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Health starts in your mouth The old adage asserting "health starts in your mouth" is unarguably true. Oral health is more than just a matter of appearance, since it affects people's wellness in general and may cause serious illnesses.

Prof. Dr. Hugo Roberto Lewgoy

Brazil's healthcare sector: trade issues and regulatory affairs Brazil, South America's largest medical equipment market, is set to grow approximately 10% in 2011.

Carol Campos

Diabetes: the dangers of a silent disease If your car breaks down, you will soon know about it: there is always something visible to go by, like an unusual noise. If there were no signs, you might hardly know it needed fixing.

Dr. Lucio Vilar

Hearing better means living better Hearing gives us the chance to make contact with the world. It is the key to building interpersonal relationships and taking part in social activities, and the ability to pick up low-level everyday sounds may make a difference.

Marilisa F. Zavagli

Hypertension Imagine the heart as a pump, which drives the blood around the body. The blood pressure is the strength of the blood drive, with normal values of 120 mmHg of systolic blood pressure and 80 mmHg of diastolic blood pressure or, in brief, 120/80. The problem is when this blood pressure exceeds 140/90. At this point, the patient is already hypertensive.

Xavier Gruffat

Obesity may begin in the uterus yet It is well known that childhood obesity is due to many factors related to genetics and environment. Recent discoveries have found that among environmental factors, the gestational nutrition and the child's diet during the first year of life are determining factors in the development of obesity over the long term.

Dr. Fabíola Suano

Seniors: new times and new resources Elderly people or golden agers now number 14.5 million in Brazil, or 8.6% of the total population, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), based on the 2010 census data.

Valério Câmara

Keeping the balance Keeping the inner body environment in a homeostatic balance is essential for proper body function and thus for healthy life. The kidneys play a central role in controlling this homeostatic balance.

Matthias Meier

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Helping improve health for populations internationally and nationally through excellence in research, services, and teaching/training is the goal of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH).

Prof. Marcel Tanner

economy

Medical Technology - accelerated innovation and growth There are over 3,700 companies in Switzerland engaged in the area of medical technology. The sector produces roughly 10,000 different product families, generates 48,000 fulltime jobs, a gross aggregate value of over 11 billion and an export volume of close to 10 billion Swiss Francs.
Kathrin Cuomo-Sachsse

legal

Right to privacy and to freedom - Proposed bill on protection of personal information databases (dados cadastrais) On November 30, 2010 the Ministry of Justice initiated the public consultation of the proposed bill of law that is intended to warrant the constitutional right to privacy in connection with the protection of the citizen's personal data, particularly on the internet.

Michelli Oliveira de Magalhães Paulino and Alexandre Sarte

sustainability

Borderless Solidarity Moved by the desire to take assistance to populations that had no access to medical care, and through the courage demonstrated in denouncing unacceptable situations from the humanitarian perspective, during 40 years, a group of young doctors and French journalists have founded the organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF - Médicos Sem Fronteiras). Unfortunately the needs observed at the time continue, corresponding to the reality of many countries.

Flávia Tenenbaum

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Opportunities for Swiss machine-tool industry in Brazil / New members / CIOSP 2011

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03/2011

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