On the basis of atomic absorption spectrophotometry rat teeth and mandible magnesium levels in experimental postmenopausal osteoporosis and after administration of 17 βestradiol were measured. The results showed that estrogen deficiency after ovariectomy decreased the magnesium content in rat teeth and mandible and administration of 17β-estradiol influences in good way the mineral components of...

Steroid hormones play important roles in the regulation of whole body metabolism. Skeletal muscle is an insulin-responsive organ with a key role in overall substrate metabolism. Disturbances in skeletal muscle metabolism, as a result of hormonal imbalance may be an underlying defect in metabolic disease. Reduced insulin-responsive glucose disposal in skeletal muscle is a characteristic feature ...

Published by: Tehran University of Medical Sciences (http://ijp.tums.ac.ir) represent the idea that bilirubin, a breakdown product of hemoglobin, causes indirect bilirubin level increase by accessing the fetus through the placenta and that this causes fetal gallbladder stone formation[4]. It has been asserted that smoking during pregnancy, hematologic diseases, blood incompatibilities between m...

Early intervention by teams specialising in the treatment of early psychosis has been suggested to enhance outcome in the early phase of psychotic illness. Two papers in the Journal address this topic. The first examines the cost-effectiveness of these services, while the second examines the 5-year outcome of one such service. McCrone and colleagues (pp. 377–382) report that although their spec...

food allergies are common health problem among children. they carry a significant risk of severe allergic reactions. these disorders are chronic conditions in which the immune system becomes hypersensitive to some food products. it is estimated that 8% of children under the age of three have a type of food allergy. the common allergenic foods include cow’s milk, wheat, peanuts, egg, soy and fis...

; Azospirillum spp. are endophytic bacteria with beneficial effects on cereals — effects partially attributed to gibberellin production by the microorganisms. Azospirillum lipoferum and Azospirillum brasilense inoculated to rice dy mutant reversed dwarfism in seedlings incubated with [17,17-H2]GA20 with formation of [17,17H2]GA1, showing the in vivo capacity to perform the 3 -hydroxylation. Whe...