Effect of Moderate-Intensity Exercise on Inflammatory Markers Among Postmenopausal Women.

Background: Declines in ovarian function in postmenopausal women may contribute to increase inflammatory cytokines, which can lead to chronic diseases. However, studies have shown that exercise interventions are important to manage inflammatory conditions. Thus, the objective of this study was to analyze the effect of exercise intervention on inflammatory markers among obese and postmenopausal women.

Treatment of dyslipidemia with statins and physical exercises: recent findings of skeletal muscle responses.

Statin treatment in association with physical exercise practice can substantially reduce cardiovascular mortality risk of dyslipidemic individuals, but this practice is associated with myopathic event exacerbation. This study aimed to present the most recent results of specific literature about the effects of statins and its association with physical exercise on skeletal musculature. Thus, a literature review was performed using PubMed and SciELO databases, through the combination of the keywords "statin" AND "exercise" AND "muscle", restricting the selection to original studies published between January 1990 and November 2013.

[Adherence to statin treatment and associated factors in female users from the Unified Health System (SUS)].

Objective: To identify the adherence rate of a statin treatment and possible related factors in female users from the Unified Health System.

Method: Seventy-one women were evaluated (64.2 ± 11.

[Influence of passive smoking associated with exercise performed by rats during pregnancy and lactation on their offspring growth].

Purpose: the purpose of this study was to evaluate mortality, weight and body length, and the gastrocnemius muscle of the offspring of pregnant rats submitted to a swimming program associated with second-hand smoke.

Methods: twenty-four rats were divided into four groups: GF (exposed to cigarette smoke), GC (control), GFN (submitted to the swimming program and exposed to cigarette smoke), and GN (submitted to the swimming program). The mortality, weight and length of the offspring were measured at four time points.