Results 28 of the 41 (68%) patients complied with the protocol over a four-month period. In the compliant group, statistically significant reduction (p<0.05) in the following mean variables were seen: Weight (2.3kg), Total Cholesterol 22% (53 mg/dL), LDL 23% (43 mg/dL), HDL (4 mg/dL), TAG (21 mg/dL) and fasting serum glucose (12 mg/dL), after 4 months on the dietary regimen. In the non-complian...

There is an increase in population of elderly above the age of 65. As age advances, more diseases develop resulting in use of more medications. Physiological changes, alterations in homeostatic regulation and diseases modify pharmacokinetics and drug response in older patients. The risk for drug interactions and drug-related problems increases along with multiple medications. Periodic evaluatio...

The spectrum of lipid disorders in chronic kidney disease (CKD) is usually characterized by high triglycerides and reduced high dense lipoprotein (HDL), associated with normal or slightly reduced low dense lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol. This dyslipidemia is associated with an increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Keys for the cardiovascular risk reduction in these patients ...

1. Intimate partner violence is a serious public health problem and effective interventions are needed. 2. Interventions should be comprehensive and culturally sensitive in order to address the needs of abused women depending on their cultural backgrounds, their abuse histories, and how severely they are impacted. 3. Providing interventions to empower abused women enables them to regain control...

AIM The aim of the study was to monitor the importance of laboratory, anthropometric and genetic determination of the presence of risk factors for atherosclerosis, obesity, dyslipidemia and components of the metabolic syndrome in obese children and the response to dietary and regimen interventions in obese children. METHODS As a part of the study, 353 paediatric patients (46% boys, 54% girls)...

Thirty-one women (mean age 35.4 +/- 8.5 yr) who were overweight were matched and randomly placed into either a control group (Con; n = 6), a diet-only group (D; n = 8), a diet+aerobic endurance exercise training group (DE; n = 9), or a diet+aerobic endurance exercise training+strength training group (DES; n = 8). After 12 wk, the three dietary groups demonstrated a significant (P </= 0.05) redu...

Caffeine and theobromine are members of the xanthine family. Coffee soft drinks contain caffeine, whereas, in cacao, is main ingredient. The mineral contents tooth which sucked caffeine-containing dam’s milk were decreased. To determine if caffeine would affect enamel, dams fed with a pups killed first second molars extracted. Enamel was exposed to acid solution dissolved minerals from enamel m...

It is a common experience that medical treatment of peptic ulcer is not very satisfactory. Conybeare (1935) has found bad result in 50 per cent cases. Ogilvie (1949) gives a figure of 40 per cent. Moreover, it entails prolonged period of rest, strict dietary regimen with consequent restrictions in social activities and economic hardships, which few members of the present-day society can bear. N...

Calorie restriction (CR), or caloric restriction, or energy restriction, is a dietary regimen that reduces calorie intake without incurring malnutrition or a reduction in essential nutrients. "Low" can be defined relative to the subject's previous intake before intentionally restricting calories, or relative to an average person of similar body type. Calorie restriction without malnutrition has...

Ten replications of individually penned gilts from a high-lean strain were used to determine the effect of ractopamine (RAC) on the optimum dietary available phosphorus (AP) regimen. At 70 kg body weight, pigs were randomly allotted to a corn-soybean meal basal diet (.08% AP) adequate in all nutrients except AP. The basal diet was supplemented with mono-dicalcium phosphate to create six AP conc...