inequities in health need to be monitored and necessary actions should be taken to reduce them. this study aimed to determine the socioeconomic distribution of self-reported chronic diseases and self-assessed health (sah) in turkey and try to evaluate the determinants of such inequalities in terms of their contributions.cross-sectional data from the turkish health survey conducted during year 2...

background and objectives: low quality of life in hemodialysis patients is a major factor leading to cardiovascular diseases and other important outcomes such as hospitalization and death. the present study attempted to examine the impacts of training intervention on perceived psychological health and quality of life among hemodialysis patients. methods: in this cross-sectional intervention stu...

the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (raas) plays pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease (ckd) progression and its increased complications such as hypertension (ht) and cardiovascular diseases (cvd). previous studies suggested that aliskiren a direct renin inhibitor, blocks raas and may be effective for the management of ckd and its complications. this review focuses on...

Editor—Palliative care does not start when a patient is dying. A whole spectrum of palliation begins from the day of diagnosis of a potentially terminal disease, such as soft tissue sarcoma. Palliation, in the sense of needing to absorb what this means for the patient, becomes even then a medical imperative. The “How long have I got, Doc?” question may not be articulated, but it will be there a...

Background: Similar to developed countries, aging is increased in India. Because of the epidemiology and demographic transition phase, chronic diseases and disabilities along with health costs are increasing day by day. As social factors and chronic diseases are the major reasons for geriatric disability, the present study was done with the following objectives: to assess and compare the socio-...

Investigate the clinical characteristics of advanced renal cell carcinoma associated with von Hippel-Lindau syndrome to improve the clinicians' understanding and reduce the incidence of missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. Retrospective analysis of clinical data of 1 patient which suffered VHL syndrome complicated with advanced renal cell carcinoma in urology of Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital Affili...

Previous studies have suggested a critical role for interleukin IL-17F in innate and adaptive immunity in vivo and its abnormal expression was found to play a bridging role in several neurological disorders. In this study, we investigated the association between functional polymorphisms in IL-17F and Tourette’s syndrome (TS) in a Chinese Han population. We recruited 407 TS nuclear family trios ...

Objective(s): Over the past 20 years, increasing interest in the use of medicinal plants as alternative or adjuvant treatments of several chronic diseases was observed. Accordingly, Nigella sativa or black cumin, a medicinal plant rich in bioactive compounds, has been used worldwide for food purposes or in traditional medicines. This paper aims to reveal N. sativa pote...