Endometrial cancer is one of the most common gynaecological malignancies worldwide. Histologically, two types endometrial with morphological and molecular differences also therapeutic implications have been identified. Type I has an endometrioid morphology estrogen-dependent, while II appears non-endometrioid differentiation follows estrogen-unrelated pathway. Understanding biology genetics cru...

background: exercise has positive and negative effects on immune system. herein, we would like to investigate the effects of incremental aerobic training and fish oil supplementation on the plasma levels of crp, cpk and il-17 in trained mice. one of the major roles of immune system is to produce soluble or cellular components that provide the immunity against inflammatory agent. the purpose of ...

Background: The role of estrogen and progesterone in stroke is suggested in previous studies, but yet is controversial. Objectives: Comparing the plasma levels of estrogen and progesterone and their ratio in ischemic stroke patients and healthy population. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional comparative study was conducted from March to September of 2013. Sixty-six female patients older...

in a double blind, parallel-group, clinical trial we compared the effects of conjugated estrogen with estrogen plus methyltestosterone in surgically menopausal women. in this study, 251 women were randomly assigned to one of the two regimens: 1-conjugated estrogen 0.625 mg/day +placebo. 2-conjungated estrogen 0.625 mg/day+methyltestosterone 1.25 mg/day (e+a group). study parameters were psychol...

background: effects of estrogen on bone metabolism and its protective role on prevention of osteoporosis are well   documented. however, the efficacy of estrogen treatment on bone healing is not well investigated. the drug can be delivered both systemically or locally to the bone with differences in concentrations and side effects. the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of local an...

If household income is pooled and then allocated to maximize welfare then income under the control of mothers and fathers should have the same impact on demand. With survey data on family health and nutrition in Brazil, the equality of parental income effects is rejected. Unearned income in the hands of a mother has a bigger effect on her family's health than income under the control of a fathe...

Intra-household Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps? Do parents invest more or less in their high ability children? We provide new evidence on this question by comparing observed ability differences and observed investment differences between siblings in the NLSY. To overcome endogeneity issues we use sibling differences in handedness as an instrumen...

The aim of this study is to assess the prevalence, types, and trends of dietary supplement (DS) use. We analyzed the Dietary Supplement Questionnaire data of Korean aged 19 years old or older from the Nutrition Survey of the 4th Korea National Health and Nutrition Survey. Each reported DS was coded based on ingredients according to the 2010 Korean Food and Drug Administration Notification. The ...

United States sales of dietary supplements exceeded $18 billion in 2002, indicating that dietary supplement use is common among the American public. This report describes a survey of academic pharmacists and their use of dietary supplements and herbs. To date, most data comes from retail or community pharmacists, so a survey was developed to collect information regarding dietary supplement and ...