the aim of this study was to determine the effect of aerobic exercises on glomerular filtration rate (gfr) and serum levels of biochemical factors of urea (bun), creatine (cr) and uric acid (uac) in type 2 diabetic men. the sample consisted of 23 type 2 diabetic patients with age range of 45-60 years old who were divided into two groups of experimental (n=13) and control (n=10). experimental gr...

objective the ketogenic diet is a high-fat, low carbohydrate, adequate protein diet,developed in the 1920s for the management of intractable seizure disorders in children. to evaluate efficacy and tolerability of the classic  ketogenic diet, we analyzed records of the children started on the diet from 1999 to 2006 at the mofid children's hospital.materials & methods   the subjects were 87 child...

Introduction: Telomeres are DNA portions that are located on the two ends of the chromosome. Telomeres play an important role in cellular life. Exercise is one of the factors that contributes to their control. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks of high intensity interval training (HIIT) on telomere length and telomerase activity in non-athletic young men. ...

BACKGROUND Although physically active individuals have a lower risk of developing colorectal cancer, few studies have examined whether exercise benefits colorectal cancer survivors. METHODS Derived from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, we studied colorectal cancer-specific and overall mortality in a cohort of 668 men with a history of stage I to stage III colorectal cancer according ...

Background Sport specialization has been associated with overuse injuries and is more common in larger high schools, which are often located in more urban/suburban settings. However, sport participation characteristics have not been compared between suburban and rural high schools. Purpose/Hypothesis The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in sport participation characteristi...

AIM To assess the survival of the primary arteriovenous fistula created for dialysis in 463 chronic hemodialysis patients, because the main causes of morbidity among such patients are associated with vascular access-related complications. METHOD We analyzed 269 (58%) men and 194 (42%) women with median age of 58 years (range 12-83), who underwent 0-14,784 (median 1,584) hours of hemodialysis....