Diet, exercise and gut mucosal immunity.

Diet and exercise are primary strategies recommended for the control of the obesity epidemic. Considerable attention is being paid to the effect of both on the immune system. However, little research has been done on the effect of diet, nutrients or exercise on the mucosal immune system.

Are immunoglobulin concentrations associated with the body composition of adolescents?

The aim of this study was to analyze the association between serum concentrations of immunoglobulins (Ig) A, G, and M and body composition of adolescents from Mexico. Informed consent was obtained from parents and assent was obtained from the adolescents for the evaluation of 125 adolescents from the Capital city of Toluca and the adjacent semiurban county of Lerma de Villada. Height, weight, waist, and hip circumference were measured by trained personnel.

[New therapeutics alternative in severe preeclampsia].

Introduction: Vasoconstriction is a major pathophysiologic finding in preeclampsia due to hyperactivity of the sympathetic nervous system and a consequent increase in concentration of plasmatic catecholamine. Thus, vasodilatation produced by secondary sympathetic block to lumbar epidural blockade favors control of high blood pressure in patients with severe preeclampsia.

Objective: Our objective was to evaluate whether lumbar epidural blockade with bupivacaine 0.

[Presence of equinocyte in the preeclampsia-eclampsia syndrome. Is this a subclinical manifestation of the syndrome?].

Objective: To determine the relationship between erythrocyte deformations and preeclampsia-eclampsia syndrome before presentation of the triad high blood pressure-edema-proteinuria.

Material And Methods: Aleatory study. A total of 308 patients were studied without evidence of preeclampsia, with negative erythrocyte deformation smear, between 12 and 18 weeks of pregnancy.