this study intended to compare the effect of consuming creatine and mixed creatine-carbohydrate supplementations on the anaerobic power and cellular damage indices (ck, ldh) in males aged between 15 and 18 in the city of kouhrang. for this purpose, 36 subjects (mean age 16.42±0.90 yrs, weight 54.85±9.96 kg, and height 167.75±8.28 cm) were selected by available method. first, blood samples were ...

While cimetidine (CIM) is strikingly effective in inhibiting gastric acid secretion, its effect on the defensive mechanisms of the gastric mucosa has been controversial. The aims of the present study were to test if administration of CIM at an antisecretory dose is protective against acid-induced injury and to assess its effect on adaptive cytoprotection induced by non-necrotizing concentration...

Serum levels of keratan sulphate (KS) were found to be significantly elevated in patients with destructive and predominantly seronegative rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with a control population. Levels in RA did not correlate with clinical or laboratory indices of joint activity or damage. Conversely levels were depressed in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) compared with controls.

OBJECTIVES Manganese exposure leads to diffuse cerebral metal deposition with the highest concentration in the globus pallidus associated with increased T1-weighted MRI signal. T1 signal intensity in extra-pallidal basal ganglia (caudate and putamen) has not been studied in occupationally exposed workers. Diffusion weighted imaging is a non-invasive measure of neuronal damage and may provide a ...

Post hoc analysis of data obtained from a study designed to modulate oxidative damage by dietary intervention revealed consistently strong inverse correlations between plasma xanthophyll carotenoids and oxidative damage indices. Thirty-seven women participated in a 14-day dietary intervention that increased mean vegetable and fruit (VF) consumption to approximately 12 servings/day. An additiona...

The Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko)) infests wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), and other small grains and grasses. Russian wheat aphid infestations are unpredictable in time and space. In favorable conditions, Russian wheat aphid feeding can result in heavy damage to wheat and barley in a short period of time. A repetitive monitoring strategy that allow...

BACKGROUND The built environment, a key component of environmental health, may be an important contributor to health disparities, particularly for reproductive health outcomes. OBJECTIVE In this study we investigated the relationship between seven indices of residential built environment quality and adverse reproductive outcomes for the City of Durham, North Carolina (USA). METHODS We surve...

BACKGROUND Chromium picolinate (Cr(pic)3) is advocated as adjuvant therapy for impaired glycemic control, despite concerns for DNA damage. Potential toxicity of Cr(pic)3 should be greater for the kidney that accumulates chromium. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that Cr(pic)3 treatment of obese Zucker rats (OZR) exacerbates renal abnormalities associated with dysglycemia. METHODS Male OZR ...