Colic is a common and annoying problem in infancy whose etiology is not well understood. Traditional Iranian Medicine (TIM) scientists know flatulent food effective in creating this disorder. Since the reduction or withdrawal of this kind of food in mother’s and infant’s nutrition can be effective in preventing flatulence, this study aims to study and identify flatulent foods and the mechanism ...

abstract ba ckground: quality of services, making communications with target groups, and educating them are among the most important success factors in implementation of family planning programs. provision of public access to contraception and related methods, counseling services, and paying attention to social specification and cultures are important in promotion of service quality. with regar...

OBJECTIVE An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of dietary supplementation of dried and ground foliage of black gram (Vigna mungo L.) on feed intake and utilization, and production performance of crossbred lactating cows. METHODS Eighteen lactating crossbred (Bos taurus×Bos indicus) cows (body weight 330.93± 10.82 kg) at their second and mid lactation (milk yield 6.77±0.54 kg/d) w...

Increased price volatility can increase investment risk and, at the same time, reduce investment. Food will have different effects on surplus and deficit households. Instead of investing, uncertainty in food prices be a significant barrier for many households to escape poverty. On other hand, save. Agricultural shocks threaten poorest people's access economic welfare. The detrimental welfare im...

BACKGROUND Withdrawal of conditional regulatory approval or subsidization of new medicines when subsequent evidence does not confirm early trial results may not be well understood or accepted by the public. OBJECTIVES We present a case study of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s decision to withdraw the indication of bevacizumab for the treatment of advanced breast cancer and include...

The increasing use of buprenorphine among drug dependent subjects demands systematic enquiry into the clinical profile of buprenorphine withdrawal. Six male buprenorphine dependent (parenteral) subjects were observed for opiate withdrawal over a two week period. The onset of withdrawal occurred 48 hours after the last dose, peaked around the third day and lasted up to ten days. The withdrawals ...

The literature on benzodiazepine dependence and withdrawal is reviewed with an emphasis on social and psychological considerations. The problems of when to prescribe, identifying withdrawal symptoms, effective communication with the patient, the structure of withdrawal programmes, and the use of drugs, psychological approaches and other services are discussed.

Choosing the best antimicrobial agent for a particular patient or infection can be a complicated process. Ideally, the best drug can be determined by comparing the properties of individual agents with each other. A favorable clinical profile (i.e., excellent efficacy, few adverse effects) is clearly the most important variable used for selection. However, this can be difficult when newer agents...

The wide spectrum of morbidity associated with steroids has generated great enthusiasm in considering how they might be eliminated from immunosuppression regimens. Historically attempts to slowly wean steroids have yielded high rates of acute rejection (1,2), raising concerns for a potential increased risk of graft loss. Subsequent studies have focused on early steroid withdrawal or steroid avo...