BACKGROUND To study the impact of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) on coronary vasomotion, we prospectively analyzed spontaneous changes in coronary diameter and the response to the cold pressor test and intracoronary nitroglycerin in 11 patients subjected to successful single-vessel PTCA. METHODS AND RESULTS All antianginal medications were stopped 48 hours before each s...

Atopic dermatitis is one of the most common allergic diseases that almost always respond to conventional therapies with topical emollient, topical corticosteroids, systemic antihistamines and allergic abstinence. However few cases of atopic dermatitis with severe course do not respond to conventional therapies and high dose of intravenous immunoglobulin or cyclosporine are recommended for them....

BACKGROUND A previous study reported that arginyl-fructose may have great value as a functional food with antioxidant and antidiabetic activities. However, there have been few clinical studies on the efficacy of arginyl-fructose supplementation for blood glucose control. METHODS In this double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 60 Korean subjects with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes mellitus wer...

background post-operative nausea and vomiting (ponv) is one of the common problems after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. objectives the current study aimed to compare dexamethasone effect with that of granisetron in prevention of ponv. patients and methods in the current study 104 patients aged 20-60 with asa class i or ii who were candidates for laparoscopic cholecystectomy were included in the ...

Patients and Methods: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the rate of SPT (skin prick tests) and RAST response to Der p in ato p ic children with AD. We have prospectively studied 176 children (93 mal es and 83 fe ma les) aged from 6 months to 7 years, and divided into four differ ent groups, including controls. We studied also their family history in the ac companying parents Results....

Social cognition is a functionally relevant predictor of capacity in schizophrenia (SZ), though research concerning its value for bipolar disorder (BD) is limited. The current investigation examined the relationship between two social cognitive factors and functional capacity in bipolar disorder. This study included 48 individuals with bipolar disorder (24 with psychotic features) and 30 patien...

INTRODUCTION Assessment of functional capacity is an intrinsic part of determining the functional relevance of response to treatment of cognitive impairment in schizophrenia. Existing methods are highly and consistently correlated with performance on neuropsychological tests, but most current assessments of functional capacity are still paper and pencil simulations. We developed a computerized ...

Insulin resistance is related to physical inactivity, which is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death. Moreover, blood pressure responses during the first 6 minutes of an exercise test (600 kilo/pound/meter [kpm] per min) are more predictive for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than blood pressure at rest, which could reflect that exercise blood pressure correlates more closel...