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El artículo presenta las opiniones del autor en médico lectura y su valor en continua educación médica. Los temas discutidos incluyen la necesidad de leer prestigiosas revistas médicas, con revisión por profesionales con amplia experiencia en ginecología u obstetricia; opinión que clínico o un cirujano siempre debe estar actualizado con los avances más recientes; y la Internet en la medicina.

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This work presents preliminary data on the clinical utility and outcome predictors of The San Francisco Stop Smoking Internet Site (SFSSIS) (Lenert et al., 2003) used with weekly e-mail contacts and the usual pharmacological treatment. Fifty smokers participated in the current series of cases, 24 males and 26 females, with an age average of 43.24 (SD=10.24) years old. Thirty-two of the participants started the treatment. The abstinence rate in the postreatment is 78.1% and in the one year follow-up 53.1%. The best outcome predictor in the postreatment is the Beck Depression Inventory score (R2= 0.46, β= 0.51, p< 0.05), however in the one year follow-up the predictors are the carbon monoxide test (β1= 0.39, p< 0.05) and the age at time of starting to smoke (R2= 0.60, β2= 0.43, p< 0.05). It is important to emphasize that the participants were motivated to start the treatment and satisfied with it at the end. These preliminary results support the clinical utility of the SFSSIS for giving up smoking. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Pro-Ana and Pro-Mia blogs are websites antirecovering where participants promote eating disorders, they interchange experiences and provide emotional support to others. There are few research about these sites in Spanish, whereby present study aimed to describe social function of Pro- Ana and Pro-Mia blogs. For this purpose, messages posted in 12 of these sites where analyzed through Grounded Theory method. Results, organized in two main categories - 1) "Being Ana" and 2) "Blog as a virtual shelter", showed that eating disorders are experienced as a painful but worthy decision, whose difficulties are coped by the support provided in these sites. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article attempts to review the main research on web sites that promote Eating Disorders (ED), Pro-ana and Pro-mia. It gives the opportunity to reflect on this growing topic that continues to be not well known. Some questions emerge in relation to the sense of belonging to virtual groups, group identity, codes and shared symbols. So, this article is an invitation to start to understand what some authors have called the "Sub-culture Ana" which provides an opportunity to know the way people might possibly suffer from an ED as well as think and feel about their disorder and other aspects of their lives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The advent of Information and Communication Technologies favored the development of e-learning academic experiences in medicine. Web 2.0 and Cloud technological tools have spurred a more active participation from students and medical professionals in the education processes by enabling diferent educational settings. Through the integration of interactive contents, virtual reality, video conferencing, digital contents, combined web resources, synchrony and asynchrony, and the access to material resources through cross-platform software, the boundaries of distance and time in professional education are surmounted, making it continuous and permanent. The experiences of the use of e-learning in medicine in both undergraduate and graduate education have been numerous, and there have been several success cases in its implementation. The purpose of this paper is to relect on the implications of the use of e-learning in medical education, weighing the advantages and disadvantages of its application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives. The objective of this study is to evaluate the information quality about pregnancy symptoms in Spanish available in the internet. Materials and methods. This is an analytic, cross-sectional study. In order to evaluate the selected websites, we used a methodology previously validated by Curró et al. The websites were selected from Google, MSN.com and yahoo.com. The quality evaluation included three components: medical contents, accountability and usability of the website. The medical content was compared with the data available in the national guidelines for Comprehensive Sexual and Reproductive Health, from the Peruvian Ministry of Health. Results. Ninety nine websites in Spanish were evaluated. from them, 26.3% had medium adherence to the gold standard document. In 37.4% the websites were of low quality. A total of 24.2% were blogs, they were associated (as a protrective factor) to sites of poor quality (OR: 0.1, 95% CI: 0.02 to 0.5). Conclusions. The majority of websites in Spanish related to pregnancy symptoms have low quality. These findings indicate the need to properly educate patients and general public, and a critical evaluation of the information quality found at the Internet as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Diabetes is a global health problem with a growing number of individuals with diabetes mellitus in the world. Information and communication technologies (ICT) could play an important role in this group of patients. Objective. To report the use and perceptions regarding ICT in patients with diabetes. Material and methods. During August 2008, previously validated surveys were applied to patients with diabetes attending a national hospital in Peru. Results. Two hundred patients with diabetes were surveyed (median: 60 years old, 78.5% women). Most of them never used a computer (89.5%), E-mail (90%), Internet (92%), or chat (91.5%). Most of the participants (91.5%) never sought health information on the Internet. Forty nine percent of participants make and/or receive calls using cell phones at least once a week. However, most of them (84.5% and 67%) never have sent or received text messages, respectively. Almost all of participants would like to receive information about diabetes care. Most of them (70.5% and 61.5%) expressed their interest to participate in a program to support their diabetes using cell phones and the Internet, respectively. Conclusions. Besides use of ICT was relatively low, the perception towards a system or a program using cell phones or the Internet for diabetes support is positive. It is necessary to further explore the reasons why patients do not use cell phones and/or the Internet, and to evaluate the feasibility of ICT interventions for better diabetes care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Homophobia is defined as a general negative attitude toward homosexual persons. The homophobia has important implications in public health for preventing Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (HIV). Several studies report homophobia among health professional. However, this topic has been less investigated among medical students. Objective: To know the prevalence of homophobia and some associated variables among medical students during the last decade. Method: A systematic review was carried out of original articles published in Ebsco, Imbiomed, Lilacs, MedLine, Ovid, and ProQuest. It was reviewed articles published between 1998 and 2007 in English, Portuguese and Spanish. The key words used to search were "homophobia", "homosexuality" and "medical students". Descriptive analysis of information was done. Results: A total of six researches were included. Only two articles reported homophobia prevalence. The prevalence of homophobia was between 10% and 25%. Homophobia was related to religious beliefs, male sex, less age, lower sex knowledge, never having experienced sexual intercourse, right-wing political orientation and lower family income. Conclusions: Homophobia is present at least 10% of medical students. Religious beliefs and male sex are the most important associated factors. This finding has an important implication for public health to prevent HIV infection. More investigations are needed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses three cases of extrapelvic endometriosis and also presents a narrative review of the current literature on the topic. Extrapelvic endometriosis is defined as a presence endometrial tissue within the uterus. Diagnosis of the condition is often overlooked. Three particular cases are presented, one involving cesarean scarring, as well as a revision of medical literature. A search on Medline, ProQuest, and Ovid on the topic in both English and Spanish was done and subsequently reviewed.

The article discusses new and better systems review for better results in health care practices. The vast array of biomedical information has increased dramatically, as shown by the appearance of systematic reviews and the scientific development of the synthesis of individual pieces of evidence. The objective of the article is to show the defining characteristics of systematic review, as well as show the development, characteristics, and advantages that exist when producing biomedical literature, particularly for databases such as MEDLINE and LILACS.

El artículo examina los avances tecnológicos en el campo médico durante los últimos 25 años. La tecnología ha sido un factor clave en los diversos procedimientos diagnósticos y terapéuticos. Las comunicaciones de fibra óptica han facilitado la comunicación de datos y personas por Internet. El artículo explora la evolución histórico del desarrollo del uso de la tecnología en la medicina.

El artículo presenta reseñas de varias páginas Web que ofrecen información sobre la patología de la columna. Estas páginas incluyen www.spine.org, www.spineuniverse.com, y www.srs.org.

El artículo presenta reseñas de varias páginas Web que ofrecen información sobre la cirugía del hombro. Algunas de las páginas mencionadas incluyen www.ases-assn.org, la página de la American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, www.orthop.washington.edu/shoulder_elbow, y www2.aaos.org/shoulder/main.htm.