conclusions physicians involved in care of methadone patients should recommend dietary and lifestyle changes to improve their overall health. results within one year from admission to treatment, a statistically significant (t-tests, p < 0.05) increase was noted in their body mass index (bmi), % of body fat, average body mass, and average basal metabolic rate, and relative decrease in their % of...

In order to determine the prevalence rate of abdominal masses in children referred to the Kerman university hospital number one from 1984 to 1994, the medical records  of 51 of these children were reviewed.  27 of these patients were boys (53℅), and 24 were girls (47℅). The age variance of these patients were between 3 months and 14 years. In this study,  the most common tumor was Wilm,s tumor ...

with the success achieved in the interruption of the transmission of bilharziasis by snail control in most endemic areas of iran, mass-chemotherapy has been used extensively for reducing the number of cases in various villages. niridazol was chosen for this purpose after a screening of several drugs. eight thousand eight .l1undred seventy-four cases in 259 localities were treated from 1966 to t...

in an attempt to convert mass vaccination practices to the extended programme on immunization, a sero-evaluation study was carried out in rural iran in 1976. a total of 22 246 rural children of 2-12 years of age were sampled. blood samples taken on filter paper were tested by indirect hemagglutination technique to determine the level of circulating antibodies against tetanus toxoid. tetanus was...

round ligament leiomyoma of uterus is rare. it can be presented as inguinal swelling mimicking the inguinal hernia or lymph node. surgical excision is its curative treatment. definitive diagnosis is made by histopathological examination. a 32 year old pregnant patient having round ligament leiomyoma as diagnosed histopathologically in recep tayyip erdogan university hospital in 2014 was present...

background: because of well-established role of obesity in brain lesions, progressing cognitive deficits in obese patients has been recently suggested. in current study and for the first time, we aimed to assess cognition status in iranian obese people and to compare it with non-obese individuals. methods: one hundred and eighteen consecutive patients with the different cardiovascular and metab...

omental cysts occur rarely. patients with omental cysts usually present with abdominal distention and a painless abdominal mass. in children it may present as an acute abdomen due to intestinal obstruction. the most common physical finding of an omental cyst is a freely movable abdominal mass, which should be considered in differential diagnosis of these cases. the diagnostic procedures include...

introduction: limited data are available on the relationship between nutritional status and tuberculosis. the aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the body mass index (bmi) and serum albumin level in patients with active tuberculosis (atb) and latent tuberculosis (ltb). materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 17 patients newly diagnosed with pulmonary tb  who we...

background and purpose: lifestyle is defined as the unique behavioral patterns and habits of an individual. if lifestyle is imbalanced, risk of illnesses and burdensome events increases. lifestyle plays a key role in the modulation of body mass index (bmi) and prevention of obesity. this study aimed to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and bmi in the administrative employees of boj...

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