Background: Brain ischemic disorders are common diseases of neural systems. One of the predisposing factors affect to the brain ischemia is systemic hypertension. The aim of this study was the determination of relation between blood pressure and spread of brain ischemia in CT scan in brain ischemia patients. Materials & Methods: In the first stage and on the basis of research group, we selecte...

background: at the present time, massage has become a popular therapy employed in complementary medicine. there is evidence showing that back massage might have many positive psychological effects, possibly due to having many autonomic nervous system afferent inputs. one of the frequent positions during massage is prone position. however, there has been limited research investigating the effect...

BACKGROUND The current systolic blood-pressure threshold for hypertension treatment is 140 mm Hg for all adults. WHO and the International Society of Hypertension have proposed that normal pressure be lower than 130 mm Hg, with an optimum pressure of less than 120 mm Hg. These recommendations are based largely on the assumption that cardiovascular and overall mortality depend in a strictly incr...

results during the 3 months study, in the placebo group, systolic bp (sbp) increased with 6.3 mmhg and diastolic bp (dbp) increased with 4.6 mmhg, changes which were significant. after the 3 months, the effect of garlic on sbp, after adjusting for baseline value, was significant, and this effect was more significant in hypertensive patients. plasma lipids and lipoproteins did not change signific...

Despite impressive progress in diagnosis. treatment and control of hypertension, this symptom is still one of the major causes of brain and kidney disease as well as cardiac insufficiencies. Since the control of blood lipids, glucose and body weight are highly important in the prevention and treatment of hypertensive drugs, this epidemiologic study was carried out in Islamshahr, 30 Km. to The S...

purpose : to investigate the association of primary open angle glaucoma (poag) and systemic hypertension in patients referred to farabi eye hospital methods : in this case-control study in farabi eye hospital. one hundred patients were selected randomly from poag patients of glaucoma clinic, farabi eye hospital. control group consists of 100 patients, candidates for cataract surgery. history of...