background tracking of blood pressure from early life to adulthood and the increasing prevalence of elevated blood pressure in the pediatric age group are considered as important health issues. rapid lifestyle change and dietary habits are considered as important determinants of this problem. this study aimed to systematically review the studies on the association of dietary habits and blood pr...

this study was conducted to investigate the effects of brewer's yeast supplementation on serum lipoproteins and blood pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.in a randomized double blind clinical trial, 90 adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus were recruited, and divided randomly into 2 groups, trial group received brewer's yeast (1800 mg/day) and control group received placebo for 12...

Reduced fetal growth in babies born preterm may be associated with reduced later blood pressure, but in children born at term, higher blood pressure. It was hypothesised, therefore, that maternal smoking in pregnancy, associated with reduced fetal growth, programmes later blood pressure differentially according to length of gestation. Six hundred and eighteen children born preterm and now aged ...

BACKGROUND Iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient deficiency worldwide. Experimental animal studies suggest that mothers deficient in iron during pregnancy are more likely to have offspring who become obese with high blood pressure. C282Y mutation carriers are more likely to have higher iron stores. METHODS We undertook an instrumental variable (IV) analysis, using maternal C282Y as...

patients and methods in a double-blind clinical trial, 103 patients (american society of anesthesiologists class i, ii) aged 18 - 45 years old, who were septorhinoplasty candidates, were randomly assigned into two groups, a 900 mg gabapentin group and placebo, in amir-al-momenin academic hospital. the drug was prescribed to the patients orally, 2 hours before the operation. anesthetic technique...

ramadan is considered a holy month in the islamic calendar. during this month, all able-bodied muslim adults refrain from foods, drinks, smoking, and medications from dawn until sunset. in islamic rules, patients and those for whom fasting may have major health risks are exempted from fasting during ramadan. there is still no consensus regarding the effects of ramadan fasting, as a unique oppor...

abstract      background and objective: aluminum phosphide (alp) is a solid non-organic phosphide with dark gray or dark yellow crystals. it reacts with stomach acid after ingestion and causes phosphine gas to be released. it is thought that phosphine causes toxicity from enzymatic interference and may even lead to cell death. this study aimed to investigate the effects of poisoning with rice t...