HIV screening in healthy volunteers [letter; comment]

HIV screening in healthy volunteers.

HIV screening in 'healthy' volunteers and Ethics Committees.

In a recent article in the Journal, Thomson et al. [1] pointed out the interest of screening healthy volunteers to prevent subjects with HIV infection from entering clinical trials, and to protect research personnel in the manipulation of blood samples often taken in these studies. His paper is an excellent example of how researchers have to deal, nowadays, with ancillary aspects of the design ...

Spinopelvic Parameters among Healthy Volunteers in Iran

Background: Recently, in approach to spinal pathologies, the whole spine should be considered as a biomechanicalunit. Studies have shown the great importance of sagittal and coronal balance and the relationship between the variousparts of spine together and pelvis. Former studies have shown a close relationship between spinopelvic parametersand sagittal balance. A complete und...

The hematologic effects of cigarette smoking in healthy men volunteers

Substances existed in tobacco smoke including carcinogens, alkaloids (mainly nicotine), irritants of the respiratory tract and carbon monoxide are known responsible for a wide range of diseases and disorders. The current study was designed to investigate the hematologic effects of smoking. This study is an observational, cross-sectional investigation in which the peripheral blood erythrocytic a...

Comparative Bioavailability of Ranitidine Tablets in Healthy Volunteers

The pharmacokinetic parameters of domestic and imported ranitidine hydrochloride tablets (Ranitidine, formulated and manufactured by Kharazmi Pharmaceuticals, Iran, and Zantac ? manufactured by Glaxo, UK) were measured in 14 healthy subjects following oral administration of a single 300-mg dose of each brand and compared for bioequivalence evaluation. The pharmaceutical equivalency of both fo...