Chocolate-induced prolonged angiooedema in an elderly patient.

Effect of Eight Weeks Water Resistance Training with Dark Chocolate Supplementation on the Balance of the Elderly

Introduction: Improving balance in the daily lives of the elderly plays an important role, especially in reducing their risk of falling. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks water resistance training with dark chocolate supplementation on the balance of the elderly. Methods: In this study, 38 elderly people with an age range of 73-60 years were r...

Thermal angiooedema induced by hot water.

تأثیر تمرینات مقاومتی و مصرف مکمل عصارۀ شکلات تلخ بر میزان مقادیر عامل میوژنیک 5 پلاسمایی و قدرت عضلانی سالمندان

Background and Aim: Catechins in dark chocolate can improve the reduction of muscle mass in the elderly due to the sarcopenia by the positive effect on muscle growth. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks resistance training and dark chocolate extract supplementation on the plasma levels of Myogenic Factor 5 (Myf5) and muscle strength in the older adults. Mater...

Association of New Coronavirus Disease With Fragility Hip and Lower Limb Fractures in Elderly Patients

The novel coronavirus-induced infection (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization onMarch 11, 2020. Iran is one of the countries with a high incidence of COVID-19 infection.Data on three patients with fragility hip fracture and COVID-19 infection were collected from one hospital located inBadrud, Isfahan, Iran, from March 1, 2010, to March 30, 2020. A...

Corticosteroid Induced, HHV-8 Positive Kaposi’s Sarcoma in a Non-HIV Elderly Patient

Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) was first described in 1872 by Moritz Kaposi. In 1994, Chang et al. first identified DNA sequences corresponding to human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) in AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma biopsies. It is now believed that presence of HHV-8 is necessary but not sufficient to cause KS. Other factors like immunosuppressive therapy also play a role. We describe an HIV-negative elderly p...