ramadan fasting is specific intermittent fasting comprising significant changes in routine lifestyle pattern and may affect body homeostasis and metabolism. in spite of several studies conducted on the effects of ramadan fasting on various aspects of health and disease, because of heterogeneity in methodology and procedures (sometimes inevitable), a comprehensive concluding for reliable results...

objective(s) the purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effect of ramadan fasting and weight-lifting training on plasma volume, glucose, and lipids profile of male weight-lifter. materials and methods forty male weight-lifters were recruited and divided into 4 groups (n=10 each) and as the following groups: control (c), fasting (f), training (t) and fasting-training (f-t). the t and f...

background: ramadan fasting for pregnant women with diabetes remains controversial and underreported. the objective of this study was to determine the glycemic control in pregnant diabetic women on insulin who fasted during ramadan. methods: this was a retrospective study carried out over a period of three years including pregnant diabetic women, who were on short-acting, intermediate-acting, o...

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—This was an ancillary study to the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. Habitual sleep duration and fragmentation were estimated from 6 days of wrist actigraphy collected in 2003–2005. Insomnia was defined as self-reported difficulty falling asleep or waking up in the night three or more times per week plus average sleep efficiency of ,80%...

W hile insulin antibodies reportedly exist in about half of patients with type 2 diabetes who inject insulin, these antibodies do not often severely affect blood glucose levels (1). Here, we report a patient who had insulin antibodies against human insulin and developed insulin resistance after episodes of frequent hypoglycemic attacks, even though insulin therapy had been discontinued. A 68-ye...

BACKGROUND Although the circadian clock in the mammalian retina regulates many physiological processes in the retina, it is not known whether and how the clock controls the neuronal pathways involved in visual processing. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS By recording the light responses of rabbit axonless (A-type) horizontal cells under dark-adapted conditions in both the day and night, we foun...

Islamic Boarding School or Pesantren is not only a place to teach religion, but also teaches other fields such as agribusiness and even rehabilitation for narcotics addicts. Rehabilitation process of integrated treatment activities free addicts from drug dependence. one the places that can be used rehabilitate people who are addicted drugs by using values usually applied students boarding schoo...