Eugenia punicifolia leaf extract has a hypotensive effect and inhibits angiotensin-converting enzyme activity in both in vitro and in vivo models.

Chronic high blood pressure has for many years been considered a public health problem. Eugenia punicifolia is a plant used to treat diabetes by the local population, however its hypotensive effect has never been investigated

Medidas antropométricas faciais de adultos segundo diagnóstico do modo respiratório e o sexo

RESUMO: Objetivo: comparar as medidas antropométricas faciais de adultos segundo o modo respiratório e o sexo. Métodos: a amostra do estudo foi constituída por 82 sujeitos adultos, na faixa etária entre 18 e 35 anos, 59 do sexo feminino e 23 do sexo masculino. A partir das avaliações fonoaudiológica e otorrinolaringológica, foram diagnosticados 46 respiradores nasais e 36 respiradores orais. As medidas faciais foram obtidas com paquímetro e comparadas segundo diagnóstico do modo respiratório e sexo dos sujeitos, utilizando-se o teste t de Student e da Correlação de Pearson, com nível de significância de 5%. Resultados: as medidas antropométricas verticais (terço médio, terço inferior, altura facial, lábio superior e lábio inferior) foram significantemente maiores nos respiradores orais e apresentaram correlação positiva com o modo respiratório. Todas as medidas faciais realizadas foram maiores no sexo masculino e mostraram correlação positiva com a variável sexo. Conclusões: as medidas antropométricas faciais do plano vertical foram maiores nos respiradores orais, sugerindo padrão de crescimento facial mais alongado nesses sujeitos. Todas as medidas antropométricas faciais obtidas nos planos vertical, horizontal e transversal foram maiores nos sujeitos do sexo masculino

Brazilian Consensus on Photoprotection

Brazil is a country of continental dimensions with a large heterogeneity of climates and massive mixing of the population. Almost the entire national territory is located between the Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, and the Earth axial tilt to the south certainly makes Brazil one of the countries of the world with greater extent of land in proximity to the sun. The Brazilian coastline, where most of its population lives, is more than 8,500 km long. Due to geographic characteristics and cultural trends, Brazilians are among the peoples with the highest annual exposure to the sun. Epidemiological data show a continuing increase in the incidence of nonmelanoma and melanoma skin cancers. Photoprotection can be understood as a set of measures aimed at reducing sun exposure and at preventing the development of acute and chronic actinic damage. Due to the peculiarities of Brazilian territory and culture, it would not be advisable to replicate the concepts of photoprotection from other developed countries, places with completely different climates and populations. Thus the Brazilian Society of Dermatology has developed the Brazilian Consensus on Photoprotection, the first official document on photoprotection developed in Brazil for Brazilians, with recommendations on matters involving photoprotection