An increased dietary load of cholesterol (ch) and saturated fat increases serum low density lipoprotein ch (LDL-ch) levels. GH therapy in GH-deficient adults decreases serum LDL-ch levels. In the rat, GH is important for resistance to dietary cholesterol in terms of serum cholesterol levels. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of GH on the effects of an increase in the intake...

abstract objective thalassemia major is a severe transfusion-dependent anemia that needs iron chalation therapy to remove iron overload. the objectives of the present study were to assess the iron overload liver response to inulin of chicory supplementation by evaluating the serum ferritin and liver enzymes. methods among 70 beta thalassemia patients, 50 were selected for chelating therapy usin...

Objective: This study explored the effects of octreotide injections in patients with pituitary adenoma pre-operatively.
 Material and Methods: A quasi-observational was conducted on 12 Neurosurgery department Punjab Institute Neurosciences (PINS) a diagnosis adenoma. To determine size tumor, we did an MRI brain protocol after medication. The mode clinical status, brain, biopsy tumor. We ga...

1The Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering, University College London, London, UK 2The Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA 3Harvard Business School, Boston, MA, USA 4London Regenerative Medicine Network, London, UK 5Harvard Medical School, Center for Excellence in Vascular Biology, Boston, MA, USA 6Future Medicine Ltd, London, UK 7Lonza Walkersville, Inc., MD, USA *Author for ...

coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death and disability in adults. the association between acute coronary syndrom (acs) and elevated serum high sensitivity c-reactive protein (hscrp) suggests that chronic inflammation of the coronary arterial wall may play an important role. a number of drugs used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease reduce serum crp. it* is therefore possible...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is regarded as one of the immune factors that can induce demyelination of peripheral nerves in patients with Guillian-Barre syndrome (GBS). This present study was undertaken to find out the role of TNF-alpha and soluble TNF receptors in the pathogenesis of GBS; and to study the effect of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivIg) therapy o...

Abstract Objective Cardiac dysfunction is a major cause of death in patients with beta thalassemia. In these patients, repeated blood transfusion, ineffective erythropoiesis and increased gastrointestinal iron absorption lead to iron overload in the body and this induced heart failure. Left ventricular ejection fraction was measured in major beta thalassemia (β-Th) patients to detect the rela...

OBJECTIVE Fluoxetine, a widely used antidepressant, can affect the serum sodium level. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare changes in the serum sodium level of depressive patients taking fluoxetine according to age. METHODS This quasi-experimental study was conducted on 126 patients with depression, dividing the patients into two age groups of 15 to 35 years, and above 55 years,...