STUDY OBJECTIVES To replicate the association between insomnia with objective short sleep duration and hypertension, type 2 diabetes and duration of insomnia. DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. SETTING Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Center-University of Freiburg. PARTICIPANTS 328 patients with primary insomnia classified according to DSM-IV criteria (125 males, ...

—Concomitant with increasing numbers of the Double-crested Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax auritus ), catfish producers in eastern Mississippi and western Alabama have reported damage caused by cormorant predation. VHF telemetry was used to document movements of 25 cormorants from all known night roosts in the aquaculture producing areas of eastern Mississippi and western Alabama, January-April 1998....

Abstract Background Nocturnal symptoms in Parkinson’s disease are often treated after management of daytime manifestations. In order to better understand the unmet needs nocturnal management, we analyzed characteristics and burden from patients’ perspectives explored their changes over time. Overall (occurring at day or night) were collected compare whether related overall different. Methods We...

children, similar to adults, are required to fast before general anesthesia in order to reduce  the volume and acidity of stomach contents. it is thought that npo regulations reduce the risk of regurgitation and aspiration of gastric contents during surgery. recent developments have encouraged a shift from the standard 'nil by mouth from midnight' fasting policy to more relaxed regime...

this was a cross-sectional case-control study in which the effect of night-time ambient light on prevalence of myopia in patients with a history of exposure to night-time light during sleep throughout the first three years of their lives was investigated in 2008. two hundred children aged 3-15 years who were brought to our eye clinic at boo-ali hospital for ophthalmic examination investigated a...

background: obesity has emerged as one of the most serious public health concerns in the 21st century. the consequences of this chronic disorder are serious. bariatric surgery has been shown to eliminate comorbid conditions associated with obesity. currently it is considered to be the only successful, long-term therapy for morbidly obese subjects.rnobjectives: the aim of this study was to evalu...

introduction: the aim was to assess the effects on lifestyle and lipid profile while fasting during holy month of ramadan. material and methods: an interventional cohort study designed with 160 subjects who were fasting during ramadan recruited from different mosques in kermanshah. data were collected in three stages at the beginning and at the end of ramadan as well as one month following rama...

BACKGROUND Cyclic meditation (CM) is a technique that combines yoga postures interspersed with supine rest. This combination is based on ancient texts and is considered easier for beginners to practice. MATERIAL/METHODS Whole-night polysomnographic measures and the self-rating of sleep were studied on the night following a day in which 30 male participants practiced CM twice (ca. 23 minutes e...

conclusion according to the results of our series, percutaneous liver biopsy using the tru-cut biopsy gun guided by ultrasonography can be performed safely. we resolve that routine ultrasound of the puncture site is a quick, effective and safe procedure. the complication rate is very low. the us-assisted percutaneous liver biopsy should be used for all cases. results a total of 1018 patients we...