a study was conducted to evaluate effects of age at weaning on various growth characteristics and stress measures of zandi lambs. the lambs were weaned at 45 and 90 days of age. the body weights and average daily gain (adg) were monitored during the experimental period and 5 months of age. cortisol, glucose, blood urea nitrogen (bun) and lamb behavior (agitation, vocalization) were recorded bef...

reports indicate that one of the causes of harmful to the genital system, especially the testes is stress. result of damage to testicular quality certainly will affect the quality of sperm fertility. stress could be created secondarily after some pathological conditions such as neurological diseases or environmental factors. one of the causes of stress could be scary voices, such as cat voice f...

introduction: functional dyspepsia and digestive disorders are common, debilitating and costly. little information is available about the role of stress management in terms of cognitivebehavioral treatment of dyspepsia. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral stress management on functional dyspepsia symptoms in patients who referred to digestion c...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acute swimming stress on plasma corticosterone and leptin levels in female and male rats. thirty- seven adult male (n=20) and female (n=20) sprague dawley rats (200-250 g weight) were used. the leptin and corticosterone levels were measured following swimming stress (10 minutes) or no stress. plasma leptin and corticosterone were measured b...

introduction: drought stress is one of the main problems in agricultural productions in arid and semiarid regions such as iran. lack of water influences on most of plant physiological processes such as photosynthes, cellular development and uptake and transmission of nutrients in plants. some approaches such as selection of resistance cultivars to drought stress, and selection of dripped irriga...

the aim of this study was to determine the most effective and suitable time to remove the urinary catheter (foley) after anterior and posterior colporrhaphy surgery. patients who experience anterior colporrhaphy operation for genuine stress incontinency or pelvic organ prolapsed will have post operative voiding dysfunction. these patients need postoperative drainage. one of the methods preferre...

anxiety is a mental state that is elicited in anticipation of threat or potential threat. sensations of anxiety are a normal part of human experience, but excessive or inappropriate anxiety can become an illness. anxiety is part of the normal human experience. we may speculate that it served human survival during evolution by enhancing preparedness and alertness. however, anxious manifestations...

substantial progress in documenting the role of psychosocial stress in the etiology and development of physical and mental disease has been made in the past 10 years. although the exact mechanisms with which stress impacts health are not fully understood, it is thought that the negative emotional and cognitive effects of stress alter the immune response and increase susceptibility to disease. s...

objectives: we aimed to assess psychological stress status among iranian patients with cancer compared with non-cancer individuals. patients and methods: in a case-control study one hundred consecutive cancer patients who referred to fatemieh hospital in semnan, iran (regardless of the type of cancer and its stage) were enrolled. one hundred matched non-cancer individuals were selected as contr...