Background: Cigarette smoking has several known detrimental effect on cardiovascular system.  QT dispersion (QTd) is among the important predictors of cardiac death. Objective:  To assess the acute effect of smoking of a single standard cigarette on QT and QTc (corrected QT) dispersion, hence on the risk of ventricular arrhythmias in healthy smokers and non-smokers. Methods: 111 healthy men wit...

Background: Recently, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been affected by the extreme acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and developed important global health anxiety. At this time, treatment options for disease are only moderately successful. Smoking related to COVID-19 its mortality, it potential affect bacteriological viral conversion, clinical effects, outcomes. Meth...

Background/aim: To investigate the impact of smoking on disease activity, treatment retention, and response in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) treated their first tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitor (TNFi). Materials methods: AS who started TNFi for active axial (BASDAI ≥ 4) from TURKBIO Registry were included. Treatment smoker (current ex-smokers) nonsmoker (never smoker) primarily eva...

Background and Aims: Smoking has an influence on different semen parameters. It is regarded as a risk factor for infertility. This study aims to evaluate the effect of smoking cigarettes on the expression of nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (NRF2) and glutathione S-transferase Mu 1 (GSTM1) genes and biomarkers of oxidative stress in sperm. Materials and Methods: A case-control study...

Abstract Background Arthritis is rarely reported as a paraneoplastic manifestation of occult malignancy. We report herein two cases arthritis due to Case 1 The patient was 65-year-old woman asian descent who former smoker with history spine surgery performed for L4/L5 degenerative disc disease. She presented 1-month oligoarthritis affecting both ankle joints and early morning stiffness about 3 ...

Background: Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a hyperandrogenic condition characterized by polycystic morphology and chronic oligo-anovulation. When it combines with hypothyroidism hyperprolactinemia, this can have severe consequences, may even lead to infertility.
 Case Presentation: This case study illustrates the complexity of PCOS significance multidisciplinary approach its diagnos...

abstract   background : noise is the most common hazard in the workplace and noise induced hearing loss considered to be the most common occupational disease as well. cigarette smoking, in some studies, has been known to induce hearing loss. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of contemporary exposure to occupational noise and cigarette smoking on hearing.   methods : 478 assem...