It is known that poverty and health is an interrelated phenomenon. The poorest countries have poor health indicators in relation to the countries with the highest incomes, and within each country the poorest people with health problems. This association reflects a causal relationship that works in both directions: poverty generates poor health, and poor health perpetuates poverty (vicious circle of poverty-disease) 1. However, it also means that people with problems of health do not have the same conditions as others, because these inequalities correspond to the limitations and opportunities different from each other and with others, and not with a tendency of sometimes different groups. DOI: 10.25176/RFMH.v18.n3.1585  

ABSTRACT Introduction: The aims of this study were to assess Sleep disorders (SDs) in a group of university students in Perú and to examine the relationship between SDs and anxiety. Methods: An observational cross-sectional, analitic and observational study was conducted at Ricardo Palma University, Peru, during the academic year 2017. Two questionnaires were face-to-face administered to 132 students after obtaining their written consent: The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Oviedo dream sleep-wake patient questionnaire for DS. Results: The average age found was 24.07 + - 2.14 (20-34). According to marital status, 67.42% were single. The prevalence of insomnia according to ICD10 was 31.8% (95% CI: 7.8-13.4%) more frequent in female students (61.9%) than in men (38.9%); and according to DSM IV it was 3.8% (95% CI: 7.8-13.4%) more frequent in female students (80%) than in men (20%). ...

Medicine evolves by leaps and bounds and also make the most necessary specialties. A recently published article refers to the 5 new specialties in the USA. UU.: Immunooncology, Lifestyle Medicine, Nocturnists, Clinical Informatics and Virtualist Medicine. The current and future demand for these new specialties is increasing. Why Lifestyle Medicine has come to stay as an attractive new specialty of the present and the future?  About 80% of health care costs are related to chronic diseases, and 80% of chronic diseases are related to lifestyle choices. This is a powerful argument for specialists in lifestyle medicine. The choice of a patient's food and diet, exercise, sleep, stress levels and the ability to relate to others are under the reach of a medical specialist in lifestyle medicine. Lifestyle Medicine deals with all aspects of a person's life. Primary care and family medicine ar...

Introduction: Anemia in children is a public health problem in Peru and in the world. Children are particularly vulnerable to anemia, because of their high growth rate and high iron requirements, presence of parasites, low birth weight and frequent episodes of diarrheal infections. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the factors associated with gastrointestinal parasitosis, anemia and school performance in children of the primary level of two schools in Pamplona Alta.Introduction: Anemia in children is a public health problem in Peru and in the world. Children are particularly vulnerable to anemia, because of their high growth rate and high iron requirements, presence of parasites, low birth weight and frequent episodes of diarrheal infections. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the factors associated with gastrointestinal parasitosis, anemi...

One of the most important processes and of which all other university activities are sustained is research. Research is creation, original production, development of argumentation and coherence of ideas, exhaustive review-deep reflection, solving mysteries and, ultimately, giving focus to dreams. The integral conceptual approach, proposed by Rico1, for whom the research "is to colonize a small or large plot, to plant, cultivate, harvest and distribute its fruits, so that later others come to improve, optimize and overcome our task".   DOI:  10.25176/RFMH.v19.n1.1786

Promoting Research in Medical Students and increasing scientific production in the universities of Peru and Latin America is a priority and a necessity. It is an honor to share with you that we recently published in the prestigious journal Educación Medica, of Elsevier, indexed in Scopus, the scientific article that summarizes the experience and the success model of the Thesis Workshop Course that is given in the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Ricardo Palma University: Promoting research in medical students and increasing scientific production in universities: Experience of the Undergraduate Thesis Workshop Course.The undergraduate thesis represents academic work with scientific rigor, considered as the first serious step of university students in the field of research, which according to the new university law 30220 in force in Peru, is an essential requirement to obtain the universi...

The Doctor Honoris Causa, is the highest honorary title granted by the Ricardo Palma University, to eminent persons. They are conferred with zeal by our house of studies to very outstanding personalities of the national and international scope, who with their work and personal trajectory honor to the culture, the science and the humanity.I want to thank the Rector of the University for receiving the order, to make a brief sketch of Dr. Alfredo Quiñones Hinojosa. DOI:10.25176/RFMH.v19.n2.2003

The Faculty of Human Medicine and the Research Institute in Biomedical Sciences of the University Ricardo Palma, has been participating as Headquarters of the Student Mobility Program of the Peruvian Network of Student Teaching Mobility in REPEMIDE Medicine, constituted by the Peruvian Association of Faculties of Medicine ASPEFAM. We were pilot center in 2017-2018, receiving medical students from various universities of the country, with the "Health Research Internship", and in the 2018-2019 call we received 4 medical students selected from Peruvian universities. DOI:10.25176/RFMH.v19.n2.2081

It is known that poverty and health is an interrelated phenomenon. The poorest countries have poor health indicators in relation to the countries with the highest incomes, and within each country the poorest people with health problems. This association reflects a causal relationship that works in both directions: poverty generates poor health, and poor health perpetuates poverty (vicious circle of poverty-disease) 1. However, it also means that people with problems of health do not have the same conditions as others, because these inequalities correspond to the limitations and opportunities different from each other and with others, and not with a tendency of sometimes different groups. DOI: 10.25176/RFMH.v18.n3.1585  

ABSTRACT Introduction: The aims of this study were to assess Sleep disorders (SDs) in a group of university students in Perú and to examine the relationship between SDs and anxiety. Methods: An observational cross-sectional, analitic and observational study was conducted at Ricardo Palma University, Peru, during the academic year 2017. Two questionnaires were face-to-face administered to 132 students after obtaining their written consent: The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), and the Oviedo dream sleep-wake patient questionnaire for DS. Results: The average age found was 24.07 + - 2.14 (20-34). According to marital status, 67.42% were single. The prevalence of insomnia according to ICD10 was 31.8% (95% CI: 7.8-13.4%) more frequent in female students (61.9%) than in men (38.9%); and according to DSM IV it was 3.8% (95% CI: 7.8-13.4%) more frequent in female students (80%) than in men (20%). ...

La medicina evoluciona a pasos agigantados y también lo hacen las especialidades mas necesarias. Un articulo recientemente publicado hace referencia a las 5 nuevas especialidades en USA: Inmunooncologia, Medicina de Estilo de Vida, Nocturnistas, Informática Clínica y Medico Virtualista. La demanda actual y futura de estas nuevas especialidades va en aumento. ¿Por que Medicina de Estilo de Vida ha llegado para quedarse como una atractiva y nueva especialidad del presente y del futuro?  Alrededor del 80% de los costos de atención medica están relacionados con enfermedades crónicas, y el 80% de las enfermedades crónicas están relacionadas con las opciones del estilo de vida. Esto constituye un poderoso argumento para los especialistas en medicina de estilo de vida. La elección de los alimentos de un paciente y su dieta, el ejercicio, el sueño, los niveles de estrés y l...

Introduction: Anemia in children is a public health problem in Peru and in the world. Children are particularly vulnerable to anemia, because of their high growth rate and high iron requirements, presence of parasites, low birth weight and frequent episodes of diarrheal infections. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the factors associated with gastrointestinal parasitosis, anemia and school performance in children of the primary level of two schools in Pamplona Alta.Introduction: Anemia in children is a public health problem in Peru and in the world. Children are particularly vulnerable to anemia, because of their high growth rate and high iron requirements, presence of parasites, low birth weight and frequent episodes of diarrheal infections. The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the factors associated with gastrointestinal parasitosis, anemi...

Uno de los procesos más importantes y del cual se sostienen todas las demás actividades universitarias es la investigación. La investigación es creación, producción original, desarrollo de la argumentación y la coherencia de las ideas, revisión exhaustiva-reflexión profunda, resolver los misterios y, en última instancia, darle foco a los sueños. El enfoque conceptual integral, planteado por Rico, para quien la investigación “es colonizar una parcela pequeña o grande, sembrar, cultivar, cosechar y distribuir sus frutos, para que luego vengan otros a mejorar, optimizar y superar nuestra faena”   DOI:  10.25176/RFMH.v19.n1.1786

Promoting Research in Medical Students and increasing scientific production in the universities of Peru and Latin America is a priority and a necessity. It is an honor to share with you that we recently published in the prestigious journal Educación Medica, of Elsevier, indexed in Scopus, the scientific article that summarizes the experience and the success model of the Thesis Workshop Course that is given in the Faculty of Human Medicine of the Ricardo Palma University: Promoting research in medical students and increasing scientific production in universities: Experience of the Undergraduate Thesis Workshop Course.The undergraduate thesis represents academic work with scientific rigor, considered as the first serious step of university students in the field of research, which according to the new university law 30220 in force in Peru, is an essential requirement to obtain the universi...

The Doctor Honoris Causa, is the highest honorary title granted by the Ricardo Palma University, to eminent persons. They are conferred with zeal by our house of studies to very outstanding personalities of the national and international scope, who with their work and personal trajectory honor to the culture, the science and the humanity.I want to thank the Rector of the University for receiving the order, to make a brief sketch of Dr. Alfredo Quiñones Hinojosa. DOI:10.25176/RFMH.v19.n2.2003

La Facultad de Medicina Humana y el Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Biomédicas de la Universidad Ricardo Palma, viene participando como Centro Sede del Programa de Movilidad Estudiantil de la Red Peruana de Movilidad Docente Estudiantil en Medicina REPEMIDE, constituida por la Asociación Peruana de Facultades de Medicina ASPEFAM. Fuimos centro piloto en el 2017-2018, recibiendo a estudiantes de medicina de varias universidades del pais, con la “Pasantia de Investigacion en Salud”, y en la convocatoria del 2018-2019 recibimos a 4 estudiantes de medicina seleccionados de universidades peruanas. DOI:10.25176/RFMH.v19.n2.2081

Introducción: La anemia en niños es un problema de salud pública en el Perú y en el mundo. Los niños son particularmente vulnerables a la anemia, por su elevada velocidad de crecimiento y altos requerimientos de hierro, presencia de parásitos, bajo peso al nacer y episodios frecuentes de infecciones diarreicas. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue evaluar los factores asociados a parasitosis gastrointestinal, anemia y desempeño escolar en niños del nivel primario de dos colegios de Pamplona Alta. Métodos: Se realizó un estudio cuantitativo, analítico y transversal, con un muestreo probabilístico de tipo aleatorio simple, de estudiantes 1°-6° grado de primaria de dos colegios de Pamplona Alta, Lima, Perú. Se aplicó una encuesta previo consentimiento informado de los padres de familia, se tomaron medidas antropométricas de los niños, muestras de sangre capilar, a...

Introduction: The lymphocyte / monocyte index (ILM) has been described as an inflamatory prognostic parameter in many hematological diseases and solid tumors. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the prognostic value of the lymphocyte / monocyte index in the survival of patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (LCGBD). Methods: The present is an analytical, longitudinal and non-experimental study. Patients diagnosed with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma of the Edgardo Rebagliati Martins hospital from 2010 to 2017 were selected. Results: 121 patients were included, 57% female, 66.1% older than 60 years. Regarding the Performance Status Zubrod, 66.5% corresponded to the degree of best forecast 0 and 1; 59.5% presented associated B symptoms. Nearly 60% were stages I and II and 57% presented extranodal involvement. We show that the ILM is significant for overall survival in the regre...

Introducción: El índice linfocito/monocito (ILM) ha sido descrito como un parámetro inflamatorio pronóstico en muchas enfermedades hematológicas y tumores sólidos. El objetivo del presente estudio fue evaluar el valor pronostico del índice linfocito/monocito en la sobrevida de los pacientes con Linfoma de células grandes B difuso (LCGBD). Métodos: El presente es un estudio analítico, longitudinal y no experimental. Se seleccionaron pacientes diagnosticados con Linfoma de células grandes B difuso del hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins del año 2010 al 2017. Resultados: Se incluyeron 121 pacientes, 57% de sexo femenino, 66.1% mayores de 60 años. Respecto al Performance Status Zubrod, el 66.5% correspondieron al grado de mejor pronóstico 0 y 1; el 59.5% presento sintomas B asociados. Casi un 60% fueron estadios I y II y el 57% presento compromiso extraganglionar. Mostramos que...

Intestinal Barrier and Intestinal Permeability The "Intestinal Barrier" (BI) covers an area of approximately 400 m2 and requires about 40% of theenergy expenditure of the body. Among its functions are to avoid the loss of water and electrolytes and the entry of antigens and microorganisms to the human organism1. At the same time, the BI must allow the exchange of molecules between the body and the environment, as well as the absorption of nutrients from food consumed. The specialized adaptations of the intestinal mucosa of the mammal perform two functions apparently opposite: first, allow a peaceful coexistence with the intestinal microbiota without cause chronic inflammation and, secondly, provide a defensive inflammatory and response measure according to the threat of pathogens    DOI 10.25176/RFMH.v18.n4.1725