introduction: the effect of fluid and food restrictions on biochemical substances relating to the renal and bone function of pregnant women is not well defined. the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of fluid and food restriction on the following substances in pregnant fasting women during ramadan: blood urea nitrogen (bun), creatinine (cr), calcium (ca), phosphorus (p), and alkal...

introduction e-learning is there to enhance knowledge of patients and  can provide an efficient way to enhance personnel-patient interaction and provide patient-specific education. so the aim of this study was to compare the effect of two educational methods, e-learning (multimedia) and painted booklet on primipar women’s knowledge about neonatal care.methods this was a quasi-experimental study...

This is the documentation of an acute myocardial infarction in a 45-year-old woman with familial hyper-alpha- and hypo-beta-lipoproteinaemia. This dyslipoproteinaemia has been rarely associated with clinical evidence of ischaemic heart disease. Documentation of angiographically normal coronary arteries in this patient is consistent with the concept that increased alpha-lipoprotein (HDL) and low...

A 35-year-old woman had recurrent urticarial erythemas on her trunk and extremities for 3 years. The eruptions appeared regularly 3 to 5 days prior to menstruation and persisted for several days. The patient showed a positive skin test response to progesterone and had circulating antiprogesterone IgG antibodies. A speculative concept of the possible autoimmune damage to the ovary, the major org...

The article focuses on the screen incarnations of female characters, whose images, being contemporary with challenges today, associated archetype Warrior, destroy stereotypical notions feminine as weak and passive characteristic traditional (that is, phallocentric/patriarchal) culture. Nowadays, such an essentialist view seems not just debatable, but finds alternative interpretation, both in ma...