BACKGROUND A stable assessment of cognition is of paramount importance for forensic psychiatric patients (FPP). The purpose of this study was to compare repeated measures of IQ scores in FPPs with and without intellectual disability. METHODS Repeated measurements of IQ scores in FPPs (n = 176) were collected. Differences between tests were computed, and each IQ score was categorized. Addition...

abstract introduction: liposuction is a surgical procedure effective in reducing body fat, with growing application in conjunction with diet and exercise therapy in the treatment of obesity. in view of the positive effect of weight reduction on cardiovascular disease (cvd) risk factors, such as body mass index (bmi), waist circumference (wc), waist-to-hip ratio (whr), systolic and diastolic pre...

background the world health organization identifies oral health as a necessity for public health through the entirety of life. this issue has been considerably addressed due to susceptibility to tooth decay during pregnancy and maternal and fetal health. results according to the independent t-test, the mean score of knowledge, perceived susceptibility, self-efficacy, and dmft was not different ...

conclusions using ginger essence was effective in reducing nausea and vomiting not only in the subjects who underwent open nephrectomy but also in the subjects of laparoscopic nephrectomy. using ginger essence is suggested as a complementary remedy to prevent and treat post-operative nausea and vomiting in patients with nephrectomy. background some studies reported that ginger was effective in ...