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Background: Exogenous drug intoxication is one of the main public health problems. This aggravation caused by self-medication, its incorrect and unnecessary use, as well as its bad administration, causes from chemical dependence and bacterial resistance to death. Objective: The objective of this study is to outline an epidemiological profile of exogenous intoxications in the Northeast, during the period from 2008 to 2017. Methods: This is a descriptive and retrospective epidemiological study, carried out from the data provided by the Information System of Notifiable Diseases (Sinan), obtained by tabbing TABWIN of the platform of the Department of Informatics of the Unified System of SUS (Datasus), and of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Results: There was a predominance of female (66.36%), mixed race (82.4%) people, with low education, above all, elementary school (52.8%), aged 15- 39 years (51.15%) or 1-4 years (14.17%) and residents of the urban region (86.42%). The main circumstance was attempted suicide (48.66%), and most events were acute-single (90.12%), evolved with no sequela cure (97.94%), clinical diagnosis was performed (72, 2%) and there was confirmation of intoxication (76.67%). There was a continuous increase in the incidence rate for exogenous intoxications due to medications in the Northeast, during the period from 2008 to 2017, with a total increase of 437.68%, and in 2017 this rate was found in 20.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. It was found that the capitals had higher incidence rates than their respective states. Conclusion: Thus, health surveillance, inspection, promotion and prevention measures are necessary, aiming to reduce these serious and potentially preventable cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The newspaper Açores-América, published in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in1903, appears with the essential objective of bringing to light the conditions of Azorean emigration to America (recruitment, departure, arrival and reception) and promoting the debate on the socio-economic and labor environment in the Azorean community of New England. Founded and directed by Eugénio Pacheco, during his short passage through the city of Boston, this weekly newspaper was ephemeral but important, not only for launching the debate about the life of the Azorean community in the US East Coast, but also for the demonstrated commitment to the dissemination of Azorean culture and traditions. This study examines the axiological and semantic universe of Açores-América, approaching it on three levels: the newspaper in terms of its text; the profile of his founder; the historic setting in the Azorean islands at the start of the 20th century, with incidence on emigration to the United States and on the formation of a conscience of identity by the urban elites of the Azores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]