Objective: The preventive effect of Zataria multiflora in animal models of asthma has been reported. In the present study, its effect on wheezing, forced expiratory volume in 1 second, and plasma nitrite (NO2-) in asthmatic patients was studied. Materials and Methods: In this study, forty asthmatic patients including 15 males and 25 females (aged 45.8±6.21 years) were randomly allocated in four...

laryngopharyngeal reflux (lpr) is a variant of gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd) in which the stomach contents go up into the pharynx and then down into the larynx. lpr causes a wide spectrum of manifestations mainly related to the upper and the lower respiratory system such as laryngitis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cough, hoarseness, postnasal drip disease, sinusitis, ...

INTRODUCTION Education and exercise are poorly implemented in osteoarthritis care. The purpose of the present study was to identify predictors of effectiveness at one year from education and exercise in patients with knee or hip pain in clinical practice. MATERIAL AND METHODS Good Life with Arthritis in Denmark is an implementation initiative consisting of education and 12 sessions of neuromu...

BACKGROUND & METHODS To examine the relationship between breastfeeding and maternally-rated infant temperament at age 3 months, 316 infants in the prospective Cambridge Baby Growth Study, UK had infant temperament assessed at age 3 months by mothers using the Revised Infant Behavior Questionnaire, which produces scores for three main dimensions of temperament derived from 14 subscales. Infant t...

Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) are endemic to the Hawaiian Islands and are the most endangered species of marine mammal that lives entirely within the jurisdiction of the United States. The species numbers around 1300 and has been declining owing, among other things, to poor juvenile survival which is evidently related to poor foraging success. Consequently, data have been collect...

Background: Cardiac complications due to iron overload are the most common cause of death in patients with thalassemia major. The aim of this study was to compare iron chelation effects of deferoxamine, deferasirox, and combination of deferoxamine and deferiprone on cardiac and liver iron load measured by T2* MRI. Methods: In this study, 108 patients with thalassemia major aged over 10 years...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Kawasaki disease (KD) is rare in infants < or =3 months of age. This study analyzed the features of KD in 25 infants < or =3 months of age treated from February 1994 to December 2004. METHODS Basic characteristics, clinical, laboratory, echocardiographic, therapeutic, and follow-up data of the infants were obtained from chart records. RESULTS There were 19 male and 6 ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the extracontractual referrals of residents of Merton and Sutton Health Authority during the first three months of the NHS reforms in terms of the nature of the referral (elective or emergency), the specialty referred to, and the source of and reason for referral. DESIGN Descriptive analysis of all extracontractual referrals submitted to the health authority between 1 Ap...