Toxoplasmosis in Brazil
Brazil’s obsession with toxoplasmosis is difficult to explain. The term, “Toxoplasma” appears in 0.363% of all Brazilian publications indexed on PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed – as compared to 0.086% of publications from the United States. Abstracts from Gideon www.GideonOnline.com summarize 120 relevant surveys / serosurveys from Brazil, but only 19 from the combined literature of neighboring Bolivia, Argentina and Venezuela (only 38 from the United States). Strikingly, there have been only 37 Brazilian surveys of HIV infection, and only 9 of dengue as of 2013.
The following list of Brazi...
Source: GIDEON blog - June 30, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology ProMED Brazil Toxoplasmosis Source Type: blogs
Life with Diabetes... in Brazil
We've been traveling the world for the past year or so, bringing you different perspectives on life with diabetes in our Global Diabetes Series. This month, we'd like to introduce you to Claudia Labate, a twenty-something in Brazil (the worlds' 5t... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - January 3, 2013 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Amy Tenderich Source Type: blogs
SurgeXperiences 3.23
It’s an honor and pleasure to bring you this new edition of The Best Surgical Grand Rounds Carnival.
FIFA WORLD CUP – SOUTH AFRICA 2010
I would like to express my gratitude to Jeffrey Leow of Vagus Surgicalis (Australian medical student with lots of interest and knowledge of surgery) and the creator of this Great Carnival. Australia is in Group D.
Bongi, a lucky SouthAfrican general surgeon who will host the FIFA World Cup in 12 days, shares a story that will push you to learn Afrikaans. South Africa will be head of the Group A and will play with México, Uruguay and France.
rlbates, my favorite (femal...
Source: Unbounded Medicine - May 30, 2010 Category: Surgery Authors: Jon Mikel I ñarritu Tags: Grand Rounds surgeXperiences Medlinks south africa world cup Source Type: blogs
Our Supermodel
A little eye candy for your Friday: Brazilian Supermodel Izabel Goulart.No, she doesn't have diabetes. But she has a sibling who does. Her 7-year old brother was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes five years ago.The Victoria's Secret Angel/Armani Exc... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - September 5, 2008 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Amy Tenderich Source Type: blogs
The New Hope
Man, there's been an amazing amount of buzz and excitement over new stem cell research out of Brazil that may "rein in Type 1 diabetes." By injecting 15 patients with their own stem cells, researchers were able to get these people off insulin enti... (Source: Diabetes Mine)
Source: Diabetes Mine - April 11, 2007 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Amy Tenderich Source Type: blogs
J2EE Architecture of Brazilian Healthcare IT System
TheServerSide discusses The J2EE Architecture of Brazilian Healthcare:
In Brazil, every citizen has the right to full healthcare, from primary care to complex procedures as heart transplants, for free, any place in the country. With a population of 180 million people, information is the key to better distribute resources and provide better healthcare.
Taking advantage of the Java based infrastructure of the Brazilian National Health Card, in 2003 a huge project was started aiming to build an integrated web based application to collect patient encounter information, to regulate complex procedures authorizations and to bu...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - February 17, 2006 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
J2EE Architecture of Brazilian Healthcare IT System
TheServerSide discusses The J2EE Architecture of Brazilian Healthcare:
In Brazil, every citizen has the right to full healthcare, from primary care to complex procedures as heart transplants, for free, any place in the country. With a population of 180 million people, information is the key to better distribute resources and provide better healthcare.
Taking advantage of the Java based infrastructure of the Brazilian National Health Card, in 2003 a huge project was started aiming to build an integrated web based application to collect patient encounter information, to regulate complex procedures authorizations and to buil...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - February 17, 2006 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
J2EE Architecture of Brazilian Healthcare IT System
TheServerSide discusses The J2EE Architecture of Brazilian Healthcare:
In Brazil, every citizen has the right to full healthcare, from primary care to complex procedures as heart transplants, for free, any place in the country. With a population of 180 million people, information is the key to better distribute resources and provide better healthcare.
Taking advantage of the Java based infrastructure of the Brazilian National Health Card, in 2003 a huge project was started aiming to build an integrated web based application to collect patient encounter information, to regulate complex procedures authorizations and to bu...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - February 17, 2006 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
