OBJECTIVE We examined the independent associations between objectively measured free-living physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) and the metabolic syndrome in adults in rural and urban Cameroon. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS PAEE was measured in 552 rural and urban dwellers using combined heart rate and movement sensing over 7 continuous days. The metabolic syndrome was defined using the...

Introduction: Restless legs syndrome is a sensory-motor disorder that causes sleep disorder. The syndrome in patients undergoing hemodialysis has to do with depression, sleep deprivation, performance disorder, day fatigue, excessive daytime sleepiness, stress and anxiety, and increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. The objective of this systematic meta-analysis study was to estimate prevalen...

Growth failure is a recognised feature of Gitelman syndrome, although it is not as frequent as in Bartter syndrome. Indometacin is reported to improve growth in Bartter syndrome, but not in Gitelman syndrome, where magnesium supplements are recommended. This paper presents 3 sisters with Gitelman syndrome who could not tolerate magnesium supplements, and whose hypotension and polyuria were elim...

Summary A case of Cushing' s syndrome associated with application of topical clobetasol propionate (0.05%) is reported. Local application of clobetasol propionate is associated with adrenal suppression in normal subjects and on this basis, it has been recommended that less than 50 g per week be used. There have been sporadic case reports of cushing's syndrome associated with topical steroid bu...

Camptomelic dwarfism or dysplas1a is a rare syndrome in which· short stature is associated with angulation and bowing of the lower limb Long bones, hypoplasia of the facial bones and scapula and various other skeletal and respiratory and nervous system. A 9 day old girl with this syndrome was admitted in our peiatric Department, Loghman Hospital medical center because of Dwarfism and hypotonia....

based on rome iii criteria, functional disorders of gi are listed below:   infant regurgitation: -regurgitation two or more times per day for 3 or more weeks -no retching, hematemesis, aspiration, apnea, ftt, abnormal posturing infant rumination syndrome: -repetitive contraction of abdominal muscle -regurgitation of gastric content in to the mouth and reswallowed cyclic vomiting syndrome: -two ...

introduction: methadone has been used as a drug to detoxify opioid tolerance. naloxane precipitated morphine withdrawal behaviours were attenuated by venlafaxine as an antidepressant. on the contrary, after detoxifying the opioids, spontaneous withdrawal syndrome may occur with pain sensitivity. therefore the present study aimed to examine the effects of chronic methadone (70 mg/kg, in drinking...