BACKGROUND Small invertebrate animals, such as nematodes and fruit flies, are increasingly being used to test candidate drugs both for specific therapeutic purposes and for long-term health effects. Some of the protocols used in these experiments feature such experimental design features as lifelong virginity and very low densities. By contrast, the ability of both fruit flies and nematodes to ...

Most studies on benzodiazepines emphasize overconsumption and warn of addiction, especially by older adults. This article is about the avoidance of benzodiazepine medications by 'aging' women living in a Brazilian village. This case study helps to support our central concern: to call attention to the ambiguities that exist in discussing these medications, and to stress the importance of a multi...

STUDY OBJECTIVES Long and short sleep have been associated with increased mortality. We assessed mortality and 3 aspects of sleep behavior in a large cohort with 22-year follow-up. DESIGN/SETTING Prospective, population-based cohort study. PARTICIPANTS 21,268 twins aged > or =18 years responding to questionnaires administered to the Finnish Twin Cohort in 1975 (response rate 89%), and 1981 ...

Today, 'general well-being' has become an important issue for young people to lead a healthy life. There are two areas that affect general well-being: family and school environment. The child's first socialization area is the second school. They can be considered separately as topics ensure integrity in health. aim of this study determine variables impair children. This research descriptive. 10...

Several studies have exposed the consumption of drugs by undergraduate students in the health area, who are supposed to be examples of behavior and health educators. This descriptive correlation study aimed to relate the benefits of tobacco consumption and barriers to quit according to the perception of undergraduate students. Eighty third-year students, in three different courses, answered a s...

OBJECTIVE A national epidemiological survey in Chile assessed adaptive (health care utilization) and maladaptive (substance use) postearthquake behaviors. METHODS Three months after the 8.8-magnitude 2010 Bio-Bio earthquake, face-to-face interviews were conducted with a representative sample of 2,108 adults. Logistic regression analyses examined predictors of health care service utilization a...

Abstract Environmental metabolomics has the potential to facilitate establishment of a new suite tools for assessing physiological status important wildlife species. A first step in developing such is evaluate impacts various capture techniques on metabolic profiles as necessary obtain biological samples required assays. This study employed 1 H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolite ...