Social Status, Food Preference, and Coronary Heart Disease in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

Cardiologic evaluation of children with suspected heart disease: experience of a public outpatient clinic in Brazil Pediatric Cardiology Outpatient Clinic, SUS and Department of Pediatrics, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil

During initial evaluation of children on an outpatient basis, the index of suspected heart disease may be high, particularly if we consider that innocent murmur occurs in about 50% of the pediatric population. 1-3 This is the most common cause of referral to the pediatric cardiologist, with several reports of such experience published worldwide. Other causes like chest pain, breathlessness at r...

Spatial and temporal patterns of tuberculosis in the city of Ribeirão Preto, Brazil from 1998 to 2002*

Breast Milk Micronutrients in Lactating Mothers from Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil

Breast milk is the ideal food for infants and should be consumed as the exclusive food for the first six months and then be complemented up to two years of age. The aim of this study is to determine breast milk’s content of macro and micronutrient in lactating mothers from the Ribeirão Preto (SP) region, in Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted with breast milk samples of 70 mothers fro...

Preference for full-fat over low-fat foods among individuals suffering from coronary heart disease and healthy controls.

Dietary behaviour can modify the risks for coronary heart disease (CHD). Dietary fat contributes to the sensory characteristics of many foods, but there are individual differences in liking for regular and reduced fat products. Preference for dietary fat might differ between healthy individuals and those of diagnosed CHD status. Preference for full-fat versus low-fat foods was assessed in a gro...

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The front door of the Ribeirão Preto Health System for diagnosing tuberculosis Oliveira MF, Arcêncio RA, Ruffino-Netto A, Scatena LM, Palha PF, Villa TCS Rev Esc Enferm USP 2011; 45(4):893-8 www.ee.usp.br/reeusp/ The front door of the Ribeirão Preto Health System for diagnosing tuberculosis* O r ig in a l a r t ic l e A portA de entrAdA pArA o diAgnóstico dA tuberculose no sistemA de sAúde de r...