(HealthDay)—For children from the Brazilian Amazon, FTO rs9939609 allele is associated with increased body mass index (BMI) and BMI-for-age Z scores, with the effect significantly modified by vitamin D status, according ...
Nov 4, 2013
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Brazil has 370,000 regular crack cocaine users in major cities, including 50,000 minors, an official study found Thursday.
Sep 19, 2013
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Brazil launched a program Monday to lure thousands of foreign doctors to fill vacancies in its public health system, a move criticized by many domestic health care professionals.
Jul 9, 2013
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Brazil launched a campaign Tuesday to combat the ballooning waistlines of its population—a trend it said costs nearly $250 million each year in treatment of obesity-related diseases.
Mar 19, 2013
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Low birth weights are more prevalent among Brazilians with African ancestry and may be attributed to less use of prenatal care facilities and where those ethnic groups live, according to a new study.
Feb 26, 2013
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(AP)—Brazilian health officials say doctors will be required to notify authorities of every HIV case in the nation.
Dec 27, 2012
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The newly appointed deputy chief of the United Nations HIV-fighting program, Brazilian Luiz Loures, hailed his own country's achievements in the fight against the deadly global epidemic in an interview published Saturday.
Dec 22, 2012
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One of the world's most body-conscious countries, Brazil is now threatened by growing obesity rates, with half of the population already overweight.
Sep 7, 2012
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In Brazil, a country known for girls in mini-bikinis and where body-consciousness borders on obsession, nearly half the population is overweight, a study by the Ministry of Health released Tuesday found.
Apr 10, 2012
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