conclusion adrenal iron in β-tm can be reliably measured in 3 tesla mri. the results highlight the absence of correlation between adrenal iron deposition both with serum ferritin and hepatic iron. results among patients, there was no significant correlation between plasma ferritin and adrenal t2*. significant difference was detected among t2* values of adrenals between the patient and control g...

Background & aim: Decreased sleep quality is a common complaint during pregnancy. Relaxation is one of the non-pharmaceutical treatments for sleep disorders. Different techniques could have different impacts on various biological and mental stressors. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the effects of progressive muscle relaxation and guided imagery on the sleep quality of primigravida women...

A year-round air quality analysis was addressed over four Italian cities (Milan, Turin, Bologna, and Florence) following the outbreak of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. NO2, O3, PM2.5, PM10 daily observations were compared with estimations meteorological variables anthropogenic emission drivers as road traffic heating systems. Three periods in 2020 analysed: (i) first (winter/spring) lock...

the major objective of the present study was to characterize the effects of oxidants generated b xanthine (x) plus xanthine oxidase (xo) on isolated rat ileum motility. the effects of three concentrations of x/xo on the basal tone of the rat ileum preparation were studied for 20 minutes. developed tensions were measured in mg/mg tissues and then expressed as percentage of baseline tension. also...

the hypotensive effect of garlic has been well-documented in human subjects and animals. since endothelial activity regulates vascular reactivity in physiological and pathophysiological conditions, the aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of garlic on endothelium-dependent and independent relaxation of rat aorta for elucidation of mechanism of the garlic anti-hypertensive effe...

nitroglycerin has a relaxing effect on the smooth muscles of organs including uterus. this study investigates the effect of intravenous nitroglycerin in emergency cesarean sections in which rapid and transient uterine relaxation for rapid and nontraumatic extraction of the fetus is necessary. sixty pregnant women who were been candidates for emergency cesarean and needed rapid uterine relaxatio...

background: relaxation-training, as an anxiety-reducer intervention, plays an important role in fetal health. the present study aimed to analyze the effect of maternal relaxation on stress test (nst), basal fetal heart rate, and number of fetal heart accelerations. methods: in this randomized controlled trial, 84 pregnant women were randomly divided into two groups of teaching relaxation and co...