background: the electrical dose selected for electroconvulsive therapy (ect) must have an acceptable efficacy and no or minimal cognitive side-effects. we evaluated the clinical efficacy and cognitive side-effects of ect in relation to the stimulus dose administered.   method: this study assessed 71 depressed patients who were treated with bilateral ect. for evaluation of depressive and cogniti...

Wildfires can drastically change rangeland by depositing ash contaminated with metals that are not part of normal diets. This pose health threats to humans and animals. risk, along alterations essential minerals in livestock grazing on regrowth burnt lands, is well known. To better understand this, our study investigated metal concentrations water, soil, plant forage, meat wool sheep the burned...

Rosmarinus officinalis has been used in traditional medicine extensively. This study evaluated the hormonal and cellular effects of Rosmarinus officinalis extract on testes of adult rats. Thirty male Wistar rats (in three groups) received 50 or 100 mg/Kg b.w of Rosmarinus officinalis extract (made from the plant’s leaves, flower and stem) (treatment groups) and 10 mL/Kg b.w normal saline (contr...

Objective(s) The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of aerobics, pilates exercises and low calorie diet on leptin levels and some lipid profiles and anthropometric factors in sedentary women. Materials and Methods Forty six women (age 36.41±3.47) were recruited and divided into four groups: aerobic exercise group (EX), Pilates exercise group (Pilates), low calorie diet (LCD) an...

background: the present clinical trial study aims at investigating the effect of daily energy intake in 6 isocaloric meals in comparison with the current meal pattern (3 meals and 2 small snacks per day) on type 2 diabetes risk markers in diabetes during 3-month period. methods: eighty four type 2 diabetes patients were randomly divided into 6 isocaloric meal diet or a balanced diet (3 meals an...