BACKGROUND Reportedly, patients with persistent refractory angina due to end-stage coronary artery disease (CAD) not amenable to traditional revascularization techniques have experienced symptomatic relief following laser revascularization, either surgical transmyocardial revascularization (TMR) or percutaneous myocardial revascularization (PMR). In spite of several hypotheses (i.e., channel pa...

Compared with temperate birds, tropical birds have low reproductive rates, slow development as nestlings, and long lifespans. These "slow" life history traits are thought to be associated with reduced energy expenditure, or a slow "pace of life." To test predictions from this hypothesis, we measured exercise-induced peak metabolic rates (PMR(E)) in 45 species of tropical lowland forest birds an...

INTRODUCTION The present study was conducted to determine whether patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) are at an increased risk of peripheral arterial disease (PAD). METHODS An inception cohort of all Olmsted County, Minnesota residents diagnosed with PMR between 1 January 1970 and 31 December 1999 was compared with non-PMR subjects (two for each PMR subject) from among residents. Both ...

background and objectives: calamus rotang is used in traditional medicine. regarding the previous phytochemical screening of methanol extract of calamus rotang l. fruits (mcr), this study was performed to find out the antidiarrheal and hypoglycemic effects of the experimented extract in rodents. methods: castor oil induced diarrheal test was followed for screening anti-diarrheal effect of mcr. ...

Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is relatively common among the elderly, and is characterized by multiple body aches with an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Even though the etiology of PMR remains unknown, a number of infectious agents have been suggested to cause PMR. Also, there are reports of PMR after influenza vaccination. The exact role of influenza vaccination on the development of ...

This study analyzed the relationships between the inclination to help the others and prosocial moral reasoning (PMR) in a sample of 548 Italian adolescents and young adults. We used the Italian version of Prosocial Tendencies Measure to evaluate the tendencies to adopt prosocial behaviors in different conditions (public, anonymous, and helping behavior in emotionally critical and dire situation...