P R Health Sci J
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To examine the recent evidence that marijuana and other cannabinoids have therapeutic potential. ⋯ Cannabinoids may be useful for conditions that currently lack effective treatment, such as spasticity, tics and neuropathic pain. New delivery systems for cannabinoids and cannabis-based medicinal extracts, as well as new cannabinoid derivatives expand the options for cannabinoid therapy. More well-controlled, large clinical tests are needed, especially with active placebo.
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Cardiovascular diseases are the main cause of death in Puerto Rico and all over the World. Among these, the most frequent one is ischemic heart disease. ⋯ In the last years, cardiac troponins have been available as the most useful biological markers due to its high sensitivity and specificity for myocardial necrosis. Information concerning the fundamental studies and trials that confirm thejustification for the use of cardiac troponins as biological markers for myocardial necrosis is presented.
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This presentation focuses on the thesis that successful attainment of sexual and reproductive health promotion goals in U. S. Latino communities depends on: 1) the effect of the transcultural and transnational experience in explanatory models of sexuality and human reproduction, 2) the reassessment and redefinition of women's power, 3) the inclusion of men in sexual health education programs, 4) the integration of sexual health education in community systems, and 5) the development of education interventions with economic development components.
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Each year in the Unites States there are over 10,000 new cases of para- and quadriplegia, and more than 100,000 cases of limited, but permanent, neurological losses. Many of these losses result from blunt trauma and ischemia to the spinal cord which leads to neuron death. Although blunt trauma directly kills neurons due to the physical trauma, over the subsequent 48 hours an even larger population of neurons dies due to secondary causes. ⋯ In this review we discuss mechanisms being developed, predominantly using animal models, to provide neuroprotection to prevent neurological losses following blunt trauma and during induced spinal cord ischemia. In parallel, our own experiments are looking at neuroprotective techniques using adult human neurons. We believe the optimal neuroprotective approach will involve the perfusion of the ischemic region of the spinal cord with a hypothermia solution containing a combination of pharmacological agents.
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Review
[War on Drugs or War against Health? The pitfalls for public health of Puerto Rican drug policy].
Puerto Rico has followed the United States in adopting drug policy sustained on a criminal justice model that limits the opportunities to address problematic drug use through public health interventions. Demand for illegal drugs is controlled by criminalizing drug use and applying jail sentences for drug offenses. ⋯ The present work reviews the assumptions of the punitive prohibitionist model and its outcomes that present themselves as public health challenges in Puerto Rico. It also presents those principles that should sustain pragmatic drug policy to address problematic drug use from a health and social perspective.