5 results match your criteria: "Federal University of Juiz de Fora - School of Medicine[Affiliation]"
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November 2018
Federal University of Juiz de Fora - School of Medicine, Av. Eugênio do Nascimento, s/n - Dom Bosco, Juiz de Fora, MG 36036-330, Brazil.
Context: Mediumship is the alleged ability to communicate with deceased personalities. Previous studies have suggested that the endogenous psychotomimetic molecules bufotenine (BT) and dimethyltryptamine (DMT) may play a role in the pathogenesis of psychotic disorders. Distortion of perceptions observed during spiritual experiences could supposedly relate to these substances.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnn Intern Med
November 2016
From Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom; Federal University of Juiz de Fora School of Medicine, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Background: Many guidelines exist for screening and risk assessment for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in apparently healthy persons.
Purpose: To systematically review current primary prevention guidelines on adult cardiovascular risk assessment and highlight the similarities and differences to aid clinician decision making.
Data Sources: Publications in MEDLINE and CINAHL between 3 May 2009 and 30 June 2016 were identified.
Brain
August 2016
3 Neurogenetics Unit, Department of Neurology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, SP, Brazil 4 Mendelics Genomic Analysis, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Curr Pain Headache Rep
October 2008
Federal University of Juiz de Fora School of Medicine, Rua da Laguna 485/104, Juiz de Fora, MG, 36015-230, Brazil.
The influence of psychosocial factors on pain experience and patient response has received increasing interest and recognition. Patients with chronic pain from several sources (eg, musculoskeletal, cancer, or sickle cell) usually report that religiousness and spirituality are important in their lives. Prayer is the most used complementary therapy; religious coping is among the most common strategies used to deal with pain.
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May 2008
Department of Internal Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora School of Medicine, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
We studied the similarities and differences between Brazilian Spiritistic mediums and North American dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients. Twenty-four mediums selected among different Spiritistic organizations in São Paulo, Brazil, were interviewed using the Dissociative Disorder Interview Schedule, and their responses were compared with those of DID patients described in the literature. The results from Spiritistic mediums were similar to published data on DID patients only with respect to female prevalence and high frequency of Schneiderian first-rank symptoms.
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