Background It has been debated for decades whether primary writing tremor is a form of dystonic tremor, variant essential or separate entity. We wished to test the hypothesis that and dystonia share common pathophysiology. Objectives The objective present study was investigate pathophysiological hallmarks in patients affected by tremor. Methods Ten with idiopathic syndrome, 7 10 healthy subject...

Removal of the mRNA 5' cap is an important step in the regulation of mRNA stability. mRNAs are degraded by at least two distinct exonucleolytic decay pathways, one from the 5' end, and the second from the 3' end. Two major cellular decapping enzymes have been identified, and each primarily functions in one of the two decay pathways. The Dcp2 decapping enzyme utilizes capped mRNA as substrate an...

Subjects with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) have increased myocardial partitioning of dietary fatty acids (DFAs) with left ventricular dysfunction, both of which are improved by modest weight loss over 1 year induced by lifestyle changes. Here, we determined the effects of a 7-day hypocaloric diet (-500 kcal/day) low in saturated fat (<7% of energy) (LOWCAL study) versus isocaloric with the ...

background: headache and depression are prevalent among general population. the aim of this study was to determine the associated factors of headache in elderly subjects with emphasis to depression. methods: all cohort of elderly individuals of the amirkola health study project were included. data regarding several clinical and demographic characteristics were provided via fill in quesstionnair...

The critical opening pressure (COP) of digital vessels after digital nerve block and the change in COP caused by angiotensin at 4 mug/kilo per min intravenously after the block were compared in 9 normotensive subjects, 8 patients with essential hypertension and 7 patients with various lands of renal hypertension. The COP after nerve block was less than 20 mm Hg in the normotensives and in 6 ren...

Background. VRE is an endemic hospital-acquired organism in the US. There are no proven methods or means of decreasing or eliminating carriage of VRE which is a risk factor for invasive disease. Two small clinical studies showed reduction or elimination of VRE colonization using the probiotic LGG but neither study cultured stool for the presence of LGG, raising questions about whether effects o...

The present study evaluated the response of blood pressure (BP) by dietary sodium in sodium resistant (SR) subjects. One hundred one subjects (mean age, 46.0 yr; 31 hypertensives) were admitted and given low sodium-dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet (LSD, 100 mM NaCl/day) for 7 days and high sodium-DASH diet (HSD, 300 mM NaCl/day) for the following 7 days. On the last day of ea...

BACKGROUND An accessory navicular is generally asymptomatic and discovered incidentally on radiographs. The natural history of an accessory navicular in the pediatric population is largely undescribed. METHODS The medical charts of 261 pediatric subjects undergoing 2620 annual unilateral radiographs of the foot and ankle (age range 0.25-7 years at enrollment) were reviewed. Radiographs were e...

Energy intakes assessed by 7-d weighted dietary records (EI-WDRs) and diet histories (EI-DHs) were compared with concurrent estimates of total energy expenditure (TEE) by the doubly labeled water method in 78 subjects aged 3-18 y. EI-WDRs were not obtained from the 3- and 5-y-old subjects. EI-WDRs in the 7- and 9-y-old children were 108 +/- 25% (n = 12) and 97 +/- 15% (n = 12), respectively, of...

PURPOSE We determined the effects of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) supplementation during resistance training. METHODS Seventy-six subjects were randomized to receive CLA (5 g.d(-1)) or placebo (PLA) for 7 wk while resistance training 3 d.wk(-1). Seventeen subjects crossed over to the opposite group for an additional 7 wk. Measurements at baseline, 7 wk, and 14 wk (for subjects in the crosso...