Background: Malnutrition, loss of body weight, muscle and fat mass wasting are common in patients with Parkinson's disease, and are associated with disability, longer length of hospital stay, impaired immune system and increased risk of mortality. The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status in patients with Parkinson's disease and its relation to the severity of the disease. Meth...

BACKGROUND The long-term consequences of wasting among HIV-infected persons are not known. DESIGN HIV-infected men surviving ≥2 years based on Kaplan-Meier analysis after a clinical diagnosis or weight trajectory consistent with wasting and with available physical function assessment data [grip strength, gait speed, and quality of life (QoL)] were matched to HIV-infected and uninfected men wi...

SUMMARY In a cross-sectional survey, the nutritionql status [on the basis of weight(Wt), height(Ht), body mass index(BMI) and mid-arm circumferences (MAC)] of 45 I women attending the health centers in Zabol city was investigated. The results showed that 14.4% of women were underweight and 2.2% stunted. On the basis of BMI 36.4% of women had wasting and 18.8% overweight. Also, 31.8% had amid-a...

A 35-year-old patient, pregnant, with history of two previous cesarean deliveries was referred to our service due the presence of an abdominal mass at 36 weeks of gestational age. The patient declined any other medical problems and stated that over the course of two years advised the growing of her abdomen but did not seek medical attention. To the physical examination she was cachectic, with t...

Abstract The seismic hazard posed by submarine faults and the capacity of earthquakes to trigger mass wasting are poorly understood because we lack detailed characterizations coseismic ruptures at seafloor. Here, present comprehensive mapping a seafloor rupture caused 2004 M w 6.3 Les Saintes earthquake on Roseau normal fault in Lesser Antilles. We report visual characteristics, displacement pr...

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to report on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence for an association between socioeconomic inequality and the average level of malnutrition, and to draw attention to different patterns of socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition. METHODS Both stunting and wasting were measured using new WHO ...

The importance of beta-adrenergic signaling in the heart has been well documented, but it is only more recently that we have begun to understand the importance of this signaling pathway in skeletal muscle. There is considerable evidence regarding the stimulation of the beta-adrenergic system with beta-adrenoceptor agonists (beta-agonists). Although traditionally used for treating bronchospasm, ...