Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Consumption and Overweight in Multiple Sclerosis: Disability Progression.

Background: The rate at which disability progresses in multiple sclerosis (MS), and its severity, have been associated with modifiable lifestyle habits.

Objective: To investigate the risk of disability progression in MS patients according to tobacco and alcohol consumption and to the presence of overweight.

Methods: This was a follow-up of MS cases from a concluded case-control study (National Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Mexico 2010-2013).

[Knowledge about consumption of plain water in adults of low socioeconomic status of the city of Cuernavaca, México].

Objective: To describe and compare the everyday knowledge about plain water consumption among "small" and "big drinkers".

Materials And Methods: A qualitative study was conducted between April and August 2010 in Mexico. Eight focus groups with low socioeconomic status adults as key informants were conformed; half of the groups were conducted with men and half with women.