Knowledge of professionals about sexuality of the ostomyzed.

Background: An ostomy significantly influences a person's life, altering their biopsychosocial and sexual sphere and affecting their interpersonal relationships.

Materials And Methods: Through an observational, descriptive, and cross-sectional study, with a questionnaire aimed at professionals from a health area in Madrid, we analyzed: sociodemographic variables, knowledge of the professionals on the subject, referral of the patient according to the professional's assessment and feelings that the subject under study produces in the patient and in professionals.

Results: 49% claimed to have no knowledge about sexuality of the ostomyzed patients.

Diffuse cavernous hemangioma of the rectum.

Diffuse cavernous hemangioma (DCH) is a rare benign vascular lesion. The rectosigmoid colon is the most common site of this disease. It affects mainly young adults.

Valuation of Life With Disability: An International Comparison Study in Vietnam, Peru, and Haiti.

The authors measured perceived quality of life for 4 disabilities among 450 adults in 3 resource-limited countries, measuring mean utilities using time trade-off, and surveying participants on 35 sociocultural characteristics to compare utilities for disabilities by country and examine associated sociocultural characteristics. Mean utilities were >0 for mild and moderate, but <0 for severe and profound. Utilities differed across countries ( = .

Assessment of the efficacy and tolerance of an innovative regenerative serum on cutaneous regeneration, following fractional laser procedure using Erbium:YAG.

Introduction: Cutaneous regeneration, fractional laser, medical device, cellular proliferation cutaneous changes linked to photoaging are currently treated with physical treatments, such as fractional laser, which may induce epidermal alteration.

Objective: To determine the efficacy and safety of a regenerative serum (Matricium , Laboratoire Bioderma, France) after laser procedure.

Methods: Prospective, double-blind, controlled, and randomized study in subjects with photoaged skin.

Histological and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of the Efficacy of a New Cosmetic Formulation in the Treatment of Skin Photoaging.

. Mechanism of action of cosmetic products is not often studied. The aim of this study is to determine the histological, immunohistochemical, and clinical changes of a new cosmetic formulation.

Regulation of sodium-glucose cotransporter SGLT1 in the intestine of hypertensive rats.

Experimental models of hypertension, such as spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR), show alterations in cellular sodium transport that affects Na(+)-coupled cotransport processes and has been involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. The objective of the present study was to analyze the kinetic properties of the sodium-dependent glucose transport in the jejunum and ileum of SHR and its genetic control, Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats, as well as the regulation of the transporter, SGLT1. In hypertensive rats, the increased systolic blood pressure was accompanied by an enhancement of serum aldosterone levels compared with WKY rats, but no alterations were found in their body weight or serum glucose/insulin levels.

Regulation of D-fructose transporter GLUT5 in the ileum of spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Abnormalities in carbohydrate metabolism and the insulin resistance status have been associated with hypertension. We have previously described alterations in the sodium-coupled sugar absorption in an experimental model of hypertension; in the present work, we studied the regulation of the sodium-independent, GLUT5-facilitated D-fructose intestinal transport in this pathology. Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and their normotensive, genetic control Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) rats, were used.