Publications by authors named "O del Brutto"
Fear of Crime During Years of Street Violence Is Associated With Worsening Cardiovascular Health Status.
J Prim Care Community Health
December 2024
Article Synopsis
- Street violence negatively impacts cardiovascular health (CVH), but its effects had not been thoroughly studied prior to this research.
- The study involved 648 participants over the age of 40 in a rural Ecuadorian village and examined the relationship between fear of crime and CVH using American Heart Association guidelines.
- Results indicated that higher fear of crime significantly correlated with worsening CVH status, suggesting a need for interventions to improve health outcomes in communities affected by violence.
Article Synopsis
- Neurocysticercosis is a big cause of seizures and epilepsy in some areas of the world that struggle to control the infection.
- Many of the seizures caused by this infection are called "acute symptomatic seizures," but this name isn't really right because the condition isn't just temporary.
- The text suggests that seizures should be classified based on the stage of the infection and also points out that there are other health issues related to neurocysticercosis that need to be recognized.
Management of calcified cysticerci in the brain parenchyma: treating the dead parasite.
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther
December 2024
Introduction: Calcifications are the end stage of many parenchymal brain cysticerci and may occur either spontaneously or as the result of treatment with cysticidal drugs. These lesions, traditionally considered inert and asymptomatic, have been associated with several complications that seem to be mostly related to brain damage and inflammation ensuing as the result of the exposure of the host's immune system to parasitic antigens trapped within calcifications.
Areas Covered: This review, based on the search of different electronic databases up to May 2024, focuses on the reported correlates and complications of calcified cysticerci (chronic headaches, seizures/epilepsy, hippocampal atrophy/sclerosis, gliomas), and the different interventions developed for their prevention and treatment.