Regional variation in coronary heart disease mortality trends in Portugal, 1981-2012.

Background: Information is scarce about the geographic variation in time trends of mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD). We aimed to describe trends in death rates, absolute number of deaths and years of life lost (YLL) due to CHD among men and women in Portugal, by region, from 1981 to 2012.

Methods: The age-standardized mortality rates from CHD were estimated by sex and region.

The fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol can inhibit plant apoptosis-like programmed cell death.

The Fusarium genus of fungi is responsible for commercially devastating crop diseases and the contamination of cereals with harmful mycotoxins. Fusarium mycotoxins aid infection, establishment, and spread of the fungus within the host plant. We investigated the effects of the Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) on the viability of Arabidopsis cells.