A study on parasites in Mexican rheumatic disease patients.

Blastocystis hominis is a common human parasite with infection rates up to 50% in developing countries, and giardiasis is the commonest intestinal one in Mexico. No doubt, various parasites as Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica can cause rheumatic diseases. This study coproparasitoscopic analysis evaluated the cysts by B.

Hypoglycemic action of Cucurbita ficifolia on Type 2 diabetic patients with moderately high blood glucose levels.

Ten Type 2 diabetic patients with moderately hyperglycemia, received a raw extract of Cucurbita ficifolia or potable water in a single dose of 4 ml/Kg body weight, in two different sessions at least separated by 1 week. Blood glucose levels were followed in both parts of the study by a period of 5 h. The patients had stopped their pharmacologic medication 24 h prior to each part of the study.

[Abdominal pregnancy with fetal survival. A report of 2 cases].

The objective of this paper is to present two cases of abdominal pregnancy, secondary, with fetal survival, studied at Hospital General de Zona No. 1, IMSS, at Villahermosa, Tabasco. Both patients were referred to our Unit for cesarean section by pelvic presentation.

[Somatometry in full-term newborns in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Study of a middle-class population].

Objective: Realize a somatometric study in the Tabasco zone and compared this results with a similar study.

Design: Full term newborns without patology take weight, height and head circumference.

Setting: In Villahermosa City, Capital of Tabasco State in México, from march 1, 1988 to january 31, 1989.