background: oral health education for the mothers of very young children is important in reducing the risk of early childhood caries. this study aimed to evaluate the impact of an oral health intervention among mothers of 1-2 years old children. methods: this cluster randomized controlled trial (2012) was conducted among ninety mothers of 1-2 year old children. the setting of study was 10 child...

Background: Microdermabrasion has recently become a popular procedure among physicians and patients, whereas few studies have assessed the efficacy of different microdermabrasion protocols nowadays applied.The objective of this study was to assess the effects of microdermabrasion, as well as to compare the effects of weekly and biweekly intervals of microdermabrasion sessions on skin biophysica...

results the search criteria yielded 16 manuscripts on percutaneous adhesiolysis assessing post-surgery syndrome. of these, only 4 randomized trials met inclusion criteria for methodological quality assessment, 3 of them were of high quality; and the fourth manuscript was of low quality. based on these 3 randomized controlled trials, 2 of them with one-day procedure and one with a 3-day procedur...

Introduction: Higher levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines in schizophrenia have suggested that dysfunctions of the immune system may play a role in this disabling condition. The current study was performed to discover if low dose celecoxib combined with clozapine may improve symptoms of schizophrenia or not. Methods:<span...

Background and aim: Pigmented purpuric dermatoses are a group of chronic and recurrent skin diseases resulting from lymphocyte-mediated leakage of erythrocytes. No effective treatment has been suggested for these conditions. This study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of oral pentoxiphylline in the treatment of pigmented purpuric dermatoses.Materials and Methods: ...

background:  the primary aim of this study was to determine predictors of missed research appointments in a prospective  andomized placebo injection-controlled trial with evaluations 1 to 3 and 5 to 8 months after enrollment.   methods:  this study represents a secondary use of data from 104 patients that were enrolled in a prospective randomized  ontrolled trial of dexamethasone versus lidocai...