Calorie restriction is a common strategy for weight loss in obese individuals. However, little is known about the impact of moderate hypocaloric diets on obesity-related laboratory parameters in a short-term period. Aim of this study was to evaluate the variation of laboratory biomarkers in obese individuals following a Mediterranean, hypocaloric (1400-1600 Kcal/die) diet. 23 obese, pharmacolog...

background: application of follicular fluid (ff) and platelet-activating factor (paf) in artificial insemination improves sperm motility. lactate dehydrogenase c (ldh-c) is a key enzyme for sperm motility. in this study, the effects of ff and paf on the sperm motility index and ldh-c expression were investigated. moreover, ldh-c expression was compared between asthenozoospermic and normozoosper...

The management of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) has reached a plateau. Etoposide and platinum-based chemotherapy plus thoracic irradiation remain the standard treatment strategy for SCLC. Our study aims to assess the potential prognostic factors of patients treated with etoposide and platinum-based chemotherapy and explore which group of patients can benefit more from standard treatment strateg...

The long-term course to lumbar intervertebral disc herniation (LDH) patients receiving integrative Korean medicine treatment and predictive factors associated with disc resorption were investigated. LDH patients who received integrative Korean medicine treatment from February 2012 to December 2015 and were registered in the "longitudinal project for LDH on MRI" were included. Disc resorption am...

OBJECTIVES To compare the effects of vibration therapy and massage in prevention of DOMS. METHODS Pre-test and Post-test Control-Group Design was used, 45 healthy female non athletic Subjects were recruited and randomly distributed to the three groups (15 subject in each group). After the subject's initial status was measured experimental groups received vibration therapy (50 Hz vibration for...

The aim of this study was to compare the clinical and biochemical parameters in colic horses (n=20) with that of healthy control animals (n=10). Further, the measured parameters were also compared between survived and non-survived colic patients. Clinical parameters included were rectal temperature, respiration rate (RR), capillary refill time (CRT) and heart rate (HR). Biochemical parameters e...

haemorraghic-shock, and 1(5%) with acute liver failure. Differences between non-survivours and survivours by (x2): hypofibrinogenemia (53%versus 13%; P 1⁄4 0.039), epistaxis (17% versus 0%; P 1⁄4 0.023), evident clinical infection (47%versus 13%; P 1⁄4 0.044), elevated LDH levels (63% versus 30%; P 1⁄4 0.039), hemophagocytosis (57% versus 17%; P 1⁄4 0.024). Risk factors associated to mortality:...