introduction: central nervous system develops during the first years of life. millions of synapses form among nervous cells before two years of age. the present research was performed to assess the effects of mothers’ training about complementary feeding and developmental skills on growth and development of 5-7 month infants referring to health centers in city of shiraz in southwest of iran. me...

background: assessing the growth of infants is a main parameter in their health assessment. thus, we have studied the growth condition of children from born to 18 months in this research in bandar abbas, iran, 2015. methods: in this descriptive study, we have selected 104 case records from the dataset of health center number 8 of bandarabbas by means of simple randomized sampling. all data abou...

Vestibular sensation contributes to cervical-head stabilization and fall prevention. To what extent fear of falling influences the associated vestibular feedback processes is currently undetermined. We used galanic vestibular stimulation (GVS) to induce vestibular reflexes while participants stood at ground level and on a narrow walkway at 3.85 m height to induce fear of falling. Fear was confi...

OBJECTIVE To assess whether physical growth is affected in early treated Dutch patients with phenylketonuria (PKU). METHODS The birth weights of all 137 early detected patients with PKU born in the period from 1974 to 1988 in the Netherlands were compared with reference values. Height, head circumference, and weight were measured at the age at which treatment started (commonly about 2-3 weeks...

BACKGROUND Many studies have shown that low birthweight is associated with increased risk of heart disease in adulthood. It is controversial whether this association is caused by genetic or non-genetic factors, and whether life course exposures, such as adult overweight, could modify the association. We have studied the association of head circumference at birth with later deaths from coronary ...

BACKGROUND Neck flexion by head elevation using an 8 to 10 cm thick pillow and head extension has been suggested to align the laryngeal, pharyngeal and oral axis and facilitate tracheal intubation. Presently, the laryngeal view and discomfort for tracheal intubation were evaluated according to two different degrees of head elevation in adult patients. METHODS This prospective randomized, cont...

BACKGROUND Head injury increases mortality in trauma patients. We aimed to study the epidemiological and clinical features of head injury in Al-Ain city, United Arab Emirates (UAE). METHODS Trauma patients with head injury who were admitted to Al- Ain Hospital for more than 24 hours and those who died in the hospital were included in the study. Data were prospectively collected from March 200...