BACKGROUND A dysregulation of reward mechanisms was suggested in the pathophysiology of anorexia nervosa (AN), but the role of the endogenous mediators of reward has been poorly investigated. Endocannabinoids, including anandamide and 2-arachidonoylglycerol, and the endocannabinoid-related compounds oleoylethanolamide and palmitoylethanolamide modulate food-related and unrelated reward. Hedonic...

The inihibitory effect of various doses of ranitidine and cimetidine on pentagastrin stimulated volume, acid, and pepsin secretion was studied in 8 healthy volunteers. Both compounds inhibited all three variables in a dose dependent manner with an average ID50 of approximately 5 mg for ranitidine and of approximately 41 mg for cimetidine. On a molar basis ranitidine is about 11 times more poten...

Andrographis paniculata (Nees), is a valuable traditional medicinal plant and it has many important bioactive compounds. It cures and prevents a number of diseases in human beings. It is a boon of the nature of human healthy life. It cures cold, fever, colic pain, active against inflammatory, antidiabetic activity, antioxidant, antifertility, cardiovascular and anti-virus including inhibited HI...

We here disclosed a new protocol for the condensation of acetophenone derivatives and active methylene compounds with aldehydes in the presence of boric acid under microwave conditions. Implementation of the reaction is simple, healthy and environmentally friendly owing to the use of a non-toxic catalyst coupled to a solvent-free procedure. A large variety of known or novel compounds have thus ...

conclusions an increased lumbar lordosis during the prone knee-flexion test is due to instability in a lumbar spine region. results results demonstrated that there was a statistically significant difference in lumbar lordosis in prone position and after performing the prone knee-flexion test among healthy subjects (p < 0.0001). patients and methods this quasi-experimental study with repeated me...

patients with chronic low back pain hold various perceptions, experiences and beliefs about their pain which are based on prior learning and social influence. this study was employed to earn perceptions and beliefs of patients regarding low back pain to apply in health education planning. eight focus group discussions including 6-10 people taking part in each of them was performed. subjects inc...

studies have shown that some personal characteristics such as perfectionism are associated with cardiovascular diseases. hence, this study was designed with the aim of doing a comparative evaluation of perfectionism in coronary heart disease patients and healthy individuals referred to shahid faghihi hospital in shiraz.   materials and methods: this is a case-control study carried out on 80 car...

background: to assess the frequency and type of adverse events after influenza vaccination in iranian adults. methods: health care workers in 7 medical centers received the influenza vaccine from october 2006 to february 2007 and fol­lowed by phone regarding symptoms experienced after vaccination. results: of 897 adults who participated in the study, local and systemic reactions were reported b...