diabetes is a metabolic disorder which affects whole body systems including reproductive system. diabetes is also a contributing factor to infertility. metformin is one of the most common drugs to control hyperglycemia. in this study, 36 adult sprague-dawley female rats (170-210 g) were divided into 3 groups (control, diabetic and diabetic-treated by metformin). in second and third groups, diab...

a 25 year-old construction worker underwent neck laceration following penetrating neck trauma in a falling incident. the 3rd tracheal ring was injured which was initially repaired and the patient was discharged in good general condition. (figure 1 shows the patient’s neck view after discharge from hospital).two months later the patient was again admitted due to provocative coughing and a metal ...

conclusions: our results confirmed unequal distribution of bmi and height of 6-year-old children in iran generally and in most of its provinces particularly. the differences among provinces cannot be fully explained by the socioeconomic pattern. these findings necessitate a comprehensive national policy with provincial evidence-based programs. results: the study population consisted of 955388 c...

body psychotherapy technique (bpt) is a program that teaches people how to deal more effectively with stressors. in the present study, we evaluated the effectiveness of body psychotherapy treatment on stress and salivary cortisol level in high school girl students. this randomized clinical trials study with pre- post tests was performed on 20 female students as case group and 20 participants se...

up to date, there are four pharmacologically characterized subtypes of muscarinic receptors (m1, m2, m3 and m4). in our study we have investigated muscarinic receptor subtypes in smooth muscle layers of human stomach. isolated preparations of longitudinal and circular muscle layers from human stomach were used. acetylcholine, bethanechol, carbachol, pilocarpine and ahr -602 produced concentrati...

background defining the optimal prostate-specific antigen threshold to identify the patients at the highest risk of prostate cancer has always been a controversial issue. objectives this study aims to analyze the diagnostic value of psa and also evaluate the relationship between psa (prostate-specific antigen) and bmi (body mass index) as well as psa and prostate size and volume in asymptomatic...

background: malnutrition is one of the most common hazards which compromise children’s health. previous studies have reported high rates of malnutrition in kohkilouyeh and boyer ahmad. objective: this study was conducted to evaluate the frequency of child malnutrition in yasuj and to explore the association between family characteristics and malnutrition. methods: data were collected from healt...

an eight-week experiment was carried out to determine the effects of dietary pediococcus pentosaceus as probiotic on the body composition and gut microbiota of siberian sturgeon, acipenser baerii . a total of 180 fish with mean body weight of 143±0.01g were randomly distributed into 12 200l fiberglass tanks as four treatments with three replicates, including groups fed with diet containing 2×10...

conclusions these findings demonstrated that metacognition had an important role in predicting alexithymia in the substance abusers, which underscores the necessity of precautionary measures. patients and methods the research sample included addicts (males and females aged 10 to 70 years) who referred to the addiction treatment and counseling centers of three iranian cities of zahedan, sari, an...

results mean and standard deviation of self confidence, body image and social pressure were lower than the normal community. statistical analyses showed a significant difference between genders only for mean self-confidence (p ≤ 0.05). background in iran, rhinoplasty has seemingly become the most favorite cosmetic surgery in the recent years, yet, there are limited reports about its psychosocia...