Maria do Desterro Soares Brandão Nascimento

TL;DR: The present study demonstrated that açaí possesses antitumorigenic potential in the MCF-7 cell line, which may help in the development of chemopreventive drugs and may have therapeutic effects in the treatment of breast cancer.

TL;DR: The authors fazem um breve relato da evolucao historica da leishmaniose visceral no Estado do Maranhao, Brazil, avaliando as possiveis causas da expansao da referida doenca no estado, assim como as medidas de controle adotadas pelo Ministerio da Saude objetivando a diminuicao da incidencia da mesma.

TL;DR: More effective control measures are needed to reduce prevalence and to detect asymptomatic cases in this high percentage of infected children.

TL;DR: The authors analysed the visceral leishmaniasis aspects in the State of Maranhao-Brazil, from 1982 to 1993, to allow a better control of the disease, despite some factors such as: the urbanization, localization and dynamic of transmission in endemic areas in the MarAnhao State.

TL;DR: The findings suggest that the use of pacifiers and/or bottle-feeding may be associated with unfavorable behaviors during breastfeeding, especially the use-of-pacifier-feeding.