Intermittent energy restricted (IER) diets have become popular as a body weight management approach. In this pilot study, we investigated if an IER diet would reduce systemic inflammation and maintaining elevated protein level while on enhance satiety. Six healthy women, aged 33–55 years with BMI of 27–33 kg/m2, were randomized to first adhere either low- or high-protein using whole foods for t...

Background: 79% of the pregnant women suffer from sleep disorders and 70% of pregnant women have some of the depression symptoms. These disorders are the result of physiological changes, hormonal, physical, pregnancy which occur from different causes and can affect disorders before, during and after childbirth be involved in causing depression and may be aggravated by disregarding health behavi...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the performance (efficacy and safety) of an absorbent dressing impregnated with silver salts (UrgoCell Silver) in the management of leg ulcers with clinical signs of critical colonisation. METHOD This was a prospective multicentre non-comparative phase III clinical trial. Patients were assessed weekly for up to four weeks. Assessment included clinical assessment of criti...