LOS CONTENIDOS FARMACOLÓGICOS EN LA CARRERA DE ESTOMATOLOGÍA: UN PROBLEMA SOCIAL DE LA CIENCIA Y LA TECNOLOGÍA: LOS CONTENIDOS FARMACOLÓGICOS, LA CIENCIA Y LA TECNOLOGÍA

Scientific-technological advances are common in the contemporary society.  Their application is rapidly increasing in all spheres of social life.  The health sector is not an exception. The prevention of new sicknesses related to buccal- facial complex and the adequate pharmacological management of patients need the knowledge of pharmacological contents and the application of the sciences and the technologies. The present article argues from the relationship science-technology-society, on the necessity of pharmacological treatment in dentistry for students to give an integral stomatology attention.Los avances científico-técnicos han cobrado auge en la sociedad contemporánea Su aplicación aumenta progresivamente en todas las esferas de la vida social. El sector de la salud no está exento de este desarrollo. La aparición y prevención de nuevas enfermedades relacionadas con el complejo buco-facial, así como el manejo farmacológico adecuado de los pacientes,  precisan del conocimiento de los contenidos farmacológicos y de la aplicación de la ciencia y la técnica para resolverlos. En el presente artículo se argumenta desde la relación ciencia-tecnología-sociedad, la necesidad del tratamiento al contenido farmacológico en los estudiantes de la carrera Estomatología para lograr una atención estomatológica integra

HIV/AIDS in people aged 50 and older in the province of Las Tunas, a fifteen year study

Background: the prevalence of infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is increasing in the population aged over 50 years, both due to increased survival and new diagnoses.Objective: to characterize the people aged 50 years and older, diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the province of Las Tunas from January 2004 to December 2018.Methods: an observational descriptive study was carried out with the patients and during the period stated in the objective. The universe was made up of 76 patients aged 50 years and older of the province included in the computerized HIV/AIDS register of the Ministry of Public Health. The following variables were assessed: age groups, sex, sexual orientation, source of research and clinical onset. For the analysis of the data descriptive statistics was used.Results: 73,7 % of the cases were diagnosed in the last five-year period, men accounted for 78.9 %, and the 50 to 59 age group was the most affected one, for 73,6 %. The predominant sexual orientation was homosexuality with 63,2 %. The most frequent source of research was detection with 39,5 %, 15,8 % had a clinical onset.Conclusions: in recent years there has been a marked increase of patients with HIV/AIDS aged 50 years and older in Las Tunas.</p