Most patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have at least one
additional, clinically relevant chronic disease. Those with the most severe airflow obstruction …

For a brief moment, in the early days of COVID-19, some reports heralded the new
coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, as a “great equalizer.” It is unlikely that any anthropologist …

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Executive summary Malnutrition in all its forms, including obesity, undernutrition, and other
dietary risks, is the leading cause of poor health globally. In the near future, the health effects …

Este ensaio tem como objetivo apresentar e discutir o quadro teórico da sindemia da COVID-
19. Na primeira parte, são apresentados os fundamentos e princípios da teoria sindêmica …

Background The population in Mexico has high prevalence rates of noncommunicable
diseases (NCDs). Hospitalization and death of COVID-19 patients in the countries most …

This paper examines the COVID-19 pandemic in light of two key concepts in medical
anthropology: syndemics and structural violence. Following a discussion of the nature of …

The theory of syndemics has received increasing attention in clinical medicine since the
onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the synergistic interactions of the disease with pre …

Rural-urban differences in morbidity and mortality across the United States have been well
documented and termed the “rural mortality penalty”. However, research studies frequently …

Peru celebrates 200 years of independence in 2021. Over this period of independent life,
and despite the turbulent socio-political scenarios, from internal armed conflict to economic …