public Health, Prostatectomy, Urinary Incontinence, Quality of Life, Men
Fumo e aneurisma
Estudo realizado na Universidade de Cincinnati indica que tabagismo aumenta significativamente o risco de desenvolver aneurisma em pessoas com determinadas variantes genéticas comuns. O estudo ressal...
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Public Health, Smoking, Risk Factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Intracranial Aneurysm
After an earthquake: management of crush injuries & crush syndrome
It brings information about earthquakes and their relation with crush injuries and crush syndrome, including their definitions, causes, complications and managements.
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Earthquakes, Crush Syndrome/etiology, Crush Syndrome/complications, Crush Syndrome/prevention & control
Trastorno de estrés postraumático
Trae informaciones acerca del trastorno de estrés postraumático y de los problemas que puede causar. Contiene resúmenes, noticias, enlaces, tutoriales, videos y temas relacionados.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/complications, Health Effects of Disasters
Coping with traumatic events
It provides information about mental health, mental disorders and reactions to crises and traumatic events, including publications, reports, news, vodcast, related links and other resources.
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Mental Health, Mental Disorders, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Anxiety Disorders, Depression, Health Effects of Disasters
Impact of severe weather conditions on biological products
It brings information about the impacts of weather conditions on biological products, what to do with them in the event of a power failure and the specific storage conditions required by some of them.
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Biological Products, Product Storage, Preservation, Biological
Emergency wound care after an earthquake
It brings information about injuries during and after an earthquake and the importance of first aid to reduce chances of infection.
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Earthquakes, Health Effects of Disasters, Emergency Medicine, Wounds and Injuries/therapy
Tabaquismo. Consejería de Salud de la Junta de Andalucía
Página que contiene diversos materiales para la prevención del tabaquismo: guías, vídeos, campañas, webs temáticas, etc.
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Smoking, Smoking/prevention & control, Tobacco Smoke Pollution, Smoking Cessation, 51529