The aim of this study is to identify the types of medicinal plants, how they are used and the results obtained from their use to control the glicemic levels of Diabetes Mellitus type 2 carriers in the city of Jequié/BA. It’s a qualitative research, with a group of diabetics inserted in Health Center Saúde Sebastião Azevedo (Program Hiperdia), in the Jequié city. The data collected through half-structured interview with 50 DM type 2 carriers. 40% of the carriers do the medical and phitotherapic treatment of the disease, showing stability on the control of the glicemic levels. That way it’s possible to orientate/suggest some alternative therapies using medicinal plants that are effective on the glicemic control. Emphasizing that medicinal plants cannot act as the only way of medication, but should act as a good coadjuvant on the treatment of DM.

diabetes mellitus --- plantas medicinais --- controle --- glicêmico

The study aimmed to estimate the predominance of congenital malformations in newborns of the Public Hospital in the Jequié city, Brazil. It was utilized spring of secondary facts, from the fact-gathering of available manuals in the Service of Medical Files of the hospital, in the period of January of 2005 to December of 2006. It was utilized instrument of collection standardized where information about characteristics they were collected of the mother, general characteristics of the newborn and bad-congenital formation. The results show predominance of 3.1% of born infants been with evil-congenital formation. Among these, it prevailed the of the male sex (64,0%), premature (56,7%) of normal birth (56,7%), with adequate weight (70,0%), classified in the majority of isolated form (76,7%), of smaller clinical importance (63,0%) and evolving for high hospital with 60.0% of the cases; 71.0% of the deaths occurred between the newborns were due to specific malformations of the nervous system, however this pathology next to of the osteomuscular system. The majority of the mothers had between 17 and 24 years (46,7%), carried out more of seven consults prenatal (30,0%) and live in the urban zone of the town (60,0%); 71.0% of the deaths occurred between the newborns were due to specific malformations of the nervous system. Those finds are compatible with others finds described in the Brazilian scientific literature, what is going to reflect about the implementation of public politics with infrastructure qualified service implementation in the perspective of prevention, detection and cares of those individuals in all of the levels of the net of health.

newborn --- congenital malformation --- comprehensive health care

The pathways for the metabolism of the alcohol are complex and modulated by some genes that promote response to this substance. The genes that codify the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase (os genes ADH1B or ADH2) act in the conversion of ethanol in acetaldehyde; the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH2) that converts the aldehyde into ascetic acid, and the gene that codifies the enzyme cytochrome P450, isoform 2E1 (CYP2E1), that acts generating free radicals of great importance in the induced hepatotoxicity for ethanol had been studied. The objective of this work is to present some genes that, normal or mutated, influence susceptibility to alcohol dependence. For the accomplishment of this work it was studied papers in the national bibliographical database Scielo and PubMed that report the functions of the above-mentioned genes. In one of the searched works, in a Spanish population, association was found in the polymorphism Arg47Hys in exon 3 of gene ADH1B. Genotypes contend the mutant alele ADH1B*2 had been common in non-alcoholics women, being able to indicate protection against alcoholism in the carriers of this alelle, according to author of the article. In studies in São Paulo, -75 bp A/C and -159 bp G/A polymorphisms in the gene ADH4 (alcohol dehydrogenase type 4) had been associated with alcohol dependence, and individuals carrying the haplotypes with the alelles of risk C and A had presented odds ratio of 2.9. The interest about genetics in this area and studies of these polymorphisms in different populations are necessary for the establishment of a consensus on which of these mutations are influencing the alcohol dependence.

alcohol dehydrogenase --- aldehyde dehydrogenase --- genotypes

This study it has as objective to argue the job of TENS in the spasticity, observing the main parameters, form of application and the mechanism for which TENS it acts in the spasticity. One is about a bibliographical revision based in the literature specialized selected scientific articles through search in the data base of scielo and of bireme, from the sources Medline and Lilacs. The studies found on the job of TENS in the spasticity, had pointed mainly that this chain reduces the spasticity significantly, in lower degrees. The stimulation electrical parameters had disclosed that TENS it (about 100Hz) of raised frequency provides one better effect in the reduction of the spasticity. The types of TENS more used had been the conventional and the soon-intense one, however some studies had not presented the used duration of pulse, limit the determination of one better modality of TENS. Few studies had explained the mechanism of performance of the current related one. The ones that had made it, had pointed the release of opioid endogenous (Dynorphins) for the central nervous system as main mechanism of performance, however this contrasts with the neurophysiologic bases of the high-frequency stimulation, that demonstrated better resulted in the joined studies. Still it is necessary more studies on the job of this modality of stimulation electrical in the spasticity, since important parameters as duration of pulse, time of application, numbers of attendance and performance mechanism remains without scientific evidence.

spasticity --- stimulation electrical --- tens

The work presents study of case related to the Sanitary Drainage System’s inactivity in Itororó city. Considering the existence of a Sanitary Drainage System, delivered to the Municipal City Hall in 1996, where the amount of one million dollars was invested through Bahia’s Government and today it is in complete inactivity, this research aims to understand the municipal managers’ attitude in presence of the Colônia River’s pollution caused for liquid residues that comes from the system’s inactivity. The used methodology has a quali-quantitative emphasis, which half-structured interviews were realized with municipal managers divided in two groups, communitarian leaderships and power public’s representatives. Besides, opened interviews with the direct observation to the system and affected area were realized. The data have been collected in January 2006. The results demonstrate the community’s interest for the system’s reactivation, however, it doesn’t perceive concrete action in this direction, proving that there is a great distance between the good ambient intention and concret motion compromising the population’s health.

community --- sanitary exhaustion --- health