procedure. Ninety female patients had free flap breast reconstruction at the University of California, Irvine from January of 2004 to December of 2008. The average reimbursement was 38.3 percent of billed charges. The mean and median reimbursement was $6597 and $4962, respectively. Of these 90 patients, seven returned to the group for a cosmetic procedure, for a total of nine procedures. One of...

As our knowledge of the functional and pharmacological architecture of the nervous system increases, we are getting better at treating cognitive and affective disorders. Along with the ability to modify cognitive and affective systems in disease, we are also learning how to modify these systems in health. “Cosmetic neurology,” the practice of intervening to improve cognition and affect in healt...

OBJECTIVES To  present the demographic characteristics of Saudi patients undergoing cosmetic procedures.  Methods: This prospective study survey was conducted in 3 private cosmetic surgery centers in different regions of Saudi Arabia (Riyadh and Jeddah) between January and August 2016. Validated questionnaire with modification was used and the following patient's information were provided: age ...

identification, authentication and quality control are essential to ensure safety, therapeutic potency, efficacy and reproducible quality of herbal medicines. the aim of this study is to use taxonomic method for authentication of traditional herbal drugs which are commonly sold in herbal shops in iran. in this regard, twenty-seven cases of herbal drugs suspected to be adulterated were investiga...

background & aim: the essential oils are the most important secondary aromatic biochemical compounds in plants and even in some animals. they are of great importance because of their aromatic, flavoring and preventing properties from deterioration in food industries. according to ethnobotany study of aerial parts of bakhtiari celery or kelus (kelussia odoratissma  mozaffarian) in dairy such...

BACKGROUND Liver injury or dysfunction is considered as a serious health problem. The available synthetic drugs to treat liver disorders are expensive and cause further damage. Hence, hepatoprotective effects of some herbal drugs have been investigated, and one of the methods to choose herbs in order to study their biological effects is to search in ancient medical texts. Avicenna who is known ...

- Finding the most important medicinal herbs in Semirom. - Determination of major diseases in Semirom. - Determination of medicinal herb successes on diseases treatment. This study was a measuremental study in 2002 based on filled questionnaire distributed among the Semirom people. - 30 regional species of medicinal herbs have been found for remediation of diseases. - More than 80 percent of Se...

OBJECTIVE To examine the patterns of herbal therapy use among adults in the United States and to describe factors associated with herb use. DESIGN We examined the use of natural herbs from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). We analyzed factors associated with herb use and reasons for herb use with logistic regression. RESULTS Factors associated with herb use include the follo...

In a randomised single blind trial the Chinese herbs Shuang Huang Lian were evaluated for the treatment of acute bronchiolitis. Children with acute bronchiolitis and serological evidence of recent respiratory syncytial virus infection were studied in a tertiary hospital in Harbin, China. The 96 children were randomised into three treatment groups: herbs, herbs with antibiotics, and antibiotics ...

Spices and herbs are rich in polyphenols and widely used in habitual diets in the tropical regions. To elucidate their effects on human health, intake of the portion of spices and herbs from habitual diets should be determined. Consumption patterns were determined from 24-hour records or recalls of 181 men and 370 women in Khonkaen and Ubon Ratchathani provinces, representing upper and lower no...