BACKGROUND Obesity is a public health problem of alarming proportions, including among the university population in Latin America. The purpose of this study was to determine the relation between the self-reported body mass index and the associated drug use and health-risk behaviors. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional, descriptive study of 3,311 Chilean university students (17-24 years). T...

So often the mentally abnormal offender shuffles from Prison to mental hospitals, which he may have only ( JUst left a few weeks before, to pass into the hands of | *his mythical community care. As the number of hospital beds decreases, psychil atric patients, who have spent a greater part of their j 1'ves in the supportive, protective care of the mental hospital, leave to return into the world...

OBJECTIVE To analyze drug use trends among college students in 1996, 2001 and 2009. METHODS A cross-sectional epidemiological study with a multistage stratified cluster sample with 9,974 college students was conducted in the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. An anonymous self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information on drug use assessed in lifetime, the preceding 12 mo...

Crystal structures of polymorphs and solvatomorphs of the potential anxiolytic drug fenobam exhibit an exclusive preference for one of the two possible tautomeric structures. A novel methodology based on nonlinear optical response has been successfully employed to detect the presence of a polymorphic impurity in a mixture of polymorphs.

Turbine wear caused by hydro-abrasion due to suspended sediment in the turbine water has a negative impact on power production and revenue of hydropower schemes. Efficiency desanding facilities that reduce load ahead turbines is key limiting hydro-abrasion. Existing built according common design approaches often show lack performance, particular under non-ideal site-specific inlet outlet condit...

BACKGROUND Isoxazoles exhibit interesting biological activities, and the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition(13DC) reactions play an important role in both mechanistic and synthetic organic chemistry. Pyrazoles and annulated pyrazoles exhibit some diverse biological activities. They are used as antipyretic, analgesic drugs, tranquilizing, and herbicidal agents. Pyrazoles are also used extensively as usef...

background: obesity  was a dangerous chronic disease. physicians recommended drug therapy just in a few of obese patients in spite of many health risks. weight control can be improved comorbidities of obesity like hyperlipedemia, hyperinsulinoma, acanthosis nigricans and hypertension. materials and methods: this article reviewed the available original and review literatures which had been publi...

drug abuse is prevalent in all countries across the world and  induces variety of adverse effects (1). health problems arising from drug abuse commonly cause significant health challenges in the affected population and deteriorate many aspects of the patients’ performance and quality of life. comorbidities are discovered in 60 to 75% of addict patients, suffering from various drug-related disor...

due to high resolution power of sulfated cyclodextrins (hs-cds), utilization of these selectors for chiral resolution of 7 basic and 2 zwitterionic drugs have been examined. experiments were performed on a hp3dce instrument equipped with an on-column diode array uv absorbance detector. fused silica capillaries with an inner diameter of 50 ?m, an outer diameter of 365 ?m, and a total length of 4...

conclusions anti-tuberculosis drugs-induced hepatotoxicity caused treatment interruption in 5.5% of the patients with tuberculosis. the majority of the patients with dih were above fifty, and 50% the cases occurred during the first two weeks after treatment onset. physicians must carefully and closely monitor such patients. background hepatotoxicity is one of the most frequent adverse events th...