the base of this review is to consider the relevant role that animal factors (potential milk yield, body weight, body condition score, state of lactation, parity and fertility) play on milk performance (considering the energy balance and the rumen function across the full lactation curve of animals) and milk quality (milk protein content, milk fat content, milk lactose content, vitamins, minera...

background: higher risks of reproductive problems have been found in underweight and overweight women with rapid weight gain or loss but evidence is inconsistent especially in relation to the effect of age of body weight changes. objective: the aim of our study was to detect the peculiarities of menstrual function, prevalence of different types of reproductive disorders and correlations of resp...

background: menopause is associated with changes in body composition in postmenopausal women. the aim of this study was to compare the effects of tibolone and continuous combined hormone therapy (ht) on body composition in postmenopausal women. materials and methods: in this randomized clinical trial, 120 menopausal women were randomly selected and divided into three groups. of these, 40 women ...

BACKGROUND There is a well-recognised relationship between body weight, plantar pressures and foot pain, but the temporal association between these factors is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between increasing weight, plantar pressures and foot pain over a two-year period. METHODS Fifty-one participants (33 women and 18 men) completed the two-year longitudi...

Objective Royal jelly (RJ) is a complementary diet widely used by traditional healers for the treatment of infertility. The aim of present study was to evaluate the effect of RJ on some reproductive parameters in immature female rats. MaterialsAndMethods In this experimental study, thirty two immature female rats (30-35gr) were divided into four groups (n=8 /group). Control group received 0.5 m...

Using the 1957-2004 data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we apply structural equation modeling to examine gender-specific effects of family socioeconomic status (SES) at age 18 on body weight at age 65. We further explore SES and health behaviors over the life course as mechanisms linking family background and later-life body weight. We find that early-life socioeconomic disadvantage is ...

Objective: To compare the mean body weights and mean absolute and relative liver weights (in Grams) of albino rats after tamoxifen and taurine treatment. Material and Methods: This prospective experimental study was conducted in the Department of Anatomy, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar from July 2011 to December 2011. Sixty adult female albino rats were divided into four groups (A-control, B-...

this work analyzes the effects of satureja khuzestanica essential oil (skeo) on the thyroid and antioxidant system, assessed by measuring levels of tri-iodothyronine (t3), thyroxine (t4), thyroid-stimulating hormone (tsh), malondialdehyde (mda), reduced glutathione (gsh), and glutathione peroxidase (gpx) activity. forty adult male sprague dawley rats (225 ± 25 g) were divided into five equal gr...

objectives: the purpose of this experimental study was to evaluate the efficacy of low level laser therapy (lllt) for pain reduction after midpalatal expansion in rats.   materials and methods: sixty male sprague six-week old rats weighing 180±10g were divided into seven groups (two experimental groups of 24 rats and one control group of 12 rats). the experimental groups were subjected to expan...