Nocturnal leg cramps are common in older people. Such cramps are associated with many common diseases and medications. Physiological methods may be useful for preventing cramps in some people, but there have been no controlled trials of these approaches. Quinine is moderately effective in preventing nocturnal leg cramps. However, there are concerns about the risk/benefit ratio with this drug. I...

Volunteer challenge with enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) has been used for four decades to elucidate the pathogenesis and immune responses and assess efficacy of various interventions. We performed a systematic review of these studies and a meta-analysis of individual patient-level data (IPD) from a subset of studies using standard methodology. We identified 27 studies of 11 ETEC strain...

OBJECTIVE To assess quantitatively the efficacy of quinine (as quinine sulphate) compared with placebo in the treatment of nocturnal leg cramps. DESIGN A meta-analysis of six randomised, double blind, crossover trials. SETTING Randomised trials that were available as of April 1994. SUBJECTS A total of 107 general ambulatory patients who suffered from regular nocturnal leg cramps from six ...

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More than half of college students self-report some kind anxiety and depression. This study reports how a university course that incorporated structured self-experience practices may reduce symptoms self-reported associated with stress strain. Ninety-eight Junior Senior were enrolled in Holistic Health class focused on “whole-person” curriculum included the exploration psychobiology stress, rol...

Dysmenorrhea is pain during menstruation. consists of a complex symptoms in the form lower abdominal cramps that radiate to back. (Marmi, 2015). Based on data from World Health Organization (WHO) 2015 there were 1,769,425 people (90%) women who experienced dysmenorrhea with 10-15% experiencing severe dysmenorrhea. The purpose this study was determine relationship between anxiety, physical activ...

In the autumn of 1983, an outbreak of recurrent abdominal cramps occurred in a nursery and primary school in the Rovigo area in Italy. None of the 10 affected children had diarrhea. An atypical Campylobacter-like organism was isolated from feces in all cases. Conventional enteropathogens were searched for but not detected. The Campylobacter-like organism was identified as Arcobacter butzleri by...

CONTEXT Gastrointestinal (GI) distress is common during ultrarunning. PURPOSE To determine if race diet is related to GI distress in a 161-km ultramarathon. METHODS Fifteen (10 male, 5 female) consenting runners in the Javelina Jundred (6.5 loops on a desert trail) participated. Body mass was measured immediately prerace and after each loop. Runners reported if they had nausea, vomiting, ab...

OBJECTIVE It is suggested that bowel preparations for colonoscopy are easier to tolerate when a smaller volume of solution with a more pleasant taste is used. The aim of this study was to establish equivalence between a 3-l sulphate-free polyethylene glycol solution (SF-PEG) and a 4-l PEG solution in effectiveness, patients' acceptability and tolerability. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study compr...

From October 1997 through March 1998, three outbreaks of gastrointestinal illness among school children were linked to company A burritos. In September 1998, a similar outbreak occurred in three North Dakota schools following lunches that included company B burritos. We conducted an investigation to determine the source of the North Dakota outbreak, identify other similar outbreaks, characteriz...