BACKGROUND The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster forced people to evacuate their hometowns. Many evacuees from the government-designated evacuation zone were forced to change their lifestyle, diet, exercise, and other personal habits. The Comprehensive Health Check (CHC), 1 of 4 detailed surveys of The Fukushima Health Management Survey (FHMS), was implement...

BackgroundDiabetes type I (DTI) is one of the most common endocrine disorders during childhood and adolescents in which has strong impact on physical and emotional development of individuals with family members. We aimed to evaluate of stress, anxiety and depression in parents with DTI child compared with parents with healthy child.Materials and MethodsIn this case – control study, 60 parents o...

Metabolic syndrome (MS) is a condition that predisposes individuals to the development of cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes mellitus. A cross-sectional investigation of 15,365 participants residing in metropolitan Bangkok who had received an annual health checkup in 2007 was used in this study. Individuals were classified as MS or non-MS according to the International Diabetes Federat...

Introduction. Kallmann syndrome is a genetic disorder marked by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia. Patients with have low circulating testosterone levels gonadotropin levels, whereas other pituitary hormones are normal. The treatment based on sex steroid replacement the aim to restore normal pubertal development includes attempts fertility using gonadotropin-releasing hormones. Ultrasou...

BACKGROUND Although there is a close relationship between dietary sodium and hypertension, the concept that persons with relatively high dietary sodium are at increased risk of developing hypertension compared with those with relatively low dietary sodium has not been studied intensively in a cohort. METHODS AND RESULTS We conducted an observational study to investigate whether dietary sodium...

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency asymptomatic bacteriuria and causative organisms that are responsible for development in pregnant women visiting antenatal checkup outpatient Department hospital. Methodology: This a Cross sectional conducted Outpatient department Gynecology, SIMS/Services Hospital, Lahore after taking ethical approval. duration about six months. ...

This study protocol introduces the Kasama Study, a mid-sized longitudinal study of health, fitness, and physical activity in older people. The study is a challenging research project that discusses the future of the system for preventive nursing care and for supporting successful aging in Japan. In May 2008, we began the Kasama Study with an exercise program of preventive nursing care for commu...